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Native American students miss school at higher rates. It only got worse during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

government’s campaign to break up Native American culture, language and identity by forcing children into abusive boarding schools. government back in the past,” she said. “We Schools also must navigate distrust dating back to the U.S. AP's analysis does not include data on schools managed by the U.S.

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Schools bar Native students from wearing traditional regalia at graduation

The Hechinger Report

Schools have a long history of policing Native students’ graduation attire, often citing longstanding policies that all students must look alike and that deviations from the standard cap and gown are distracting. Related: As coronavirus ravaged Indian Country, the federal government failed its schools.

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States step in to provide information about the return for students on a college education

The Hechinger Report

The site, CollegeForTN.org , was updated in 2018 after the legislature asked for additional information to be posted publicly. “We The federal government and private organizations do provide some information, but that data isn’t always useful or accurate enough for students. The government and other sources, such as U.S.

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Students sick of ‘lip service’ from universities over racism

The Hechinger Report

Lourdes Torrey was only a few weeks into her first year at the University of Missouri in 2018 when she heard a white student in the dorm room next to hers use the N-word. In a state where almost one-third of residents are Black, in 2018, only 8 percent of students at the flagship university were Black and only 3 percent were Black men.

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Anna Lenardson Loves to Learn and Teach

Teaching American History

Anna Lenardson If you ask Anna Lenardson, a 2023 graduate of Ashland University’s Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program , why she enrolled in the challenging program, she replies, “I love to learn. I loved being with other teachers, talking about history and government.”

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Analysis: hundreds of colleges and universities show financial warning signs

The Hechinger Report

They’d spent the past decade grappling with declining enrollments and weakening support from state governments. Many colleges and universities have a history of mismanaging their finances, increasing spending even as enrollments fell or going deeply into debt to construct new buildings. million in 2018. Colleges in Crisis.

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Jehovah’s Witness Are Learning Chinese to Evangelize in Zambia

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Like Jehovahs Witness congregations in the rest of the world, Kombela Central Mandarin Congregation is governed by local elders in charge of pastoral work, selecting speakers, and directing public preaching. November 2018. Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia. Jehovahs Witnesses are a highly centralized organization. Central Zambia.