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How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa

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Archaeological evidence and Oral Histories show people in what is today Ghana lived sustainably for millennia—until European colonial powers and the widespread trade of enslaved people changed everything. Human history on the continent is full of similar stories of resilience through environmental challenges.

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Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

He implemented the American Indian Telecommunications Satellite Demonstration Project, linking the All-Indian Pueblo Council and the Crow Indian Reservation with the federal government at Washington, D.C. Elliott-High Eagle, Oral History, interviewed by David Zierler Oct. 2, 2020, for AIP.org.

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Plunging NAEP scores make clear the long and difficult road ahead to pandemic recovery

The Hechinger Report

Related: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling. This was a man-made disaster, not an inevitable consequence of COVID,” Hartney, whose book “ How Policies Make Interest Groups: Governments, Unions, and American Education ” will be published this fall, said in a statement.

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“It’s so hard and so challenging:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling

The Hechinger Report

As of this fall, it had 198,645 students, compared with 205,778 in the 2019-2020 school year, and was still trying to track down students who’d gone missing. We feel like we’re in a better place as a school district than we were in October of 2020. Government is kind of leading from the rear here. FREMONT COUNTY, WYOMING.

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‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III

The Hechinger Report

The district has been operating fully in person with masks optional since the end of the 2020-2021 school year. In the second year, you get a lot of time to do the governing. The post ‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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“We’re really underwater here:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part II

The Hechinger Report

My coping mechanism to respond to some of the uncertainty in the larger system is appealing to government or quasi government agencies as well as personal physicians that can help me just know that I’m doing the right thing. I wish I kept notes, but maybe close to April 2020, I realized this wouldn’t be so hard on kids.

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As Humanities Fight for Support, New Journal Aims to Celebrate Their Role in Public Life

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A scholarly book or article about history or philosophy counts. So does a local oral-history project, an art exhibit, or a dinner-table conversation about books, movies, or music. Like air, humanities-driven work is everywhere but taken for granted, so much a part of life its easy to overlook.