The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2024

They want to see themselves and their cultures reflected in the books we read, and they don’t want token representation. They nod along as we cover topics that connect to stories their grandparents shared with them, like tales of migration and cultural celebrations. They want more diverse classroom experiences. “I

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Sapiens

APRIL 16, 2024

Celebrity author Hancock has made a fortune writing sensationalized books that claim a “lost” ice age civilization once existed—without any direct evidence for this society. Hancock’s books consistently rank as bestsellers on Amazon in the subcategory of “archaeology.” Pseudoarchaeology robs Indigenous peoples of their heritage.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

I didn’t explore my Korean heritage until college and only learned about LGBTQ+ historical leaders in my late twenties. This is particularly concerning because engagement and cultural relevance have both been proven to have a positive impact on student outcomes. Cultural and social relevance.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2023

To help Native communities heal from that trauma, the report recommends an explicit federal policy of cultural revitalization, one that supports the work of Indigenous peoples and tribes to preserve and strengthen their languages and cultures. In America, you’re seen as less than, as lower if you don’t know English.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Goal 1: Recruit a Team of Committed and Diverse Individuals to Effectuate Change To create a more diverse student and staff population, we have to do the work of building and nurturing a culture that creates a safe and courageous space for students, families and staff who have been historically marginalized. We’d love to help out.”

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 23, 2024

One such revelation, echoing from the annals of time, is the groundbreaking book, “ The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved, ” written by British archaeologist Steven Mithen. million years ago.

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Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Amid the oppressive heat, an idea emerged, one that later evolved into a children’s picture book. Fifteen students specializing in traditional handicrafts collaborated with local artisans to illustrate a children’s book. Upon the book’s release, in addition to distribution in bookstores, we are planning special book events in Iran.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I started learning about the diaspora through books and archives when I attended a historically Black university (HBCU) for graduate school. Although Black Americans reinvented and established a unique culture, we’re eternally connected to the sub-Sahara. It opens with an explanation of its title and its connection to Black culture.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2024

If you can’t communicate, or your culture is different, trusting a white English-speaking woman with your child — that’s a lot of trust,” said Shonna Werth, Communities for Kids’ assistant vice president of early childhood programs. Some [places] serve only Hispanic children, and they have Hispanic providers.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

To get a sense of how students in New York feel about these changes, The Hechinger Report spoke with six public school students, representing four of the city’s five boroughs, whose heritage is Asian American or Pacific Islander. Karen Kong, 16, has unwavering pride in her Chinese American heritage, rooted in her sense of family and honor.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The idea behind the Muñiz Academy, named for the longtime principal of Boston’s first dual-language elementary school (the Rafael Hernandez K-8 school), was that many Hispanic students would do better in schools that support their cultural background and, with it, the Spanish language. Tommy Chang, Boston Public Schools superintendent.

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C3 Teachers

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Almost ten years ago, I started off teaching and I truly believed that I didn’t need to teach Black History Month or any other cultural month (Hispanic Heritage, Native American History Month, etc.) Frustrated, I asked myself, “how is this celebrating the richness of historically oppressed peoples and cultures?”

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

Creativity, learning and innovation flourished in African communities, and that heritage lives in African descendants, especially apparent in the way we teach and radically care for our students. Researchers have connected the knowledge and values of Black feminism with culturally congruent mental health resources for Black women.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2017

Here’s a link to order the book associated with the study. Note: a print copy of the book costs $31. Likewise, I could move from my current city to practically any other place in the province and, discounting individual school differences in policy and culture, fit in comfortably and begin my job easily.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

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.

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Pedagogy and Formation

MARCH 21, 2022

Discovering literature I first wrote about ‘discovering’ literature in a book published in the 1990s called ‘ Pathways to Literacy ’. In it I explained it took me until I was 8 years old before I read my first book. The first book I truly 'read' was Jules Verne's ‘ Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’.

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NCHE

APRIL 3, 2023

In addition to this Lincoln investigation, my students wanted to explore our community’s sundown town heritage, an episode of Native American protests, unresolved episodes of violence and murder, postindustrial decline, and even a local witch trial that occurred in our region before the Civil War.

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Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 12, 2024

the plague of the Georgics in relation to that at Athens in Thucydides Book 2; see Reed 2007: 78 on Timaeus as the source for Pygmalions murder of Sychaeus in the Dido story), and other prose such as Attic rhetoric. Thomas 1998 on Pindar in Georgics 3), early elegy (Kayachev 2016), comedy (e.g.,

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

How do you write about Blackness while trying to resist the insidious pull of cultural and racial assimilation? As Black Nordics, we live in countries that top “Happiest Nation in the World” lists yearly, lists that often make cursory mention of racial-cultural homogeneity as a key contributor to national happiness.

