North Carolina is in the final stages of preparing to pay 10 million dollars in reparations to people who were victims of their state-sponsored sterilization program. The deadline to file for a payment, if you are a victim, is June 30, 2014. Payments are set to begin a year from now, in June 2015. An overview of the latest developments is here, information about filing a claim is here, and pgEd’s lesson plan that looks at the history of the American Eugenics Movement, with an emphasis on the situation in North Carolina, is found on our Lesson Plan page.
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As we finish up another week of Teaching the Genome Generation at the Jackson Lab in Bar Harbor Maine, teachers are excited to receive a copy of David Epstein's "The Sports Gene". pgEd loves leading the social and ethical dimension of this annual professional development course. Looking for some summer reading? Check out pged.org/book-corner/
Posted by pgEd 2 weeks ago
What a wonderful three days at our Summer Institute! Thanks to our friends at Brockton High School for hosting us, and to all the teachers who came and shared their energy, passion and ideas. There will be lots for pgEd to get inspirations from as we develop our new unit of lessons on genetics and identity.
See everyone at our next workshop in Boston in less than two weeks!
Posted by pgEd 4 weeks ago
pgEd will be holding a 2-day workshop at Harvard Medical School in Boston on July 11-12. Teachers, click below to register!
pgEd Summer Institute: Genetics and Social Justice - Boston
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This two-day interdisciplinary workshop will explore issues of social justice and the ethical, legal and social implications of genetics. pgEd creates interactive lessons that engage students in disc...Posted by pgEd 3 months ago
This summer, pgEd will be holding a three-day professional development workshop at Brockton High School in Brockton, MA, on June 27-29. Spots are still open, click below to learn more and sign up!
pgEd Summer Institute: Genetics and Social Justice - Brockton
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pgEd is thrilled to hold our three-day Summer Institute: Genetics and Social Justice at Brockton High School in Brockton, MA. Educator Stipend: $200 Earn 18 Professional Developm...Posted by pgEd 3 months ago
A tribute to the many ways in which the cells taken from Henrietta Lacks have contributed to biological research and medicine.
5 important ways Henrietta Lacks changed medical science
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Lacks's cells survived, thrived, and multiplied outside her body, so much so that they have been in continual use in labs around the world for 65 years.Posted by pgEd 3 months ago