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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

Today, it enrolls roughly 500 students from 60 different tribes in grades K-12, bolstering their Indigenous heritage with land-based lessons and language courses built into a college preparatory model. Last year, nearly 80 percent of graduates enrolled in college, up from 65 percent for the class of 2022.

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A small rural town needed more Spanish-language child care. Here’s what it took

The Hechinger Report

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.” Another series followed in 2022, and this time, there was a professional interpreter and headsets available for translation.

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We asked Asian American students what they wanted from history instruction. They say including their voices is not enough.

The Hechinger Report

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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Unearthing the Origins of Plantation Slavery on São Tomé

Sapiens

During a survey in 2022, we found graffiti on the work area walls that expresses the religious and symbolic worldviews of those who toiled in the mill centuries ago. While most African countries have defined guidelines for obtaining research permits and heritage is closely legislated, São Tomé lacks pertinent regulations.

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How to keep dual-language programs from being gentrified by English speaking families

The Hechinger Report

They are already struggling — it would be too confusing to be in a dual language program,’” said Emily Bivins, former principal of a dual-language school in Chapel Hill, North Carolina whose company provides professional development for dual-language programs. “We We all know the research is counter to that.

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A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

The Hechinger Report

Kristie Ezzell, who retired from Russellville schools in 2022 after 31 years under four superintendents, saw the transformation firsthand. The entire district had just one teacher certified to teach English as a second language, no interpreters and very little by way of professional development. “We News & World Report.

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The dark future of American child care

The Hechinger Report

Legislators also sought to cut professional development requirements in half for child care workers, from 16 hours a year to eight. In 2022, for example, New Mexico changed its constitution to permanently funnel oil and gas money into early childhood programs. The pandemic relief funds ran out in mid-2023.