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When Wartime Plunder Comes to Campus

Sapiens

IN 2022, the Art Crimes Division of the FBI became interested in a palm-size piece of carved ivory held by Emory Universitys art museum in Atlanta, Georgia. ROBBING IRAQS HERITAGE Many of the worlds known firsts occurred on the lands that are now Iraq and once were part of Mesopotamia. My experiences in Iraq influence the way I teach.

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Plants and People of Borneo: A Cultural and Ecological Connection

Anthropology.net

Beyond its economic role, the tualang holds profound cultural and spiritual significance for many indigenous groups. Borneo’s Unique Biocultural Heritage Borneo, one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth, is home to countless endemic plant and animal species. Source: Ambio, 2022. Credit: T. Source: Land Use Policy, 2016.

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What America can learn from Canada’s new ‘$10 a Day’ child care system

The Hechinger Report

Then, in September 2022, the family experienced a dramatic shift in fortune. The new Canada-wide system was “very much situated in the context of economic recovery,” said Morna Ballantyne, executive director of Child Care Now, an advocacy association in Canada. Children read outside at Heritage Park Child Care Centre.

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Arizona gave families public money for private schools. Then private schools raised tuition

The Hechinger Report

Franklin/Associated Press A Hechinger Report analysis of dozens of private school websites revealed that, among 55 that posted their tuition rates, nearly all raised their prices since 2022. Then, in 2022, state leaders expanded eligibility to all K-12 students and removed the requirement of initial public school attendance.

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Voices at the Center: Asian American Educators Rising

ED Surge

The voices above represent just a handful of the 80 Asian American K-12 educators who gathered with EdSurge Research in the summer of 2022 to connect in small groups and reflect on their experiences working in U.S. schools in recent years. on March 21, 2021. We talked with educators who immigrated as children to the U.S.,

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The Importance of Research in Social Studies Classrooms

Teaching American History

A Conversation with Sonja Czarnecki Sonja Czarnecki, 2022 MAHG Graduate “In order to understand history, you have to do history,” Sonja Czarnecki insists. After sending the essay to the Chronicles of Oklahoma in late 2022, she forgot about it. You need to see how historical narratives are made.” She also pursues her own research.

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Some rural states are cutting higher ed. One state is doing the opposite

The Hechinger Report

Until fairly recently, that decision made economic sense. If successful, the new college could bring economic growth to one of the poorest and least educated parts of the country and serve as a model for the thousands of other “educational deserts” scattered across America. Mining jobs were plentiful, and the money was good.