Sapiens

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In addition to providing needed heat, wood-hauling practices are an essential part of cultural identity. federal agencies existed, the Bears Ears area holds enduring cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance to the tribes of the region. However, Indigenous practices do not always fit neatly with U.S.

Cultures 107

Cultures Tradition Humanities Museum 107

Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Project Title:Exploring Indigenous Governance and Cultural Evolution in Oaxaca, Mexico Mauricio Fernndez Duque, Dartmouth College Mauricio Fernndez Duque is an assistant professor at CIDE and a visiting scholar at Dartmouth. Read about the funded projects.

Government 33

Government Cultures Political Science Sociology 33

Sapiens

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

I (Mariam) grew up in a Pakistani diaspora family, where I observed roti-making as an organizing tradition of my home culture, but one that remained a gender-exclusive space for girls, mothers, and aunties. Their cultural commentary on social media often rejects patriarchal expectations about making the perfect round, flaky roti.

Cultures 123

Cultures History Archiving Tradition 123

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2025

(Reading Recovery was criticized for not providing enough explicit instruction in decoding words; New Zealand is set to end government funding of the program.) The government made a rightward shift in 2023 to the National Party, ending six years of leadership under former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who had an international profile.

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Government Professional Development K-12 Teaching 109

Sapiens

JANUARY 29, 2025

This diffuse and varied culture inhabited a vast area from Yunnan, China, to Sumatra, Indonesia, from about 40,000 to 2,000 years ago. This site has thankfully been spared from destruction by the regional government when it was earmarked as a possible tourist attraction.

Archaeology 136

Archaeology Geography History Humanities 136

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Students do this all the time when dictator-like policies and rules govern technology use. It is first and foremost a school culture issue, which falls on the shoulders of leaders. Did you ever break any school rules that you didn't agree with? The point here is that it is not a technology issue, but many people make it one.

Pedagogy 418

Pedagogy Classroom Management Leadership Government 418

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Image credit: [link] It was our desire and quest to create a school culture and learning environments that were more reminiscent of the real world that our learners would soon be a part of that drove change in this area. This is fairly significant as we only have 650 students and 53 staff members.

High School 350

High School Professional Development Cultures Education Policy 350

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 17, 2015

More often than not, this leadership tactic is put into play to get educators on board with specific mandates and directives that have been pushed down from either the state government or central office. In my opinion, this is the only time when looking for buy-in is appropriate because you really don’t have much of a choice in the matter.

Leadership 335

Leadership Cultures Government Education 335

Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Human societies are built on layers of culture, law, and technology, yet beneath it all, some of the oldest instincts in the animal kingdom continue to shape our world. Modern consumer culture, Colombo suggests, is another expression of this primal drive. At its core, the human brain retains an ancient architecture.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

To help better preserve and share the teachings of his Native culture, he decided to try the latest in high tech tools — virtual reality. So for the past year, Ten Brink has been trying the approach, taking a 360-degree camera out in the field to capture key cultural practices. he wondered. How do you put somebody in that space?”

Cultures 122

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 19, 2014

These forces can come in the form of mandates from the federal and state government or broad needs defined by the districts we work in. It is uncommon to leave PD sessions with applicable ideas and strategies that we can implement immediately to positively change school culture.

Leadership 350

Leadership Professional Development Tradition Cultures 350

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Districts have taken a wide range of approaches, as documented by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, a nonprofit that studies how government policies impact low-income families. Others are applied more broadly, like mentorship programs or culturally responsive curriculum. Do you know what happened?”

Cultures 140

Cultures Junior High Middle School Tutoring 140

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 18, 2019

But at the summer camp these students are attending, Native teachers and leaders are leveraging culture-based activities like double ball to engage students more deeply in exploring their Native identities and wellness goals. Culture-based education provides a path to healing.

Cultures 108

Cultures Education K-12 Government 108

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 12, 2018

A culture that embraces student agency promotes risk-taking while working to remove the fear of failure helps students develop a growth mindset, and has students applying what they have learned in real-world contexts as opposed to just in the classroom. Schools with vibrant learning cultures recognize this fact. I digress.

Advocacy 246

Advocacy Cultures Government Tradition 246

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

government’s campaign to break up Native American culture, language and identity by forcing children into abusive boarding schools. The work is guided by cultural success coaches — school employees who help families address the kind of challenges that keep students from coming to school. AP Photo/Ross D.

Elementary School 93

Elementary School Charter School Cultures High School 93

Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 31, 2024

While other Bronze Age cultures had advanced in terms of population density, specialized labor, and structured hierarchies, northern Arabian towns remained modest, indicating a more gradual cultural and social shift.

Archaeology 98

Archaeology Cultures Government Humanities 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

And the states extremely decentralized school governance system has hampered haphazard efforts to get the services into schools. Students and parents see them immersed in the culture of the school. New Jersey officials acknowledge that theres a problem. They get to know the students, and it builds knowledge and trust.

High School 130

High School Library Government Public School 130

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Government doesnt rely upon the good intentions of individuals. Government creates a system and an infrastructure to extend education to all. Its all of this sort of race and anti-discrimination stuff that they want the federal government to get out of. Religion cant do that. It has never tried to do that.

Education 74

Education Government Public School History 74

Anthropology News

MARCH 4, 2025

From the audience, as an anthropologist-in-training afraid her fieldwork would amount to nothing, I was thrilled to hear a cultural-historical reference on the nose enough for me to easily interpret (ventriloquize?). This statement might seem at first glance to be in line with an account that considers history and cultural conditions.

