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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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As Apprenticeships Expand in Early Childhood, These States Are Training the Field’s Future Leaders

ED Surge

Back in 2019, Brenda Hagan, then a preschool program owner who had been hired as apprenticeship coordinator for the Kentucky Governors Office of Early Childhood, sent around a survey to early childhood program leaders, gauging their interest in apprenticeships.

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Native communities want schools to teach Native languages. Now the White House is voicing support

The Hechinger Report

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: By the close of this century, at least half of the more than 7,000 languages spoken today will become extinct – and that’s according to the rosiest of linguistic forecasts.

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What We Can Learn From Red States' Approaches to Child Care Challenges

ED Surge

State match to local investments A partnership between local and state governments with revenue from sin taxes like those on gambling is expanding access to child care for those who need the most help. By 2019, the state allocated its first dollars into the fund, and began matching local funds dollar for dollar.

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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. At worst, institutions under financial stress can fold — sometimes overnight, as government and accrediting oversight fails to prevent precipitous closures that throw students’ lives into disarray.

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PROOF POINTS: New wave of research shows nudging students by text is not as promising as hoped

The Hechinger Report

Based on these early successes, education leaders in government and nonprofit organizations sought to bring the power of text messages to hundreds of thousands of students. That often requires lots of human interaction and supportive relationships — things that don’t scale easily. We’re narrowing in on where nudging is useful.

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With more students demanding action on climate change, teachers try to keep up

The Hechinger Report

More than a dozen states don’t have any language in their science standards about human-caused climate change, according to the National Center for Science Education. It’s more ambiguous as to the causes of climate change, and the human role in causing climate change, than some other states,” she says. They raise cattle.