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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. Instead, to arrive at their Corruption Perceptions Index and Control of Corruption Indicator (respectively), they aggregate the opinions of experts in governance and corruption.

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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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When Wartime Plunder Comes to Campus

Sapiens

In 2023, with the museums cooperation, the FBI returned the ivory to Baghdad , 20 years after it had presumably been looted during the U.S. Held by Emory Universitys Carlos Museum since 2006, this carved Nimrud ivory was returned to Iraq in 2023. But then a long overdue book, Ivories From Nimrud Vol. VII , was finally published.

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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. And the states extremely decentralized school governance system has hampered haphazard efforts to get the services into schools.

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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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Portland’s Universal Pre-K Proposal Was Hailed as a ‘National Model.’ How’s the Rollout Going?

ED Surge

With the latter, preschool programs are vulnerable to changes in governance or an economic downturn. million to 22 programs in 2023-24 a mix of grants and loans. Multnomahs Preschool for All is funded by an income tax on high-earning residents.) There are about 13,900 children of that age in Multnomah County today.)

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What We Can Learn From Red States' Approaches to Child Care Challenges

ED Surge

We were able to get more families and children access to quality early learning, while supporting families to get back into the workforce, providing that economic benefit and the need that businesses in our community have, Jones said. Mike DeWine, thousands of new children and families have enrolled in licensed child care across the state.

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