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Voices at the Center: Asian American Educators Rising

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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. on March 21, 2021.

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

The Hechinger Report

Trejo’s own mixed ancestry inspired him to pursue this topic. Based on his analysis of related data , Trejo suspects that as many as a third of Mexican immigrants in the third generation no longer identify as Hispanic because of intermarriage. And descendants of intermarried families tend to be more educated, Trejo says.

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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. This distinction may seem like splitting hairs.

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Genealogy course takes high schoolers deep into their family histories

The Hechinger Report

Sometimes kids found unexpected ancestries – like one white student who found an ancestor labelled “mulatto” on an old Census. Brunelle hopes to broach more difficult conversations about race and ancestry in future years. She didn’t know her family had mixed-race heritage.

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Is the hardest job in education convincing parents to send their kids to a San Francisco public school?

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8:04 AM Four people waiting in the lobby, 12 callers “Good morning! A recent Census estimate found 89,000 K-12 students in San Francisco, down from about 93,000 in 2019. When her pre-K class toured potential kindergartens, she said, “The schools were just so different from each other.” How can I help you?”