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How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa

Sapiens

Archaeological evidence and Oral Histories show people in what is today Ghana lived sustainably for millennia—until European colonial powers and the widespread trade of enslaved people changed everything. Human history on the continent is full of similar stories of resilience through environmental challenges.

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OPINION: Jump in, the water is rising — it’s time to educate students for a sustainable future

The Hechinger Report

Children can also collect and publish oral histories about a place. Many sectors, including food and farming, architecture and design, business, government and urban and rural planning are making a shift toward sustainability. Distinguishing weather from climate is a good foundational step.

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Plunging NAEP scores make clear the long and difficult road ahead to pandemic recovery

The Hechinger Report

Related: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling. This was a man-made disaster, not an inevitable consequence of COVID,” Hartney, whose book “ How Policies Make Interest Groups: Governments, Unions, and American Education ” will be published this fall, said in a statement.

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In Memoriam: Remembering Black Power Movement Philosopher, Author, and Political Scientist, Charles V. Hamilton

Political Science Now

Sayre Professor of Government and Political Science at Columbia University. The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Taylor Branch wrote in The New York Times Book Review that Dr. Hamilton’s “diligent scholarship has uncovered more than a good book’s worth of Powell material.” Read the full article here.

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Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

He implemented the American Indian Telecommunications Satellite Demonstration Project, linking the All-Indian Pueblo Council and the Crow Indian Reservation with the federal government at Washington, D.C. Elliott-High Eagle, Oral History, interviewed by David Zierler Oct. In 2013, she was a nominee to become the U.S.

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“It’s so hard and so challenging:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling

The Hechinger Report

Government is kind of leading from the rear here. Now that he’s back in person, there are certain things he needs to do — coming in, taking off your coat, unzipping and unbuttoning, putting your book bags in your cubbies. The main story out of Fremont? Resiliency. If I had to put it to one word. Jason Kamaras, Richmond, Virginia.

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‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III

The Hechinger Report

We’re ready to have a really difficult year in the books,” said Eric Gordon, who leads the high-poverty Cleveland Metropolitan School District. In the second year, you get a lot of time to do the governing. A lot of your time in your first year is spent learning the procedures, practices and responsibilities of a board member.