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Portland’s Universal Pre-K Proposal Was Hailed as a ‘National Model.’ How’s the Rollout Going?

ED Surge

Its been a little over a year since Tram Gonzalez opened Color Wings Preschool in her home in Portland, Oregon. Of the 15 children enrolled in her program, 10 attend for free, covered in full by Multnomah Countys Preschool for All initiative, which was passed by Portland voters in November 2020 to create universal free preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds who want it.

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Resurrecting the Dire Wolf, or Clickbait Science for the 21st Century

Anthropology 365

On the May 12th, 2025 cover of Time Magazine , you will see a picture of a white wolf below the bold word Extinct slashed through with a red block. Below it reads “This is Remus. He’s a dire wolf. The first to exist in over 10,000 years. Endangered species could be changed forever.” This is also being reported widely by publications like New York Times , Newsweek , Live Science , and USA Today.

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Echoes Across the Sands: Bronze Age Cymbals Reveal Musical Ties Between Oman and the Indus Valley

Anthropology.net

In the arid expanses of Oman's Dahwa region, archaeologists have uncovered 1 a pair of copper alloy cymbals dating back to the third millennium BC. These instruments, linked to the Umm an-Nar culture, provide compelling evidence of a shared musical tradition between the ancient civilizations of the Arabian Peninsula and the Indus Valley.​ "These copper alloy cymbals are the first of their kind to have been found in good archaeological contexts in Oman and are from a particularly early cont

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Negotiating Space and Taste in Los Angeles’ Oaxacan Community

Anthropology News

As I crested the hill leading up to my scheduled interview at Las Maneras Oaxaqueas, a restaurant and market along the famed Oaxacan Corridor of Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, the first thing I saw was a mural. This mural captures the organized chaos of the Tlacolula marketplace in Oaxaca, near the restaurant owners hometown, depicting a woman spooning atole , a hot drink made of ground corn, milk and cinnamon, into small bowls as customers wait for a tlayuda , a Oaxacan open-faced c

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4 Arab American Scientists to Know

Studies Weekly

4 Arab American Scientists to Know Apr 07, 2025 By Studies Weekly NEWSLETTER April is Arab American Heritage Month, a time to recognize the impactful contributions and achievements of Arab Americans in history. Celebrate this month by learning about these four Arab American scientists and their monumental impacts on their fields. Hunein F. John Maassab (19262014) Nasal spray flu vaccine, courtesy of Getty Images Hunein Maassab was born in Syria in 1926.

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The Felling of the Trees: Natural Rubber’s Network of Gendered Labor and Care

Anthropology News

The trees are young, the arborist Khun Phorn said quietly, his dark gray bucket hat shielding his eyes. He looked up at the field, the rubber trees thin branches swaying gently in the breeze, their trunks splotched in color. A rustling of oblong green leaves wrapped around us, punctuated by the clanging of a chainsaw starting up, the machine gasping for breath, its oil low.

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A New Certification to Empower Informed AI Product Procurement

Digital Promise

The post A New Certification to Empower Informed AI Product Procurement appeared first on Digital Promise.

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How Experiments Help Campaigns Persuade Voters: Evidence from a Large Archive of Campaigns’ Own Experiments

Political Science Now

How Experiments Help Campaigns Persuade Voters: Evidence from a Large Archive of Campaigns Own Experiments By Luke Hewitt , Stanford University ; David Broockman , University of California , Berkeley ; Alexander Coppock , Yale University ; Ben M. Tappin , Royal Holloway, University of London ; James Slezak , Swayable ; Valerie Coffman , Swayable ; Nathaniel Lubin , Cornell Tech and Incite Studio ; Mohammad Hamidian , Swayable.

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4 Resources To Celebrate the Week of the Young Child

Digital Promise

To celebrate Week of the Young Child, Digital Promise shares four resources to support early childhood educators and students.

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When Women Champion Women: The Female Team Behind ‘When Two of Us Meet’ Musical – Emily Simonian, Alena Kutumian and Rebecka Webb

Women's History Network

Honouring Womens History Through Musical Theatre In the world of musical theatre, where women are still underrepresented in leadership roles, When Two of Us Meet stands out as a project created, led, and supported by women.

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The Sacred Jurema

Perspectives in Anthropology

Written and created by Priscilla Telmon, Vincent Moon, Adrien Goua The acacia can be found all over the world, but these particular species - Mimosa Tenuiflora or Mimosa Nigra bloom in the region identified in maps as the states of Paraba, Pernambuco, and Rio Grande do Norte.

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Knitting, cheerleading, fishing: This is what a cellphone ban looks like in one school district

The Hechinger Report

SPOKANE, Wash. During lunch on a Thursday, five dozen students rummaged through fishing lines and hooks, spreading reels and rods across desks in a science lab at Ferris High School for their weekly crash course in angling. At least one angler later practiced tumbles and routines with the varsity cheerleading team, which, with nine boys this year a record for Ferris High soared to second place in a statewide tournament the next day.

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NAEP, the Nation’s Report Card, was supposed to be safe. It’s not

The Hechinger Report

In this era of extreme partisan divide, theres very little that unites conservatives and liberals. But both sides have long backed the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which is also called the Nations Report Card. Now even this test, touted as the gold standard among all assessments, is in jeopardy. Mass layoffs, funding disruptions, and threats of future steep cuts are worrying those who are aware of the inner workings of the NAEP test.