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Powerful Learning is Collaborative and Connected

Digital Promise

Knowledge is built through social interactions 1 in a collaborative culture 2. Peer teaching strategies give students the opportunity to learn from one another and contribute to a culture of collaboration. Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning. 2014 Oct;42(7):1038-48. Palincsar, A.S. Educational Researcher, Vol.

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Neanderthals and Modern Humans: A Shared Past Revealed Through DNA

Anthropology.net

The Kennis brothers, courtesy of The Natural History Museum, London New Insights from Ancient Genomes A groundbreaking study analyzed 58 ancient Eurasian genomes alongside the DNA of 275 contemporary humans. Journal : Nature , 2014. The Genomic Landscape of Neanderthal Ancestry in Present-Day Humans Authors : Sankararaman, S.,

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How one tiny town is battling ‘rural brain drain’

The Hechinger Report

Enrollment in the Onalaska School District — which includes the town and outlying areas — rose by about 14 percent between May 2014 and May 2018, to 851 students. We have worked hard to create an inviting and positive culture in our community,” Murphy said. Heather Guenther, Onalaska High School graduate.

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70 years later, schools — and moms — are still fighting segregation

The Hechinger Report

In 2016, she received a grant from the Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division to present “Loma Alta: Tales of Desegregation,” a talk at a public library that featured her and two other district alumni sharing their experiences.

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2023 Institute Faculty

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He is a noted scholar of visual culture in U.S. He is currently working on a study of Civil War visual culture for which he received a Guggenheim Fellowship. Visiting Lecturers and Session Leaders Louise Bernard is the director of the Museum of the Obama Presidential Center. Gonzalez will lecture on the pre-war image of slavery.

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10 years of the 'Detectorists'

Living Geography

It's ten years since the Detectorists was first shown - in early October 2014. Detectorists' instantly grabbed me when the first episode of the first series was broadcast on the BBC on 2nd of October 2014. It was the focus of an article in today's Guardian newspaper. Something special" indeed.

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Refugee students languish in red tape as they seek to resume their educations

The Hechinger Report

“They made me waste one year of my life,” Al Aas says, a weary smile on his face as he recounts his endless efforts to untangle red tape while living off his income working at a Berlin museum devoted to the Cold War. He’s resolved to stay upbeat. I’m trying to learn as much as I can,” he says. “I In Syria alone, from which 4.8

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