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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. Bureau of Indian Education, which are not run by traditional districts. He was one of many. Related: Become a lifelong learner.

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These Native tribes are working with schools to boost attendance

The Hechinger Report

Youngbear and her colleagues work to connect with families in a way that acknowledges the history and needs of Native communities. Youngbear and her colleagues work to connect with families in a way that acknowledges the history and needs of Native communities. 2, 2024, in Watonga, Okla. government boarding schools.

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Top 10 EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2023

ED Surge

Perhaps it’s no surprise that EdSurge’s most popular podcast episode of 2023 focused on ChatGPT. In what has become an annual tradition, we’re sharing your favorite episodes of the year, as determined by the number of listens to the 44 fresh episodes we produced.

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When Did Humans First Make Stone Tools? New Research Suggests They Didn’t—At First

Anthropology.net

Moment, But a Slow Discovery The traditional view of early toolmaking suggests that one particularly clever hominin, perhaps while cracking a nut or smashing a bone, accidentally broke a rock and discovered the sharp edges it produced. million years ago. Not a "Eureka!" million-year-old stone tools from Lomekwi 3, West Turkana, Kenya.

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22,000-Year-Old Footprints Reveal the Earliest Evidence of Human Transport Technology

Anthropology.net

The Footprints That Rewrite History In the shifting gypsum sands of White Sands National Park in New Mexico, a series of fossilized human footprints have surfaced, casting a striking new light on the ingenuity of Ice Age inhabitants. Quaternary Science Advances. DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2025.100274 2025.100274 Bustos, D. Bustos, D. Reynolds, S.

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Together: Using Inquiry to Teach the Armenian Genocide

C3 Teachers

Were my students truly doing history? As Grant, Swan, and Lee (2023) emphasize, Good teaching focuses on both because skills and knowledge have little value in isolation (p. Their stories brought history to life for my students. There are diverse voices and contested histories. Thats when Tara raised her hand.

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Rewriting Contact: New Radiocarbon Dates Challenge Colonial Myths in Eastern North America

Anthropology.net

The approach allows archaeologists to pinpoint events within the span of a single human life—offering a more intimate view of history. The history of North America after 1492 is not one of blank pages but of interrupted stories waiting to be re-read with better tools and deeper respect. But this precision comes at a cost.