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Authentic Learning Can't Be Standardized

A Principal's Reflections

Please visit the blog for an in-depth look at the dedicated students who participated in HST 2013 as they reflect upon what they learned. Commission for America’s Heritage Abroad, the group was able to dedicate a second memorial to the Wolf family, which honors the rescuers of this community. In Trsice, through the support of the U.S.

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Caring for and through Language: Tibetan Refugees and Heritage Language Education in Canada

Anthropology News

As requested by the local Tibetan community, a linguistic anthropologist (Ward) and graduate student (Moli) adapted the Buddhist-inspired framework of SEE Learning to facilitate reflections on best practices in Tibetan heritage language education. These refugees entered Canada with complex linguistic repertoires.

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Just Another Typical Day

A Principal's Reflections

Below is a listing of some of activities that incorporated digital learning: In Mrs. Collentine’s Humanities class, students worked in the computer lab on researching the history of drama and theater in the culture of their own heritage. So what did you do on Digital Learning Day 2013?'

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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month April 29, 2024 • Studies Weekly Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a great opportunity to incorporate culturally responsive teaching into students’ learning experience. They helped shape our country into what it is today. He lost his right arm in the war.

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The Evolutionary Importance of Risky Play: Challenging Limits for Childhood Development

Anthropology.net

Photo by Luke Fannin) The invention of jungle gyms and monkey bars in the 1920s by Chicago lawyer Sebastian “Ted” Hinton reflects this evolutionary heritage, according to Nathaniel Dominy, the Charles Hansen Professor of Anthropology at Dartmouth and co-author of the study.

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A college where the graduation rate for black students has been 0 percent — for years

The Hechinger Report

At Kent State University at Ashtabula, 55 black students received an associate or bachelor’s degree between fall 2013 and spring 2019. Between fall 2013 and spring 2019, university officials say, 55 black students received an associate or bachelor’s degree from Ashtabula. Very few have succeeded.

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You Have Primary Sources in Your Family

Studies Weekly

In addition, when children know about their own family history, they are more resilient and emotionally stable, according to research as reported by Bruce Feiler in 2013 in the New York Times.