Anthropology 88

Anthropology History Archaeology Artifacts 88

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2024

Attending school in America has been a “positive culture shock” to Marzia Mohammadi, a 17-year-old senior at Mt. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants are contracted by the federal government to coordinate and determine the number of refugees that a resettlement agency will receive. Lebanon High School. It was new for them.

Cultures 101

Cultures Political Science K-12 High School 101

Sapiens

JANUARY 7, 2025

According to medical anthropologist Eileen Moyer , the sculptor Nicolas Dings included this imagery to invoke thoughts of cultural diversity and tolerance toward migrants. Moyer, who is from the U.S., sees herself reflected in the parakeets. They may be migrants to the city, she writes, but its quickly become their home.

Museum 131

Museum Humanities Library History 131

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The story of the Sand Creek massacre is a tragic but familiar one of broken promises, cultural misunderstanding, political ambitions, rumors, racial hatred, poor communication, and greed. Most of Colorado’s white settlers and their leaders did not understand tribal government. It is a story of attack, retaliation, and revenge.

American History 98

American History Government History Library 98

Living Geography

JANUARY 23, 2025

The whole series is as relevant to geographers as it is to social and cultural historians. And there's an interview with U2s Bono about his deep affection for Seamus Heaneys poetry and the role of culture in the run-up to the historic Good Friday Agreement. The third and final episode in Simon Schama's new series explores landscape.

Cultures 78

Cultures Government Geography History 78

ED Surge

MARCH 5, 2024

I became distressed about these so-called ‘culture wars’ erupting all over the place. How would you describe how these culture wars have loomed larger at schools in recent years? Initially it was around critical race theory, and then it expanded to other concerns. So the podcast I created is a place to do that.

Cultures 128

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TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Responding to these concerns, the federal government increased funding for K-12 civics and history education funding from $7.75 It has enabled states to expand access to culturally relevant content, address equity concerns, and enhance students’ digital skills and civic readiness. million to $23 million as grants available to states.

Civics 98

Civics Teaching Civic Engagement Social Studies 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

government boarding schools. “If People who are from a different culture, they don’t understand our culture and everything that we have to do, or that we have a different living than they do.” Credit: Nick Oxford/Associated Press “People here, they’re not very open, and they do have their opinions,” Shortman said.

High School 99

High School Charter School History Cultures 99

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 10, 2016

Teachers also worked with students to properly cite resources pulled from the Web, giving proper credit when they saw it was governed by a Creative Commons license. As they published their own work in the form of learning artifacts, they begin to create a positive digital footprint that they could be proud of.

Archiving 261

Archiving Artifacts High School Government 261

Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Project Title:A Culture of Consensus: Congruence and collective choice among the Tswana Julio S. Sols Arce is a PhD candidate at Harvard University in the department of government. His research focuses on the cultural foundations of political and economic development across human societies. Sols Arce, Harvard University Julio S.

Cultures 38

Cultures Political Science Economics Government 38

Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Like conspiracy theories about aliens building ancient monuments , Hancock’s views carry racist implications— explicitly championed by white supremacists—that Indigenous peoples were not the source of their own cultures, technologies, and monuments. CC These ancient practices in Chaco Canyon are a bridge to Hopi culture today?

Archaeology 145

Archaeology Heritage Government Cultures 145

Passion for Social Studies

AUGUST 12, 2024

This examines several factors, such as culture, religion, demographics, media, friends, and family. government critically using their own minds! Government. government is tough with all the opinions students bring to the classroom! Add to cart Government Debates $ 6.00 Teaching about the U.S.

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Although “Congress” alone is mentioned, the First Amendment applies to any agent of the national government, including the president. As originally framed, the Bill of Rights guaranteed immunity only from the actions of the federal government, not the states.

American History 52

American History Government History Cultures 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2025

The solution, one that has strong bipartisan support, is as prominent as John Hancocks signature: a generational investment in teaching students how the government works. When it comes to civics, the federal government usually plays a limited role, reasonably restricted from imposing a national curriculum.

Civics 57

Civics K-12 Middle School High School 57

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Being the first program the federal government authorized to use Pell Grants for incarcerated men put a spotlight on Humboldt’s work. The culture has evolved, We’re like a campus now.” The college classes have erased the barriers that typically exist among prisoners of different backgrounds, he explained.

Education 127

Education Leadership Government Teaching 127

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2024

Yet, for far too long, students have been left out of decision-making conversations, even though our voices are needed more than ever, and our perspectives are vital for fostering inclusive and effective governance. Hunter Holt was elected, at age 18, to the Marana Unified School District Governing Board in Arizona in 2020.

Elementary School 141

Elementary School Government High School Public School 141

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

That year, 2019, the district changed its policies to allow Indigenous students to wear cultural items along with their caps and gowns. They argue that the practice of policing Indigenous students’ graduation attire is symptomatic of an education system woefully ignorant of, and insensitive to, Native culture.

Tradition 145

Tradition Heritage Cultures High School 145

TeachThought

DECEMBER 12, 2024

For the ESL student, developing a presentation about their home country, food, or really anything unique to their culture is a chance for a student to show off what they know. A 30 year veteran in the sector he has written books on edtech, school governance, and school growth.

Classroom Management 222

Classroom Management EdTech Government Cultures 222

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2020

It requires listening to community, acknowledging harm, and making changes—across partnerships, leadership, culture, funding, and programming. Reengaging the role of government. With shifts in policy and administrations, the field is poised to better partner with government at the federal, state, and local level.

Education 142

Education Leadership Government Learning Science 142