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It used to be a notoriously violent prison. Now it’s home to a first-of-its kind education program

The Hechinger Report

Darryl Baca — the student who praised Mariscal after his classroom speech — epitomizes the entire history of Pelican Bay. But now he hopes his academic progress will bolster his case for parole in 2026. “I He came to the prison in 1990, only months after it opened. I had to train to be a student,” he said.

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Rebuilding the Transatlantic exchange on Learning & Teaching: The Active Learning in Political Science (ALPS) Blog Receives the 2024 APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award

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He is also serving as a Marine Corps University Non-Resident Krulak Fellow for academic years 2021-2026, is the Director of Professional and Educational Games for Mobius Worlds Publishing, and consults on organizational wargaming, crisis response exercises, and scenario planning. Air Force Academy.

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OPINION: A better democracy starts in our schools

The Hechinger Report

Or for the deep economic inequality that cuts through our society. We’re not teaching students the real history of democracy in this country. We’re not teaching about the ramifications of slavery and the Tulsa Race Massacre and the realities of police brutality, not just now, but throughout history. School becomes relevant.

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College Uncovered, Season 2, Episode 8

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Catherine Epstein: We have the papers of some relatively famous alums, and then we have lots of information just on the history of the college. Epstein gives me a sampling of some of the history department’s offerings, like ‘Birth of the Avant-Garde: Modern Poetry and Culture in France and Russia, 1870 to 1930.’

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How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

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history, and knew none of the literature her peers had read years earlier. The agency oversees law and justice across Indian Country, as well as agriculture, infrastructure, economic development and tribal governance. Tourism provides an economic bedrock for the Havasupai economy, though many families rely on government assistance.

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What education could look like under Harris and Walz

The Hechinger Report

Walz also was behind Minnesota’s child tax credit increase in 2023, and successfully pushed forward a statewide paid family and medical leave law that takes effect in 2026. — In July 2023, Harris criticized a new history standard in Florida that said the experience of being enslaved had given people skills “for their personal benefit.”

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