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OPINION: Studying humanities can prepare the next generation of social justice leaders

The Hechinger Report

The country’s next generation of leaders is pushing for racial equity, economic equality, disability justice and gender and sexual liberation; to succeed they will need the observational and analytical skills that can be developed by studying ideas, historical events, aesthetic works and cultural practices.

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The habits of 7 highly effective schools

The Hechinger Report

Previous researchers conducted a similar analysis in 2017 with whole school districts instead of individual schools. There are many schools that are effective at helping students learn, even in high-poverty communities,” said Sean Reardon, a Stanford sociologist who was part of the team that developed the Stanford Education Data Archive.

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Deception as Investment: How to Make Digital Ponzi Schemes in China

Anthropology News

Archived webpage (ppdai.com) on Aug. Archived webpage (ppdai.com) on March 28, 2015, highlighting the high annual rate, professional services, and safety for investors if using their investment app. The P2P industry thrived in 2014, championing financial inclusion ( puhui jinrong ) endorsed by the state.

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60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer

Teaching American History

Mississippi was the site of the most notorious lynching in the early civil rights movement, the killing of Emmett Till in 1955, and had the highest rates of lynching in the country — violence meant to impose social, economic, and political intimidation. Fannie Lou Hamer and Bob Moses on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in 1964.

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‘You can’t help but to wonder’: Crumbling schools, less money, and dismal outcomes in the county that was supposed to change everything for black children in the South

The Hechinger Report

Fourth graders in the state from almost every racial and economic background improved their scores on the exam. By 1970, just 24 white students were enrolled in Holmes County public schools, according to an archived report. She resorted to an English major and returned to Holmes County in the summer of 2017 with her bachelor’s degree.

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CFP: Embodying Women's Colonial Experiences

Society for Classical Studies

Inspired by developments in modern Black and North American indigenous feminisms (Jackson 2020 and Barker 2017, among many others), we ask how ancient (indigenous) women challenged naturalized Greek notions of “civilized” womanhood and the feminine body and shaped new articulations of womanhood across and beyond the Greek-speaking world.

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Unwrapping Operation Christmas Drop

Sapiens

In 2017, CHamoru activists and other community members called for decolonization and demilitarization at a demonstration for peace in Hagta, Guam. By these official military accounts, many islanders appreciate the gifts, even if they dont solve long-standing economic problems. Operation Christmas Drop embodies what many in the U.S.

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