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What America can learn from Canada’s new ‘$10 a Day’ child care system

The Hechinger Report

They were notified that there was a spot for them in a nearby child care center that had recently signed on to a government-led initiative to lower parent fees to just $10 a day. A garden cared for by children and their teachers sits in the playground at the Heritage Park Child Care Centre in British Columbia.

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Schools bar Native students from wearing traditional regalia at graduation

The Hechinger Report

Traditional regalia, such as an eagle feather, is often given to Native students by family members or other loved ones to celebrate their personal achievements as well as their heritage. It means the government failed in their effort to ‘kill the Indian and save the man’ … Our family ties, cultural ties, ties to our land are strong.”.

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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. Hall’s status meant that when she was earning her degrees, she didn’t qualify for financial assistance designed for Native students. That’s because the U.S.

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. Credit: Sharon Chischilly for The Hechinger Report.

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Do Alternatives to Public School Have to Be Political?

ED Surge

Mysa’s tuition costs parents who don’t receive aid around $20,000 a year, comparable to what it costs the government to educate a student in a public school. 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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A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

The Hechinger Report

A Hispanic Heritage Month event that Grimes started in Russellville High School has now grown into a big districtwide celebration , where students learn about different cultures and traditions, perform dances, read celebrated authors and research historical figures.

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Making their work count: Political Science students improve Wikipedia

MPSA

They created the article on the Villagization of Ethiopia , a largely unsuccessful and ultimately detrimental attempt by the Ethiopian government in the 1980s to reform agriculture. Canadian students improved the articles on the Department of Canadian Heritage as well as Open data in Canada.