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Voices at the Center: Asian American Educators Rising

ED Surge

The silence from colleagues and school leadership was particularly invalidating. We talked with folks who strongly identify with their heritage ancestry, language and culture and others who navigate the complex nuances of diasporic reality. These responses—and lack of responses—were deeply troubling to many Asian American educators.

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To Create Safer Spaces for Students, Teachers of Color Must Reckon With Our Settler Identity

ED Surge

While 21% of teachers in Hawai’i are Japanese, only 10% have Native Hawaiian ancestry. Everett Collection/Shutterstock At the same time, I also recognize that my privileged experience in Hawaiʻi was forged by settler culture , the effects of which still persist in the state educational system.

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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a group of soldiers of Japanese ancestry, during World War II. In 2016, Ko was honored by the National Women’s History Museum for success and leadership in business. He was also Hawaii’s first representative after it became a state in 1959. Inouye served in the U.S.

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Fighting for Justice for the Dead—and the Living

Sapiens

In our casework, forensic anthropologists can use bioculturally appropriate terminology to explain human variation, including discussing the processes and limitations of ancestry and assigned sex estimation with law enforcement. This is the flagship U.S.

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Gradual Growth: The Evolution of Human Brain Size

Anthropology.net

Implications for Understanding Human Evolution The study’s findings contribute to a broader understanding of human ancestry, emphasizing gradual, continuous change as a driving force in brain evolution. It highlights the adaptability of early humans and their relatives in the face of shifting environmental and social conditions.

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In Virginia, a battle over history standards ends in compromise

The Hechinger Report

Saykhamphone, who has Laotian and Nigerian ancestry, said there are not many other Black or Hispanic students in her accelerated International Baccalaureate (IB) classes, even though 85 percent of the student body is Black, Hispanic or Asian. “In

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