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Rethinking Inequality: What 50,000 Ancient Homes Tell Us About Power, Wealth, and Human Choices

Anthropology.net

” Measuring Inequality in Clay and Stone To capture economic inequality across time and geography, the research team calculated the Gini coefficient —a statistical tool commonly used today to assess income distribution—for each of more than 1,000 archaeological settlements. . ” Nature , 551(7682), 619–622.

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"What are we teaching? Powerful knowledge and a capabilities curriculum" - a review

Living Geography

The latest book by geography teacher Richard Bustin was published by Crown House Publishing in October 2024. GeoCapabilities began in 2012 with a pilot project led by the American Association of Geographers. It embraces in how geography is understood and expressed in national school standards. As Richard says on p.22,

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An unnoticed result of the decline of men in college: It’s harder for women to get in

The Hechinger Report

Toward the end of filling out the class, there would definitely be a push to look for more men to admit,” said Medley, who was in her role at Brandeis from 2012 to 2014. Brandeis accepted 44 percent of male applicants compared to 36 percent of female applicants in 2012-2013, according to data the university reports to the federal government.

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A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children

The Hechinger Report

They created multicolored posters to explain what different departments of local government do, from sanitation to human resources. For this experiment, the researchers spent years developing four separate project-based units on history, geography, economics and civics. The curriculum development was the subject of a 2012 paper.)

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource — a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools — called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). Josh Walton, principal, Walton Middle School, in sAlbemarle County, Virginia. That’s why, for example, 92.9

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Why Maine’s new high school graduation rules could hurt more than help

The Hechinger Report

Social Studies teacher Michelle Adler talks to sophomores Maiya Schwartz, left and Emily Terranova about an assignment in an Honors Human Geography class at Gray-New Gloucester High School on Thursday, June 1, 2017. “It’s the long arm of the state,” she says. ” Photo: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald. .”

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Print References/Reading List/Bibliography in Your Syllabus (With Some Style) in R Markdown and {stevemisc}

Steven V. Miller

External Territorial Threats and Tolerance of Corruption: A #> Private/Government Distinction.” Geography, #> Territory, and Conflict.” #> #> Gibler, Douglas M., Hutchison, and Steven V. > “Individual Identity Attachments and International Conflict: The #> Importance of Territorial Threat.” and Steven V.

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