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Mapped: The strange link between obesity and corruption

Strange Maps

Not by comparing the fiscal, economic, and financial data of each country theyd only end up comparing (rotten) apples to (spoiled) oranges. The 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index in map form. The 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index in map form. Darker means a higher perception of corruption, and vice versa.

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When Students Miss School, Teachers Enjoy Their Jobs Less

ED Surge

It only occurred by October of 2023 using federal relief dollars, according to economic analysis from the Economic Policy Institute. With the staffing shortages schools have been wading through, it’s hardly surprising that adding another challenge would make teachers feel the job is even more thankless and insurmountable.

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Three reasons why so few eighth graders in the poorest schools take algebra

The Hechinger Report

In 2023 and 2024, RAND surveyed more than 3,000 school principals and almost 1,000 math teachers across the country. It’s also not economically practical for many low-income middle schools to offer an Algebra 1 course when only a handful of students are advanced enough to take it. student population.

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Our 10 Most Popular Early Childhood Education Stories of 2023

ED Surge

In 2023, EdSurge published a record number of stories on early care and education — the most we’ve run since we began covering the age group nearly five years ago. Check out our most-read stories of 2023 below. As of May 2023, the Bezos Academy network had more than a dozen sites across Washington, Texas and Florida.

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Cultivating Dragon Fruit’s Political Power in Ecuador

Sapiens

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, an anthropologist explores how the Shuar people are betting on dragon fruit cultivation to reclaim economic autonomy and political sovereignty. In Ecuador, this has created a boom that is changing the economic fortunes of many Indigenous Amazonians. This article was originally published at YES!

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McGlobalisation with a side of Sustainability

Teaching Anthropology

Iconic McDonald’s menu items according to UVic ANTH 100 students McDonald’s restaurant is a global company with a foothold in 118 countries (Han 2023; McDonald’s ). 27 Feb 2023) Fast and Pluribus: Impacts of a Globalizing McDonald’s. It is familiar. References Han, D. (27 JSTOR DAILY. link] Sibley, J., & Ostafichuk, P.

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Hundreds of thousands of students are entitled to training and help finding jobs. They don’t get it

The Hechinger Report

New Jersey had the nations lowest proportion roughly 2 percent of eligible students receiving these services in 2023. million who were eligible in 2023, the most recent year for which data is available. million in federal and state funds in 2023, the last year that complete data is available.