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APRIL 14, 2025

“Although history has shown us that technology and population growth can raise the potential for inequality,” Kohler says, “people have implemented systems that mute that potential.” The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century. link] Scheidel, W.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

In the days following December 14th, 2012 school administrators, educators, law enforcement personnel and parents have undertaken the most comprehensive look at school safety since the Columbine massacre of 1999.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 14, 2025

For much of history, the rise of inequality has been treated like gravity: inevitable, natural, and inescapable. From the sprawling villas of Roman elites to the thatched huts of the poor in medieval Europe, textbook history often presents wealth disparity as a consequence of human progress. Three excavated Classic period (ca.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2012

Tusa of the Social Studies Department guest lectured on the history of racism in America in Mrs. DePoto’s AP Language and Composition class. Mr. Jaworski offered to assist Dr. Asa-Awuku and Mrs. Bergoffen with developing an activity for “Engineering Week” in February of 2012.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Two of my Social Studies teachers were recently invited to Washington DC on October 4, 2012, to deliver a model lesson that illustrated the effective use of technology. The following is a guest post by Rebecca Millan who attended with her colleague Nicolette Perna. For more information on this event check out the summary provided by ISTE.

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Anthropology.net

AUGUST 19, 2024

The largest drop in the size of the chewing teeth in the history of human evolution occurred around 1.8 At the same time, Homo erectus experienced a significant reduction in the size of their chewing teeth, another evolutionary marker indicating a dietary shift towards softer, cooked foods. Homo erectus : The First Cook? link] 5 Kaplan, M.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2020

The number of college students choosing to major in history has dropped dramatically over the past decade. There aren’t many graduate students in history because there are just too few job openings for history instructors at colleges and universities. The AHA launched the nationwide initiative in 2012 and called it “Tuning.”.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

In 2012, archaeologist Melanie Giles, from the University of Manchester, published her unparalleled analysis of Middle Iron Age Yorkshire burials , showing that some cemeteries were organized around larger, female founder burials.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The drop in college graduates who majored in humanities ranges between 16 percent and 29 percent since 2012. In the post-war boom of the 1950s, college students were confident of their economic futures and many studied liberal arts subjects such as English, history and philosophy. History is seeing a similar collapse, down 35 percent.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2025

Art history students in particular face growing difficulty in securing employment outside academic circles. art and art history education is in crisis : While 5,300 art history degrees were awarded in 2012, the number fell to just 3,500 in 2022 a 34 percent decline, The Nation reported. In the U.S.,

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Human history is not just about where we came from but how we adapted to the ever-changing environments we encountered. And as we continue to uncover more ancient genomes, our understanding of human history will only deepen. Related Research Fu, Q., Meyer, M., & Pääbo, S. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221359110 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221359110

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Johnson feels about Friday,” she told the students as she paced around the cafeteria in an “I am black history” shirt. “If High school teacher Donell Harrell said he was almost fired for staging a Black History Month program. She liked the people and the culture and the history. You know how Ms. Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2020

From 2012, the earliest year data is available on distance learning, to 2018, the number of institutions where the majority of students took at least some coursework online has doubled, to more than 800, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Therefore, it appears that in 2013 we will finally dedicate the second memorial in which we feel extremely proud that our efforts have caused the local community to take ownership of its own important history. Zakopane, Poland You may recall during our extended stay two years ago that we had spent a day in Zakopane, a mountain region about 1.5

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

A 2012 review of studies on learning time found that the extra time often didn’t produce academic benefits for students and when it did, the benefits were small. One 2012 review of studies on learning time found that the extra time often didn’t produce academic benefits for students and when it did, the benefits were small.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Today, courses at all grade levels include Indigenous history, numeracy, land-based science and language classes in Keres, Lakota, Navajo, Tiwa, Spanish and Zuni. The school also tracks college completion rates, with 59 percent of the class of 2012 finishing within six years. Credit: Sharon Chischilly for The Hechinger Report.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

But every now and then, a new discovery forces a rewrite of this narrative, reminding us that human history is more intricate than we once thought. One such discovery has emerged from the archaeological site of Jebel Faya, a rock shelter nestled in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028239 Preusser, F.,

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona credited the largest federal investment in education in history – roughly $200 billion – for keeping the United States “in the game” during the pandemic. math scores recorded in the history of the PISA math test, which began in 2003. The tests were administered in 2022.)

