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Voices at the Center: Asian American Educators Rising

ED Surge

In one Philadelphia-area public school district, a K-8 teacher recalled, “We had an online morning meeting every day, and still, nothing was said in that morning meeting. and marched to Chinatown on March 12, 2021. When they look back on that day, many remember feeling very alone. schools in recent years.

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Most immigrants outpace Americans when it comes to education — with one big exception

The Hechinger Report

The key appears to be education because higher educational attainment is associated with economic success, social status, better health, family stability, and life opportunities. Trejo’s own mixed ancestry inspired him to pursue this topic. Generally speaking, the more years in school and the more degrees earned, the better.

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New study finds that multiracial high schoolers show no test score gap with white students

The Hechinger Report

Almost half of multiracial students aged 15 to 18 report having black ancestry, and black-white combinations are the most frequent interracial origin in the age group. Join the conversation later on Andre Perry’s radio show, “Free College,” hosted Tuesdays on WBOK1230 in New Orleans at 3pm Central/4pm Eastern 504.260.9265.

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Norway law decrees: Let childhood be childhood

The Hechinger Report

million people , about 82 percent of whom are of Norwegian ancestry, across a space roughly the size of Montana. In some states, as many as 12 2-year-olds are assigned to one teacher, who is subject to far fewer training requirements than a peer in Norway. Norway, a democracy with a figurehead monarchy, is home to about 5.5

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People Are Not Peas—Why Genetics Education Needs an Overhaul

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From the basic genetics taught in K12 schools to university courses, biology curricula desperately need an overhaul. Across time, past humans frequently migrated , mated with, or displaced people they encountered in other regions—resulting in a tangled tree of human ancestry. For the last several hundred years in the U.S.

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