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Norway law decrees: Let childhood be childhood

The Hechinger Report

The government’s view isn’t that child care is a place to put children so parents can work, or even to prepare children for the rigors of elementary school. million people , about 82 percent of whom are of Norwegian ancestry, across a space roughly the size of Montana. Nature and outdoor play are staples of Norwegian culture.

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In Virginia, a battle over history standards ends in compromise

The Hechinger Report

Jenna Saykhamphone, a senior at Annandale High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, helped start an equity team at her high school to fight stereotypes both inside and outside her school in suburban Washington, D.C. After the hearings the board went through the draft line by line, making further changes before its vote.

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