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2021

From 1993 to 2012, the share of students taking out loans to finance their degrees rose from roughly half to over two-thirds. Our solutions for the student debt problem should not repeat this sordid history. Between 1993 and 2020, the average loan amount grew nearly three-fold, exceeding $30,000.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2024

Credit: Andrea Morales for MLK50 Andrea Morales for MLK50 At the Freedom Projects, students — called “Freedom Fellows” — learn about Black and Indigenous history, math, reading and public speaking. The original Freedom Schools opened to educate young Black Mississippians on Black history and political activism.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2018

The report details the shaky background of for-profit institutions, including a history of providing inaccurate job placement rates, misleading students about job prospects, and a pattern of saddling students with immense amounts of debt.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

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.) In a history unit, teachers and students can choose which historical sites to write about in their postcards.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2025

Kirk] Some quick history. In fact, the median acceptance rate at four-year universities was about 8 percentage points higher in 2022 than it was in 2012. And that’s why Congress, led by the president, passed the law, the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, better known as the G.I. Bill of Rights.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2023

She credits a training program through the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan for preparing her to do so. More than 150 teachers have graduated from the program since it started in 2012. “I The 15-month tuition-free program focuses on enrolling educators in “high-needs” middle and high schools.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Soon, you’ll be able to get a master’s degree in World War II history at Arizona State University. He analyzed data from the National Center for Education Statistics and found a 21-percent increase in the number of degrees or certificates available to students since 2012. Higher education is in an increasingly tight spot.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2024

The people of the area really wanted a college,” Sister Ellen Doyle, president from 1986 to 1997, said in a video history. “A Homan is compiling an archive of Chatfield’s history. It really has a lot of history.” Just having a college nearby inspired her to go, she said. The college has now closed.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

Since its launch in 2012, the city’s high school graduation rate has climbed 15 points, to 64 percent, according to New York State education department figures , the highest rate the city has achieved in more than a decade. There was so much acrimony and such a history of distrust and malfunction.”.

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

GeoCapabilities began in 2012 with a pilot project led by the American Association of Geographers. All of these are referenced in the book. This work is summarised in the online journal RIGEO. The first phase was funded by the AAG. Read the article by Lambert, Solem and Tani here. We have powerful choices to make as teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2020

Many colleges and universities have a history of mismanaging their finances, increasing spending even as enrollments fell or going deeply into debt to construct new buildings. Their combined enrollment fell from 3,264 students in 2012-13 to 2,227 in 2018-19, according to federal data. Colleges in Crisis.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2019

The reknitting of schools and histories gives a new depth to this year’s Carnival parades, as students from schools like Carver see proud alumni like Foxworth-Carter and feel a deeper connection to their schools’ rich histories. But it’s also the deep history. Cherishing history while challenging old assumptions.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2019

The score gap between those who make less than $80,000 and those who make more than that amount has increased from 2012 to 2016, according to a 2016 ACT report. Attempts at addressing the wealth gap, which stems from the history of slavery, segregation, racism and discrimination, should be encouraged and lauded.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

According to state data, the number of young people in state juvenile justice facilities dropped from 901 at the end of 2012 to 386 in 2017. In 2016, 45,567 young people were held in facilities nationwide, down 20 percent from 2012.) Its implementation has coincided with the rapid rise in course completions and diplomas awarded.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Liberal arts colleges are in crisis,” said Doug Sofer, professor of history at another of these schools, Maryville College in Tennessee. Doug Sofer, professor of history, Maryville College in Tennessee. They got small grants in 2012 of $50,000 each from the Appalachian College Association , or ACA, to work on the issue.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

She watched from the backseat in August 2012 as the city gave way to the causeway, miles and miles of concrete bridge she hoped would ferry her to the future she’d been promised. As Williams and her classmates moved away in the summer of 2012, Marcovitz expected they’d all have “a happy ending with college.” psychology class.

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

To the left of the gallery, Denyse Thomasos’ 2012 Untitled , in her signature abstract expressionist style, presents a watercraft motif evoking familiarity with her earlier works where they transform into coffins and reveal the horrifying reality of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Statewide, 30 percent of casework-related staff left between 2012 and 2015, according to a state audit. Nonetheless, the number of counselors in Wisconsin has stayed flat since 2012, according to a state audit, although there has been an increase in the number of counselors in training.

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This work entangles power structures with disciplinary histories that work to enforce and reinforce particular narratives about whose bodies are to be studied , whose bodies are to be cared for , and what care looks like for community members. I received my Ph.D.

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