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Strange Maps

AUGUST 24, 2023

Al-Idrisi’s main achievement, a huge atlas known as the Book of Roger , would remain authoritative for hundreds of years. Map of the Indian Ocean, from al-Idrisi’s Book of Roger. AI-Idrisi’s world map, reconstituted from the 70 maps in the Book of Roger. And the man’s biography is as exceptional as his work.

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Sapiens

JUNE 17, 2024

See anthropologist Stacey Langwick ’s book, Bodies, Politics, and African Healing: The Matter of Maladies in Tanzania.) call on them, it is the branches that respond only they know how to undo the spell: where rot and pus have crept too close to tissue.

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CORE Econ

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Without securing funding, publishing the book would have been even more challenging. ‘Accounting as Technical, Social, and Moral Practice: The Monetary Valuation of Public Cultural, Heritage and Scientific Collections in Financial Reports.’ ’ Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies , 9(4), pp. Carnegie, P.

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Pedagogy and Formation

JUNE 26, 2023

I offer a number of vignettes in my book to illustrate how practices inside and outside school classrooms can at times be problematic and in need of intervention. For example, in my book I describe a practice within a College where I was Master, and how tricky it was to change. Let me share a few of these.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

He believed that African Americans should embrace their heritage and culture and work together to overturn oppression. To the end of his life, Du Bois never stopped his research, and he published dozens more books, essays, and articles on his own in pursuit of freedom.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 7, 2024

We also do poetry and book excerpts. So, if I was going to make, develop an op-ed around Native American history and culture I’ve written books, received grants and so on, I’m well prepared to make that argument. The secret door to the 15th century alchemist’s lab KRAEckD open with a twist of a book on a shelf.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Pulling students from Coahoma County and its county seat of Clarksdale, the school serves an area of the Mississippi Delta known for its rich blues heritage, low incomes and abysmal educational outcomes. She liked the people and the culture and the history. She’ll get home and she’ll read a book,” she said.

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Strange Maps

JUNE 26, 2023

Perhaps this is because illness and death were great taboos in Mongol culture. Genghis Khan on his deathbed, as pictured in a 15th-century French edition of Marco Polo’s “Travels”, titled “Livre des merveilles du monde” (“Book of the Wonders of the World”).

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Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Books are one of the most powerful ways to learn about others and ourselves. Education professor Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop famously described it this way: “Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

In a nod to the cultural heritage of its surrounding neighborhood, two displays feature Chinese-themed art, including pretty sprays of cherry blossoms and red and gold lanterns. Today’s book is “Count on the Subway,” and the children are captivated, hands shooting up, faces pleading to be called on. “I’ve

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TeachThought

OCTOBER 10, 2024

StarTalk Radio: Hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, covering space, physics, and other science-related topics with humor and pop culture references. The Science of Happiness: This book explores scientific insights into happiness and well-being, backed by research in positive psychology.

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ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

But within those blanket terms to describe “minorities” are dozens of cultures with unique heritages, ethnicities, and geographic locations. People from those cultures have nuanced histories, perspectives, and experiences in the U.S. who are not white. and in its schools. Jung Kim, Ph.D., and Betina Hsieh, Ph.D.,

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 2, 2023

Websites like We Need Diverse Books and Diverse Book Finder are great places to start. Another approach is to look into our curricula to find places where the contributions of many cultures can be more fully acknowledged. We’ll be doing this here with a specific focus on Arab cultures. So the culture is different.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 12, 2024

My own understanding of school choice has been heavily informed by Diane Ravitch’s 2013 book Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools. It’s been over a decade since I read Ravitch’s book, and the question of school choice is still being tossed around.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

A self-described Southern conservative and man of faith from rural Alabama, Grimes, 48, set about overhauling instruction for English learners, establishing culturally relevant extracurriculars and reaching out to the Hispanic community. They love family. They’re hard workers and many have faith in Christ.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

Across the country, state legislatures have passed bills to ban “age-inappropriate” books from schools, in many cases subjecting teachers and school librarians to criminal charges for possession of such books. Having books by, about and for LGBTQ+ students, she said, “does not mean we are out there promoting it.

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Sapiens

DECEMBER 9, 2024

you yearn for a surface to etch your name into here, where records reign supreme, inventory book, glass vitrine the distance close but not sugar blocks [plantation, caribbean], hot black tea [darjeeling, ceylon], grand ivory piano [jungle, africa] smooth black keys metallic manila curve [west, elmina] the wicked gleam the sullied sickle.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Fuller’s stance on school choice has created unlikely alliances with deep-pocketed conservatives and has put him at odds with mainstream civil rights advocates, but his work is impacting a younger generation of black school leaders striving to create culturally relevant institutions for the students they serve. secretary of education.

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