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MARCH 26, 2025

The early human settlement of South America stands as one of the last great migrations in human history, yet the environmental conditions that shaped this journey remain debated. 2 ) takes different cultural components and specific lithic traditions/categories into account. The modelling work (e.g., <2,5000 masl = orange.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

I don’t know if there’s one thing — I think it’s a blend,” said Louie Rodriguez, vice provost and dean for undergraduate education at UC Riverside, where in the 2021-22 school year 46 percent of freshmen received Pell Grants and 75 percent of Pell recipients graduated within six years.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Study of Ancient Alaskan Canids To explore this complex history, a team of archaeologists led by François Lanoë from the University of Arizona analyzed 111 sets of bones from canids unearthed at archaeological sites across interior Alaska. Journal : Human Ecology , 2021. Van den Broeck, M.,

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JUNE 7, 2022

history and civics curriculum to be more inclusive and equitable? As an Asian American, my lived experience and this research make me firmly believe that we must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S. — We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. 2021) Dillard’s “Spirit of Our Work” is transformative.

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APRIL 7, 2025

Although both dire wolves ( Aenocyon dirus ) and grey wolves ( Canis lupus ) belong to the family Canidae, recent genomic analyses confirm they are distantly related lineages separated by several million years of independent evolutionary history without admixture. Biological organisms are more than the sum of isolated genetic traits.

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MARCH 6, 2023

Ron DeSantis or the College Board to curate and disburse Black history to us. As despicable and harmful as the Florida governor’s recent rejection of the pilot Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course was, DeSantis does not get to decide when and how we learn Black history. DeSantis’ playbook is plagiarized.

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Edthena

JULY 22, 2021

From teaching Black history year-round to social and emotional wellness for teachers, we have highlights and article links for you–easy to read, even beachside. Don’t confine teaching about Black history to February. During Black History Month, resources for teaching about Black history abound.

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ED Surge

APRIL 29, 2022

Through our Voices of Change project, EdSurge has been conversing with educators and school leaders to understand how schools are adapting to meet the needs of their learning communities as they face the 2021-22 school year. Reducing Systemic Barriers to Getting Mental Healthcare Receiving mental healthcare in this country is no easy feat.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The Italian Peninsula before the rise of Rome was a tapestry of diverse ethnic groups, each with unique languages, customs, and material cultures. A recent study, The Genomic Portrait of the Picene Culture 1 , published in Genome Biology , attempts to decode their past through ancient DNA analysis. Ravasini et al.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

I never took a course in African American history during that time, the late 1980s and early 90s, despite being enveloped in Blackness in my neighborhoods, churches and schools. My knowledge of Black history came as sprinkling rain, a paltry amount that was never enough to have a significant impact.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

Often, the product of this influence is a colonialist narrative that presents past cultures as flawed or inconsistent (because they fail to meet modern criteria) and modern (usually Western) cultures as the resolution of these inconsistencies. Fellowships will be distributed equally across the 2025-2026 academic year (i.e.,

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The Footprints That Rewrite History In the shifting gypsum sands of White Sands National Park in New Mexico, a series of fossilized human footprints have surfaced, casting a striking new light on the ingenuity of Ice Age inhabitants. Historically, it was used by Plains peoples to haul loads across the land, often drawn by horses or dogs.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 13, 2025

Leopard cats, roughly the size of modern house cats, are adaptable predators with a long history of interaction with human societies. The Cultural Shift: How China Embraced the Domestic Cat The arrival of Felis catus was not merely a biological event; it marked a cultural shift in how Chinese society interacted with felines.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

NEW YORK — There’s a new look to history classes in New York City schools: a curriculum in Asian American and Pacific Islander history. history instruction include an Asian American and Pacific Islander K-12 curriculum. Now, they say, it’s time for their history classes, educators and textbooks to catch up. KELLEN ZENG.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Within a few decades, they built an empire that stretched from the Eurasian steppe to the heart of Central Europe, reshaping political landscapes and leaving an imprint on European history. The results paint a complex picture of migration, cultural blending, and long-distance connections. But where did they come from? Rasmussen, S.,

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In the post-war boom of the 1950s, college students were confident of their economic futures and many studied liberal arts subjects such as English, history and philosophy. Unemployment dropped below 5 percent and the stock market soared, posting one of the best decades in history. History is seeing a similar collapse, down 35 percent.

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Life and Landscapes

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

uses Fort Knox as the focal point in his new, expansive book about the history of an area that contains part of Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Of his travels, Van Stockum proclaims, “I love making loops of history by tracing road through topography rarely ridden.” Kentucky author Ronald R. Van Stockum Jr.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

On March 16, 2021, a 21-year-old white man went on a targeted shooting rampage across Atlanta, driving 30 miles to three massage businesses and killing eight people, the majority of whom were Asian women. A vigil attendee honored the victims of the anti-Asian spa shootings in Atlanta by remembering their names on March 21, 2021.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Previous discoveries in Sulawesi include a 44,000-year-old painting depicting half-human hunters pursuing wild animals with spears and ropes, further emphasizing the region’s ancient cultural richness. Archaeological evidence in Australia dates back at least 60,000 years, highlighting the ancient roots of Aboriginal cultures.

