The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2024

In 2021, there was a sudden shift in how school board meetings around the country were conducted: Routine meetings turned heated, with angry community members often accusing educators of teaching their kids about critical race theory without their knowledge. Subscribe today!

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Southeast Asia’s Ancient Cultural Heritage Beyond East Timor and Sulawesi, Australia holds some of the oldest continuous cultural heritage sites globally, reflecting its Indigenous populations' long history. These carvings depict animals like the now-extinct nail-tailed wallabies and thylacines (Tasmanian tigers). 1 Shipton, C.,

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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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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2022

The report, released in May during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, surveyed over 5,000 Americans from diverse backgrounds and includes findings about Asian American stereotypes, visibility and acceptance. Nationally, in 2021, U.S. Related: STUDENT VOICE: Here’s why my high school and others must address anti-Asian racism.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 18, 2024

In 2021 and 2022, I conducted an archaeological walkover and photographic survey of the marshes. Though unmarked by commemorative plaques, the pitches have become a vast footballing heritage site: the “utopia,” as founder of Hackney Wick Football Club Bobby Kasanga has put it , “of grassroots football.”

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2020

The 18-year-old senior at Heritage High School, in Menifee, California, had just been accepted to her dream school, University of California, San Diego, and wanted to visit that campus and a few others before deciding where to spend the next four years. Some universities have already waived the testing requirements for the class of 2021.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I learned truths about European imperialism and the humanness before slavery — how colonists from all over Europe stuck their flagpoles into African soils, controlling nations and influencing heritage for centuries. 2021) Dillard’s “Spirit of Our Work” is transformative. King, Ph.D., Johnson Jr., and LaGarrett J. King, Ph.D.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

To get a sense of how students in New York feel about these changes, The Hechinger Report spoke with six public school students, representing four of the city’s five boroughs, whose heritage is Asian American or Pacific Islander. of all district students) enrolled in a K-12 New York City Public School in 2021-2022.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2024

It benefits Latino children to have a Latino provider because they have the same lived experience, same heritage — it’s easier for them to connect to families, to get more family engagement.” “It’s a resource to speak Spanish, but if you don’t have good English skills, it can also be really hard to get those degrees,” Villarroel said. “It

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

That’s partly why he’s interested in classical learning, a form of education that often emphasizes the “classics” of Western heritage. McCoy published a survey of classical learning schools in 2021 for Manhattan Institute, which painted it as an “attractive option for parents.”

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Studies Weekly

JUNE 3, 2024

22, 2021 • By Studies Weekly As the school year comes to a close, students are eager to leave classwork behind and spend more time with friends. 3 Ways to Keep Students Engaged When Summer Is Calling Mar.

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2023

Between 2010 and 2021, the share of white non-Hispanic children fell to 45 percent of public school students, while the share of Hispanic children grew to comprise 28 percent. As we’ve reported in the past, some teachers have clearly expressed that tech tools should support and not replace their expertise.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2021

During the 2021 legislative session, lawmakers and educators said Wyoming, where salaries are higher and the number of uncertified teachers is far lower, is a fierce competitor for teachers. I don’t even know what you would do if you were just hitting roadblock after roadblock” without help from your boss, she said.

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

. * * * My most recent connection with a cultural center occurred over a year ago when BSC social studies teacher candidates worked with the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center (UGRR) during an informal service-learning project. Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center. Image via Step Out Buffalo.

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Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Following the lead of recent enquiry into the resonances of Latin poetry in Greek novels (Jolowicz 2021), we find it timely to investigate how the memory of the premier Roman verse author, a school classic, was useful to later authors in the Greek diaspora (see also the essays in Carvounis, Papaioannou, and Scafoglio 2022). Berlin and Boston.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2024

Then, in 2021, and again in 2022, the region suffered severe flooding, which washed away homes and took the lives of almost 50 residents of Southeast Kentucky. We want to teach young people to be proud of our Appalachian heritage.” In 2017, Perry County had the highest opioid abuse hospitalization rate in the nation.

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Studies Weekly

JULY 9, 2024

Many kindergarten and first-grade students missed out on crucial language learning during 2020 and 2021. Students across the country are falling more than one grade level behind where their reading scores should be. March 15, 2024 The post The Nationwide Reading Struggle first appeared on Studies Weekly.

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Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

Billionaire dark money funded the conservative infrastructure that initiated attacks on critical race theory and DEI at all levels of education led by the Heritage Foundation. This was 2021, and Iowa had just passed its history censorship law. But it doesn’t end there. I was teaching for critical thinking.

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Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For six weeks, we spent 40 percent of our time at the American Anthropological Association (AAA) office and 60 percent of our time at partner institutions: the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) and the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC).

