| By Gale Staff | Curriculum directors play a crucial role in shaping the educational experiences of students. But how can you ensure students are engaged in the content they’re learning? Developing a curriculum that reflects the diverse backgrounds and experiences of your student body is essential to capture student attention and improve learning outcomes. … Read more
| By Gale Staff | High school educators know that strong digital literacy is a cornerstone of successful education in the 21st century. As technology becomes ever more pervasive in the classroom, it’s important for students to learn how to maintain a responsible online presence and identify facts from biased or misleading information. Understanding how … Read more
| By Gale Staff | It’s difficult for most of us to say goodbye to summer, whether you’re a student or an educator. How do you get young minds to transition out of vacation mode and tune in to what’s happening in the classroom? Give them something to talk about, of course! Getting off on … Read more
| By Josephine Campbell | June 23 will mark the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the clause of the 1972 Education Amendments that made high school and college opportunities, including sports, available to women. While Title IX is known for its impact on athletics, that was not the lawmakers’ intent. Title IX was written in … Read more
| By Gale Staff | We’ve gotten ourselves into a mess. Literally. The world’s oceans and sea life are in trouble—which means we are too. But has it always been this way? And is there something we can do to stop plastic pollution? To honor this year’s World Environment Day (June 5) and World Oceans … Read more
Explore the issue within Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints | By Durf Humphries | Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints recently updated the Book Banning portal with new content. However, restricting or banning books, including comic books, is nothing new. Since comic books began to gain popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, many … Read more
| By Gale Staff | A new portal on the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints discusses the history of a government entity that for more than 150 years enacted some of the most harmful policies applied to Indigenous populations in the United States. In the twenty-first century, the BIA … Read more
| By Gale Staff | By mid-February 2022 in the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic had killed an estimated 918,000 people, and more than 2,000 people continued to die from it each day. About 214 million people, more than 64 percent of Americans, had been fully vaccinated (and 76 percent partially vaccinated) with one of … Read more
In August, we shared how our content team continues to enhance Gale resources and introduce measures to eliminate implicit racial bias in Gale-curated content, and reaffirm our ongoing commitment to quality. These efforts have continued, and we wanted to share a handful of recent content additions made to the Gale In Context family of products. … Read more
Meeting the needs of diverse learners has always been a priority for Gale. We strive to improve the teaching and learning of social justice issues, offer diverse perspectives and backgrounds, and be a leader with our commitment to transparency. We continue to introduce measures to eliminate implicit racial bias in our Gale-curated content and reaffirm … Read more