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‘Positive culture shock’ spells challenges and triumphs for Afghan teen students

The Hechinger Report

Lebanon High School, apart from her regular classes, she chose electives like global studies, business and political science — three of her favorite subjects. ARYSE provides out-of-school programming for immigrant and refugee youth in grades 6-12 in Allegheny County. Lajja Mistry is the K-12 education reporter at PublicSource.

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Teaching kids how battles about race from 150 years ago mirror today’s conflicts

The Hechinger Report

Most of those gains were lost, however, in 1877 when the federal government pulled troops out of the South. Once the federal government left, a backlash began. Related: How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. history and social studies curriculums. Senate, Blanche K. Board of Education decision.

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