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Ancient Instincts, Modern Power Struggles: How Evolution Still Shapes Human Society

Anthropology.net

Human societies are built on layers of culture, law, and technology, yet beneath it all, some of the oldest instincts in the animal kingdom continue to shape our world. In A New Approach to Human Social Evolution 1 , neuroscientist and anthropologist Jorge A. At its core, the human brain retains an ancient architecture.

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OPINION: Why Relational Intelligence is the key to thriving in the AI era

The Hechinger Report

We rewarded students for getting the right answers, for competing rather than collaborating, for mastering subjects rather than navigating human relationships. This years NAEP scores revealed that in both reading and math, most fourth- and eighth-graders still performed below pre-pandemic 2019 levels. for adults and children.

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PROOF POINTS: The number of college graduates in the humanities drops for the eighth consecutive year

The Hechinger Report

The drop in college graduates who majored in humanities ranges between 16 percent and 29 percent since 2012. The last time colleges produced this few humanities graduates was in 2002. As the economy recovered, so did the humanities. The last time colleges produced this few humanities graduates was in 2002.

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The learning effect of air quality in classrooms

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: We’ve known for quite some time that pollution is bad for your health but researchers are documenting how it affects our brains. A 2019 draft, working paper of a study on university students in London also found that exposure to indoor air pollutants was associated with lower exam test scores.

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OPINION: How climate change and early childhood are intertwined

The Hechinger Report

climate report highlighted how our dire climate crisis is “unequivocally” and “irreversibly” caused by humans. It’s long overdue that we acknowledge the harms we as humans are causing to the planet. A recent U.N. This is the crisis facing early childhood. Not investing in early childhood has consequences into the future.

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Can an AI tutor teach your child to read?

The Hechinger Report

At Brewbaker, which in 2020 served more than 700 students in pre-K through second grade, nearly 20 percent of her students are English learners and 71 percent are economically disadvantaged. In 2019, a year before Brown Wright was hired, less than 20 percent of students were proficient on the school’s reading assessments, the principal said.

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The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma

ED Surge

These short courses offer students the opportunity to study behavioral health, which aligns with jobs in our region related to human services, sociology, counseling, psychology and social work. Arrington, in 1860 the economic value of enslaved peoples in the U.S. America’s Workforce Dilemma During the 2019-2020 academic year, U.S.

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