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‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors

The Hechinger Report

She planned to major in digital media arts, but before she could start, Delta State eliminated that major, along with 20 other degree programs , including history, English, chemistry and music. Youngstown State University in Ohio, for instance, axed Italian, religious studies and other majors in 2021 , then six more three years later.

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The First 20th Century Genocide

World History Teachers Blog

In May 2021, the German government acknowledged what happened in Namibia was genocide and agreed to pay the Namibian government 1.1 In a fascinating essay for Al Jazeera, Hamilton Wende, author and journalist based in Johannesburg, outlines this first holocaust in an essay called "Our Auschwitz, our Dachau."

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America’s reading problem: Scores were dropping even before the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

million students calculated that in the spring of 2021 students in each grade scored three to six percentile points lower on a widely used test, the Measures of Academic Progress or MAP, than they did in 2019. Students in grades 3 through 8 slid 6 percentage points in reading on state tests in the spring of 2021 compared to 2019.

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Strengthening Civic Education: The Role of High-Quality Curriculum and Teaching Strategies

TCI

history instruction is essential for developing informed, engaged citizens who can navigate the complexities of modern society. State Evaluations Reveal Gaps in Civics Education In 2021, The Thomas B. Fordham Institute evaluated the state-of-state standards for civics and history across all fifty states.

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Juneteenth: Teaching Outside the Textbook

Zinn Education Project

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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How the local public library helped one school district cope with Covid

The Hechinger Report

The district built up community trust and used a cautious, step-by-step reopening strategy to make it through the 2020-2021 school year with zero cases identified in school buildings. contracted COVID-19 between the start of the pandemic and early August 2021.). Precautions continue into fall 2021.

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STUDENT VOICES: Please listen to us. The time has come to fund education, not incarceration

The Hechinger Report

For example, the Clark County School District in Nevada has been spending more than $18 million per year on their school police department, and the federal government has given the district money for bulletproof vests. Many of us are in schools that feel like jails. Clark County is similar to many school districts across the country.

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