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Spain’s Move to Decolonize Its Museums Must Continue

Sapiens

DECOLONIZING SPAIN’S MUSEUMS In my work as a curator of archaeological assemblages at the British Museum and as a bio-archaeology researcher at the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom, I have observed how nations and cultural institutions grapple with their colonial legacies.

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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

A new biocultural database, developed by researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), reveals the profound connections between Borneo’s rich plant life and the survival, traditions, and identity of its people. Source: Ambio, 2022. Shankar Raman/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 1 Díaz, S., Demissew, S.,

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Caring for and through Language: Tibetan Refugees and Heritage Language Education in Canada

Anthropology News

Recent world migration reports note that, by the end of 2022, the total number of refugees was the highest ever recorded with modern statistical techniques. Changes to migration patterns are, however, reshaping the landscape of Tibetan heritage language education. Who should care about a refugee’s language?

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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. To give students insight into the work of historians, Czarnecki assigns research projects in all of the courses she teaches at Bishop Seabury Academy in Lawrence, Kansas.

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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. A garden cared for by children and their teachers sits in the playground at the Heritage Park Child Care Centre in British Columbia. Children read outside at Heritage Park Child Care Centre. Could Milwaukee provide the answer?

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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.