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What If Finding Child Care Online Were as Easy as Making a Dinner Reservation?

ED Surge

That wasn’t the issue, says Ryan Page, director of child care for the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. The idea to create a better statewide platform to aid families in finding care came out of recommendations released in fall 2021 from a task force created by Iowa Gov. The problem was families couldn’t see availability.

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Brett Van Gaasbeek’s Students Talk about Preserving Self-Government

Teaching American History

Recently I emailed a question to teacher friends who are graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program. How do you teach students about the challenge of preserving self-government?” I asked them, “What have you learned about the challenge of preserving self-government? I’m Madisyn,” she said.

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Talking with Students about Preserving Self-Government with Brett Van Gaasbeek

Teaching American History

Recently I emailed a question to teacher friends who are graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program. How do you teach students about the challenge of preserving self-government?” I asked them, “What have you learned about the challenge of preserving self-government? I’m Madisyn,” she said.

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Ancient Human Habitation: New Discoveries from East Timor’s Laili Rock Shelter

Anthropology.net

Archaeological discoveries in East Timor’s Laili rock shelter have unveiled evidence 1 of ancient human habitation dating back approximately 44,000 years. This finding, led by an international team of archaeologists, contributes significantly to understanding the migration and adaptation patterns of early humans in Southeast Asia.

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Inside Canada’s 50-year fight for national child care

The Hechinger Report

In 2021, Canada’s leaders committed $30 billion (about $24 billion in U.S. Having women in positions of power — including Chrystia Freeland, the nation’s first female minister of finance — was crucial to ushering the proposed program through Parliament in 2021, experts say, despite continued opposition from some conservative lawmakers.

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Farming Inequality: How Ancient Land Use Split Societies

Anthropology.net

For at least 10,000 years, humans have worked the land to feed families, build communities, and form civilizations. But the way those lands were used—how they were divided, worked, and governed—did more than sustain life. When Governance Intervened—Or Failed To The story isn’t one of inevitability.

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Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

The Hechinger Report

18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine. The American Rescue Plan in March 2021 created the $7.2 billion Emergency Broadband Benefit is part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which provides broadband subsidies for individuals and families. The devices are headed to seventh and eighth graders.

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