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Teaching Bilingual Learners in Rural Schools

ED Surge

History to Spanish immersion, more students means more funding. We are the only school in the region who started a dual language program,” said Rossina Sandoval, Southwest DuBois County School District’s director of community engagement, in an interview with the Daily Yonder. From Advanced Placement U.S.

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Intersectional Anthropology as an Avenue Toward Praxis, Pedagogy, and New Anthropological Horizons

Anthropology News

I study human skeletal remains of the past, how burial contexts were constructed, and what they revealed about communities. My work sits at the nexus of human biology and archaeology, two disciplines known for being deeply positivist and scientific, valuing numbers, models, and testable hypotheses as a gold standard.

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It’s Time to Soften Schools, Not Harden Them

ED Surge

A natural human reaction is to defend, to protect and to guard—which translates into “hardening” schools. Most had a history of school disciplinary infactionsactions. Most communicated their intent to attack. This work intersects with school climate, student, family, community engagement, toward school safety.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

The city itself has had a scrappy commitment to existence in its 123-year history, surviving the boom and bust of the timber industry that first gave it life and weathering the 21st century with a fairly steady population of about 2,500. Covington County Superintendent Babette Duty chalks those cases up to human error.

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Developing Ethical Guidelines for Ancient DNA Research: A New Approach for Anthropologists and Archaeologists

Anthropology.net

The study of ancient DNA has revolutionized our understanding of human history, migration patterns, and evolutionary biology. These guidelines, recently published in the journal Communications Biology 1 , emphasize the importance of obtaining informed proxy consent and engaging with communities that may be affected by the research.

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A university grapples with its links to slavery and racism

The Hechinger Report

Nekkita Beans, a Mississippi native and president of the University of Mississippi’s Black Student Union, stood center stage in a campus auditorium reading aloud the history of a group of men who fought to keep people like her enslaved, illiterate and, in many ways, invisible. OXFORD, Miss. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

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Discovering a Monumental Megalithic Structure in Northern Peru

Anthropology.net

Dating back to the Late Preceramic Period, this plaza predates iconic structures like the Great Pyramids of Egypt and Stonehenge, marking it as a significant milestone in architectural history. they continue to unravel the mysteries of ancient civilizations while fostering connections with contemporary communities. 1 Toohey, J.