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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.

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

Today, it enrolls roughly 500 students from 60 different tribes in grades K-12, bolstering their Indigenous heritage with land-based lessons and language courses built into a college preparatory model. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006. It’s a traditionally oral language, and speakers frown on any written form.

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

Anthropology.net

Fannin cites a 2014 study reporting that young chimpanzees spend significantly more time in the trees than their adult counterparts, a behavior that enhances their climbing abilities. Fannin explains, “If you’re spending all that time in trees as a juvenile, you need confidence.

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How one Minnesota university more than doubled its native student graduation rate

The Hechinger Report

In another campus hall, Jacob Bernier and Chrissy Pettit, two recent graduates who now attend a master’s program in heritage studies and public history, were planning an exhibition on indigenous canoes and environmental justice. Many people would like to see other public universities in the state waive tuition.

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

The Hechinger Report

Between 2004 and 2014, Ohio cut funding for a college grant program for low-income students by 33 percent. And she helped launch the school’s first Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations this school year. “We Cost of attendance is now at $8, 101 , and 62 percent of students receive federal aid, though it’s often not enough.

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College tuition breaks for Native students spread, but some tribes are left out

The Hechinger Report

Despite their rich history and Hall’s documentation of her heritage, Hall and her ancestors are not acknowledged by the United States government as a tribal nation. Hall’s status meant that when she was earning her degrees, she didn’t qualify for financial assistance designed for Native students. Her credit score took a hit.

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New Orleans schools still struggle with integration

The Hechinger Report

She was not happy with the first school she and her husband chose, but found a match in 2014 when a spot opened at Homer A. As of 2014, it had the highest percentage of students in private schools in the nation , with wealth playing a significant factor in attendance of the exclusive schools. You can’t buy it and you can’t teach it.