Civics Ed Progress Report, SD Says “No,” and the Lhamon Nomination Fails
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August Newsletter
Civics Ed Progress Report, SD Says “No,”
and the Lhamon Nomination Fails
** Featured Articles
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August 09, 2021
** Strides in Civics Education Reform ([link removed])
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David Randall
It's time for a progress report on the movement to reform civics education. How have reform bills fared? How have reformers succeeded by means other than state laws?
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August 17, 2021
** Fermilab Concedes to Woke Physicists ([link removed])
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Christopher Sanfilippo
Known for its powerful particle accelerator, Fermilab epitomizes American physics research. But after accusations of racism, a group of woke physicists now controls the lab.
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August 12, 2021
** South Dakota Says "No" to Federal Programs Propagating Racial Grievance ([link removed])
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David Randall
SD Governor Kristi Noem signed an Executive Order directing the South Dakota Department of Education to refrain from applying for any federal grants tied to critical race theory.
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August 04, 2021
** Nomination of Catherine Lhamon Fails Senate Committee Vote ([link removed])
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Teresa Manning
In an astonishing turn of events, the Senate Committee on Education fails to garner enough votes to appoint Lhamon to her former position at the Office of Civil Rights.
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** AHI Announces Four New Zoom Courses for Fall Semester ([link removed])
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The Alexander Hamilton Institute is pleased to announce the creation of four new reading clusters for the fall semester, 2021. They will be open to a national audience, using Zoom. More information about the instructors and the courses can be found on AHI’s website ([link removed]) . Advanced sign-up is strongly encouraged.
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** Government Education Jobs ([link removed])
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** Celebrating America: A Webinar Series from the NAS ([link removed])
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Join NAS for events on American history and literature. Our next events in the Celebrating America series include 1848: Manifest Destiny and the Mexican American War ([link removed]) on August 31 and Twice-Told Tales (Nathaniel Hawthorne) ([link removed]) on September 7. View and register for these events and more here ([link removed]) .
** Media
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** 1833: Jacksonian America and the Age of the Common Man ([link removed])
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President Andrew Jackson led one of the most successful "common man" movements in American history. Listen in or watch as historians, Daniel Feller, Jason Opal, Harry Watson, and Brad Birzer, discuss the effects of "Jacksonian Democracy" on America.
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** Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ([link removed])
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Mark Bauerlein and Brian Jay Jones join NAS to discuss Washington Irving's classic stories, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle.
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** 1800-1840: The Second Great Awakening ([link removed])
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Watch this webinar to learn what sparked the Second Great Awakening, its effects on America's culture, and how it strengthened the role of Protestant denominations in the political sphere.
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** A Dubious Expediency: How Race Preferences Damage Higher Education ([link removed])
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NAS President Peter Wood is joined by Professors Gail Heriot and Maimon Schwarzchild to discuss their recent book, A Dubious Expediency.
** Member Publications
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** Roland Alum
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"Requiem for Álvaro Ínsua--A Casualty of Anthropological Research in Socialist Cuba—Chapter 3 ([link removed]-álvaro-%C3%ADnsua-casualty-anthropological-research-socialist-cuba—chapter-3) "
Panoramas. March 08, 2021.
** Hal Arkes & George Dent Jr.
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"Holistic Review in Race-Conscious University Admissions ([link removed]) "
25 Texas Review of Law & Politics 89-120 (Fall 2020).
** Alfred G. Cuzán
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Laws of Politics: Their Operations in Democracies and Dictatorships ([link removed])
Abingdon-on-Thames, UK: Routledge. 2022.
** Dario Fernandez-Morera
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"Christian Slavery under Islam ([link removed]) "
The Postil Magazine. April 01, 2021.
** Sumantra Maitra
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"In search of Nirad Chaudhuri ([link removed]) "
The Spectator World. July 22, 2021.
** Peter Minowitz
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"Getting ‘Woke’ with Socrates ([link removed]) "
Voegel in View. August 02, 2021.
"It's bad, but not that bad ([link removed]) "
Washington Post. July 30, 2021.
"Teaching Utopia in Troubled Times ([link removed]) "
Gazette Thomas More. June 2021.
** Richard P. Phelps
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"Peer Review, a Tarnished ‘Gold Standard’ ([link removed]) "
The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. July 16, 2021.
** David B. Porter
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"Why Did a Christian College Fire a Tenured Professor? ([link removed]) "
The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. July 09, 2021.
"The Catechism of the Woke: A Cautionary Tale ([link removed]) "
Minding the Campus. June 25, 2021.
"Due Process Is Essential to Higher Learning ([link removed]) "
Minding the Campus. June 14, 2021.
"Hostile Environment Concerns May Cancel Academic Freedom ([link removed]) "
SAVE News and Commentary. June 06, 2021.
** Alexander Riley
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Toward a Biosocial Science: Evolutionary Theory, Human Nature, and Social Life ([link removed])
Abingdon-on-Thames, UK: Routledge. May 4, 2021.
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