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Voices at the Center: Asian American Educators Rising

ED Surge

Despite hailing from vastly different geographies and circumstances, the dozens of educators we talked with shared that they often struggled in their own school communities with feeling both hyper-visible and invisible as Asian Americans. A participant at a Black Lives Matter protest in Las Vegas on May 30, 2020. on March 21, 2021.

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Croissants aren’t French and pizza sauce isn’t Italian – the national dishes that aren’t from where you think

Geography Education

Places and cultures are proud of what they see as their accomplishments that are foundational to their heritage. Point to any dish on a menu and you’ll have a hard time finding one that hasn’t got war, politics, economics, emigration or poverty to thank for its place there.”

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Some rural states are cutting higher ed. One state is doing the opposite

The Hechinger Report

Like many rural Americans, the people here are place-bound, their educational choices constrained by geography as much as by cost. Until fairly recently, that decision made economic sense. We want to teach young people to be proud of our Appalachian heritage.” Mining jobs were plentiful, and the money was good.

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Unwrapping Operation Christmas Drop

Sapiens

To understand Operation Christmas Drop, it helps to have some history and geography. The region had, and still has, a rich cultural heritage: For instance, today eight Native languages are spoken in FSM alone. The holiday ritual is more about militarism, exceptionalismand what it means to be an American.

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