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

Image of New York State Archives and Museum in Albany, New York Making connections with cultural centers offers educators a measure of expertise outside their own content knowledge and pedagogical skill. Doing so also offers valuable resources that can be used to help bring history to life.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 23, 2025

billion as of August 2021, and accusations of Chinas debt-trap diplomacy have been frequently repeated in Zambia, especially during the campaign in August 2021. Witnesses adherence to the Bible transcends the kinds of histories in secular society that emphasize a world order dominated by competition between nation states.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Efforts to enhance these relationships should include culturally responsive teaching and creating a sense of belonging to ensure that each student can participate at the fullest level. Be laser focused on building strong and lasting relationships among students and teachers, students and their peers, and teachers and parents/caregivers.

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MAY 2, 2024

They broaden students’ view of history and teach them to respect people from different cultures. Yet Americans of Asian and Pacific Islander descent have been underrepresented in this country for years, according to Connie Chang’s article for Parents published April 2021.

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ED Surge

JULY 11, 2022

The result is that clicking on a course content listing from Lumen—whether it’s “ Boundless Accounting ” or “ African American History and Culture ” or another course—will likely send you off to Course Hero, where it’s being hosted. In 2021, Lumen says, its online course materials drew in 350 million page views. History II.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A teacher at heart who values community, I often reflect on my past experiences with students and the ways we explored, celebrated and protected our cultural identity. While there are opportunities to do this within the academic curriculum, my Black students’ cultural identity is often reflected in how they wear and style their hair.

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Zinn Education Project

JUNE 11, 2024

Background on Juneteenth Here are key points from scholars Greg Carr, Christopher Wilson, and Clint Smith on the history beyond the traditional textbook narrative about Juneteenth. African American History Monument by Ed Dwight, State Capitol Grounds, Columbia, South Carolina. Source: Alamy.In The Brown v.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 4, 2023

Ricky has a history of behavior problems in school, leading to detentions, Saturday school and occasional suspensions. LAUSD served almost 35,000 students across 53 of its alternative schools during the 2021-22 school year, according to state enrollment data. Is it really discipline? Is it attendance?

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 13, 2024

By analyzing distinctive genetic markers, researchers quantified this percentage, shedding light on the enduring impact of interbreeding events in human evolutionary history. Complex History of Admixture Between Modern Humans and Neanderthals Authors : Vernot, B., & Akey, J. Journal : Nature , 2021. DOI : 10.1101/gr.099388.109

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Teaching American History

JULY 30, 2024

Little wonder that Dunn’s course in this year’s summer residential Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG ) program, “From Courthouse to Schoolhouse,” drew teachers from urban and rural areas across the country. decided in 2021, upheld a student’s right to free speech outside of school hours and off of the school campus.

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

In the wake of the Atlanta Spa shootings and a surge in violence against Asian Americans throughout the pandemic, Illinois made history by becoming the first state to mandate that Asian American history be taught in public K-12 schools beginning in the 2022-23 school year. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

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Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

For the purpose of standardized tests, this principle serves as a reminder that efforts around assessment are not separate from the necessary work of culturally responsive teaching , equity, trauma-informed practices , and research-based pedagogy. Testing Wars in the Public Schools: A Forgotten History. Harvard University Press.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 22, 2024

History to Spanish immersion, more students means more funding. According to a recent report from the National Rural Education Association, 80,000 more English-learner and multilingual students were enrolled in rural districts in the 2021 school year than in 2013. From Advanced Placement U.S.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 26, 2022

BREAK MY SOUL", in particular, reflects my work as a public high school history teacher as I have had my own renaissance navigating the toxic landscape that further marginalizes educators struggling to hold on to their humanity while teaching. Due to the success of Golden Apple over the years, the program has now expanded to New Mexico.

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AUGUST 14, 2024

Still, the problem appears to have passed its peak ; almost every state saw absenteeism improve at least slightly from 2021-22 to 2022-23. But she bonded with an Afro-Latina teacher who understood her culturally and made Tachiquin, a straight-A student, feel her poor attendance didn’t define her. “I You get farther behind.”

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2022

Misinformation “has actually become one of the greatest—if not the greatest—challenges of our time,” says Miller in an interview with EdSurge reflecting on the organization’s history and trajectory. “It 6, 2021, chief among them. We want to change the culture, the way we’ve seen with smoking and drunk driving and littering.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In 2021, the Salem-Keizer School District in Oregon ended its contract for “School Resource Officers” — another name for cops in schools. The American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) is the single largest infusion of federal money into schools in history.

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