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Mapped: The strange link between obesity and corruption

Strange Maps

Instead, to arrive at their Corruption Perceptions Index and Control of Corruption Indicator (respectively), they aggregate the opinions of experts in governance and corruption. The 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index in map form. The research used an algorithm to estimate the median BMI of entire governments.

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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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New Zealand has a problem with mathematics. Can a new strategy make a difference for students?

The Hechinger Report

In New Zealand, where schools operate far more independently than traditional public schools in the United States, it would be the job of principals like Rodgers to determine how best to teach the countrys math standards. Related: Widen your perspective. Our free weekly newsletter consults critical voices on innovation in K-12 education.

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Cultivating Dragon Fruit’s Political Power in Ecuador

Sapiens

Tsamarenda, a young man wearing a traditional red and yellow toucan feather crown, was personally delivering the seeds. We achieved all that, he said, without forgetting our sovereignty, our customs, and tradition. Later, they encouraged us to keep speaking our language and preserve our traditional dances.

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Native American students miss school at higher rates. It only got worse during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Across the San Carlos Unified School District, 76 percent of students were chronically absent during the 2022-2023 school year, meaning they missed 10 percent or more of the school year. government’s campaign to break up Native American culture, language and identity by forcing children into abusive boarding schools.

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These Native tribes are working with schools to boost attendance

The Hechinger Report

government boarding schools. “If Of 34 states with data available for the 2022-2023 school year, Oklahoma was the only one where Native students missed school at lower rates than the state average, according to data collected by The Associated Press. The football team practices on a new field at Watonga High School, Wednesday, Oct.

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For Families, School Choice Doesn't Mean Easy Decisions

ED Surge

In Wisconsin, school choice has existed for decades, with expansive options that include vouchers for private schools, public charter schools and traditional public schools. One school choice researcher identified Milwaukee as having the most evolved legislation for making private school options accountable to families.