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A Forgotten Chapter in Human Evolution: The Hidden Ancestry of Modern Humans

Anthropology.net

But new research suggests that this narrative is missing an entire chapter. The researchers made this discovery not by analyzing ancient bones but by studying the DNA of living people. What’s remarkable is that despite its small size, this group ultimately shaped most of our genetic heritage." What Comes Next?

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Protecting Ancestral Waters Through Collaborative Stewardship

Sapiens

The proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, along California’s Central Coast, would be the first of its kind in the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released this map—which depicts the final boundaries of the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary—in September 2024.

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TEACHER VOICE: Students deserve classroom experiences that reflect their history

The Hechinger Report

As a Colorado secondary school history teacher and former English teacher, I believe, and research shows, that student achievement improves when learners are personally engaged. I see them clamor for Zheng He, Simon Bolivar, Cesar Chavez, Mary Wollstonecraft and Haile Selassie when they choose research topics.

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Arizona gave families public money for private schools. Then private schools raised tuition

The Hechinger Report

He also pointed to a new report from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, showing that increases in private school tuition over the last 10 years were smaller in states that passed school choice policies than in those that didn’t. Hungerman’s own research, conducted in partnership with an economist at the U.S.

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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.” So we see this sort of segregation going on,” said Julia Mendez, a researcher for the center. This is something that you’ll value.”

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Do Alternatives to Public School Have to Be Political?

ED Surge

The COVID-19 pandemic drove a big increase in homeschooled students, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Homeschool Hub , a collection of homeschooling research and resources. That’s partly why he’s interested in classical learning, a form of education that often emphasizes the “classics” of Western heritage.

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Learn more about: “Engaging Wisconsin’s Native Americans in Social Science Research: Overcoming Non-Response Survey Challenges”

Political Science Now

Project Title: Engaging Wisconsin’s Native Americans in Social Science Research: Overcoming Non-Response Survey Challenges Natalie Jones-Kerwin, University of Wisconsin-Madison Natalie Jones-Kerwin is a third-year doctoral student in political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializing in American politics.