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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. Those could include major, geography or high school. But admissions officers still wanted to balance out the number of men and women on campus.

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The Politics and Limits of Aspiration

Anthropology News

Their mission is to “transform the educational aspirations and economic realities” of township communities by preparing youth for first-generation higher education and social mobility. When we met in 2014, he was a confident grade twelve student who saw his Launch education as “a ticket” to a life beyond the township.

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Open letter to teachers who feel trapped in racist schools

The Hechinger Report

Communities, ones organized by race, socioeconomic class and geography, use schools to cover blatant housing discrimination, school financing bias and white supremacy. Government Accountability Office found the percentage of all schools with racial or socio-economic isolation grew from 9 percent to 16 percent from 2001 to 2014.

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

The Hechinger Report

John Jones asks a question to his students in AP Human Geography on August 18, 2016. The median household income in Oktibbeha County for black residents is $21,795 annually while the median income for white households is almost double, at $41,501, according to American Community Survey 2014 estimates. Photo: Nicole Lewis.

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Nobody can own spectrum, but they can get a license to use specific frequencies, which the FCC grants by geography. And a number of lease holders fell prey to economic realities —the company that had leased Albemarle County’s spectrum, for example, struggled in the great recession and had to back out of the deal in 2012.

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

Steven V. Miller

Economic Threats or Societal Turmoil? Peace Economics, Peace Science and #> Public Policy* 24(1). #> Economic Anxiety or Ethnocentrism? Geography, #> Territory, and Conflict.” Economic Threats or Societal Turmoil? #> *Social Science Quarterly* #> 93(5): 1202–17. #> > #> ———. Quick Victories?

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Civil Conversation Protects Our Civil Rights

Teaching American History

Amanda Peters, a 2023 MAHG graduate, teaches AP Government and AP Human Geography at Liberty High School in Frisco, Texas. You have students from economically advantaged and disadvantaged families. Ashbrook Publishing, 2014. Peters agreed. Civic engagement involves more than just showing up to vote. Edited by Gordon Lloyd.

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