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Don't Ban This Project, Tristan H. Timpone
Don't Ban This Project, Tristan H. Timpone
Senior Projects Spring 2024
On June 7th, 2023, the Joe Biden Administration announced that they would appoint an anti-banned book coordinator for the Department of Education to inform school districts that removing certain books would violate federal civil laws concerning free speech. Biden and his Department of Education have worked tirelessly to find someone to fill this position, yet it still remains vacant as of the time of this draft. Biden may be too busy to fill the position. Or maybe he realized that the term “banned books” is misleading. There are no banned books in the United States. The phenomenon that the Biden …
Who Is Anointed? The Psychological And Social Justice Implications Of Gifted And Talented Programs In The United States, Emma Caroline Gossett
Who Is Anointed? The Psychological And Social Justice Implications Of Gifted And Talented Programs In The United States, Emma Caroline Gossett
Senior Projects Spring 2022
This paper explores the repercussions of gifted and talented programs in the United States, looking specifically at resulting psychological effects and social justice implications. This analysis is positioned within the discussion of global power struggles for technological advancement. After the success of the Russian Sputnik satellite in 1957, the United States bolstered initiatives in education to ensure they were producing students who could contribute to the prowess of the nation. Gifted programs allowed for a more in-depth focus on those children deemed useful to the labor market. This resulted in additional pressures placed on certain students to excel. The anointment …