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College tuition breaks for Native students spread, but some tribes are left out

The Hechinger Report

Despite their rich history and Hall’s documentation of her heritage, Hall and her ancestors are not acknowledged by the United States government as a tribal nation. Native advocates said some students don’t have this kind of documentation even when they are enrolled in a recognized tribe.

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Building Relationships: Connecting and Reconnecting with Cultural Centers

C3 Teachers

. * * * My most recent connection with a cultural center occurred over a year ago when BSC social studies teacher candidates worked with the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center (UGRR) during an informal service-learning project. Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center. Image via Step Out Buffalo.

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4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians

Studies Weekly

Du Bois’ advocacy extended across the world through many Pan-African conferences and an appeal to the United Nations to recognize the suffering of Black Americans, according to the NAACP. He believed that African Americans should embrace their heritage and culture and work together to overturn oppression.

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‘We just pick up the pieces’: As a new school year starts, this Mississippi Delta community is fighting for survival

The Hechinger Report

Gist, who runs the Migration Heritage Foundation, which documents the county’s history and provides aid to students, said the number of teenagers in the county applying for a fellowship to help cover textbook costs went from 16 last year to three this spring. Gist knows the disconnection comes at grave cost for students.

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A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

The Hechinger Report

It gave police authority to stop individuals they believed did not have legal documents to live in the United States, and made it a crime for businesses to knowingly hire, and landlords to rent to, those who lacked documentation. Parents know there will be an interpreter in the room and that sends a clear message.

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

The Hechinger Report

The agencys poor management of schools, meanwhile, had been well documented , and in 2006, an internal shakeup resulted in the creation of the BIE. A more recent work plan for the school, updated in December, documented further changes: The bureau hired enough staff to meet class size caps. That same year, the late Arizona Sen.

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The dark future of American child care

The Hechinger Report

The proposal would “help address the shortage of child care through smart removal of cost-­increasing red tape,” testified Elizabeth Patton, state director of Americans for Prosperity Kansas, a conservative advocacy group. In at least one documented case, the caregiver’s age was noted as a factor in an abuse complaint.