“Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970… In the decades leading up to the first Earth Day, Americans were consuming vast amounts of leaded gas through massive and inefficient automobiles. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of the […]
Friday, April 2 is International Children’s Book Day today, and as a way to celebrate the stories we grew up reading, the faculty in the School of Education were asked, “What is your favorite children’s book and why is it your favorite?”. Within the responses, there were classics such as: Black Beauty, Little Women, […]
Dr. Elizabeth Langran of Marymount’s School of Education and Sociology professor Dr. Janine Dewitt published their book, Navigating Place-Based Learning: Mapping for a Better World, during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, when educators experienced a 180-degree turn on teaching circumstances. Their book describes how a critical pedagogy model can be translated into teaching strategies […]
