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APSA Oral History Project: Contributions by Scholars of Color Interview Series

Political Science Now

As part of an ongoing series examining Contributions of Scholars of Color , the APSA Diversity and Inclusion Department conducted a a second set of oral history interviews during the 2024 National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) Annual Meeting held in Los Angeles, California.

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How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa

Sapiens

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. It’s the year 2065. West Africa’s cool seasonal rains wake Abena.

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PROOF POINTS: Combining remote and in-person learning led to chaos, study finds

The Hechinger Report

Student failures during the 2020-21 school year prompted three districts in the study to abandon the dual approach and split into separate in-person only and remote only classes. . When the pandemic first hit in March 2020, Bartlett wanted to document the lives of teachers. It’s completely absurd.”. teaching work force. “We

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Creating a curriculum with Black girls in mind 

The Hechinger Report

When the pandemic hit right before the program’s launch in summer 2020, Kaler-Jones pivoted to an entirely virtual model, with the girls meeting once a week for two hours. Cierra Kaler-Jones presents some of her foundational work that provided the research basis of the curriculum and pedagogy for Black Girls S.O.A.R.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

Amid bans on teaching Black history and calculated attempts at falsifying history, we all need a recalibration in the importance of telling full stories about America’s past and present. Oral history has preserved Black history, and sharing these stories across generations will preserve truths and offer a blueprint for the future.

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Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

Elliott-High Eagle, Oral History, interviewed by David Zierler Oct. 2, 2020, for AIP.org. Lori Arviso Alvord,” retrieved Nov. 7, 2023 from [link] Dave Roos, “8 Native American Scientists You Should Know,” Nov. 3, 2023 for science.howstuffworks.com Jerry C.

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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. Those who have been fighting to reopen schools since Fall 2020 knew that school was essential, that children faced the lowest risk of severe illness, and that children faced the most severe consequences of the prolonged shutdown.