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

This story also appeared in Oregon Public Broadcasting Hall — who graduated in 2021 with a doctorate in linguistics from the University of Oregon — is the language coordinator for the Coquille Indian Tribe. “I spent months writing,” she said, “just crying while I wrote because of how it felt to not be recognized.”

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Our mission has always been to communicate knowledge, highlight African contributions to the world’s cultural heritage, and to create. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2021. Milano, Italy: Skira, 2021. Organizations like ours cannot, and should not simply stop existing. We will reorganize, regroup, and keep fighting. Otele, Olivette.

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Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 27, 2024

She is the author of the 2021 book Include ( Amazon | Bookshop ) and a co-author of the upcoming book Manga Goes to School: Cultivating Engagement and Inclusion in K-12 Settings ( Amazon | Bookshop ). Darius calls himself a fractional Persian due to his mother’s Iranian heritage, and he never feels like he fits in.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2025

More than half of community college students between the ages of 18 and 22 screened positive for at least one mental health condition, according to a study in the Psychiatric Services journal from 2021 (even before the full effects of the pandemic had settled in ). Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter [link to newsletter].

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Yet a 2021 study found that dual-language “education can benefit … even students who often struggle in school because of special education needs.” And a 2018 paper found “no credible evidence that bilingual education adds or creates burden for children.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

12, 2021, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In Oklahoma, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit against the state on behalf of students, educators and civil right groups over House Bill 1775 , a law approved in 2021 that bans schools from teaching certain concepts related to race and gender. “We

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Utpala’s biodegradable prayer flags gained international recognition in 2021 after they were raised at the Boudhanath stupa, a major pilgrimage and tourist landmark in Kathmandu. The pilgrimage landmark Boudhanath stupa replaced its synthetic lungta with Utpala Craft’s biodegradable prayer flags in 2021. But challenges remain.

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Sapiens

JUNE 25, 2024

ASKING “THE GODDAMN INDIAN” In March 2021, I (co-author Alicia) met with George and his son, Mike, over Zoom. As part of this journey, the circle will consider how Insider worldviews can be translated for Outsiders , listening in a way few Outsiders have done.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2025

Around the country, community colleges are stepping in to run apprenticeship programs for heritage industries, such as logging and aquaculture, which are too small to run. For regional heritage trades like logging, just a few apprentices can make the difference between staying in business and shutting down. operates a loader.

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ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

But within those blanket terms to describe “minorities” are dozens of cultures with unique heritages, ethnicities, and geographic locations. For example, NCES reported that in 2021, Asian students earned 13.6 who are not white. People from those cultures have nuanced histories, perspectives, and experiences in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

On October 25, 2021, using his power as chair of the Texas House Committee on General Investigating, Krause sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency and to school districts listing some 850 books. What I try to convey is that a library is a place for voluntary inquiry.” Krause’s List It is unclear how the recent book ban fervor started.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2022

“It was kind of cool, kind of scary,” said Ophelia weeks later, while taking bites of barbecue chips at Heritage Kitchen, a restaurant a block away from her family’s apartment. The river pushed open the bottom door of their building and lapped at the second step to the apartment, before slinking away like a bad dream.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In 2021, Siembo, along with local anthropologist and co-author George Umoja and other like-minded Rusingans, started the Rusinga Island Prehistory Organization (RIPO). The group shares information about the islands ancient history and the role of local collaborators in discovering that heritage.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 5, 2024

A Shared Heritage: What Maltravieso Teaches Us Maltravieso Cave offers a rare glimpse into the shared artistic legacy of humanity. Published by : University Repository , 2021. Journal : Journal of Archaeological Science Reports , 2021. García-Diez, M., Pettitt, P. Collado, H., DOI : 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.104780

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

The Russellville City school district created De La Rosa’s position in early 2021 as part of a larger effort to help educate its growing population of students who speak English as a second language. Since 2021, Russellville High has been named one of the top 25 schools in Alabama by U.S. Just drawing,” De La Rosa said.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

They include Julia Alvarez’s 1991 novel, “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents,” about four immigrant sisters from the Dominican Republic — a popular pick for readers during Latinx Heritage Month.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 5, 2025

A team led by Iranian archaeologist Nemat Hariri secured permission from the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Institute to excavate what they could before it was too late. Illegal digging and natural degradation had threatened to erase whatever remained at Kunakhera. “The aim was twofold,” Hariri said.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 10, 2025

The Heritage Foundation. .” Washington Post , Feb. Gans, Paul, and S. Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise. Presidential Transition Process. Graddy-Reed, A., Feldman, J. Bercovitz, and Scott Langfo. “The Distribution of Indirect Cost Recovery in Academic Research.” Ledford, Heidi.

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