The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

They were notified that there was a spot for them in a nearby child care center that had recently signed on to a government-led initiative to lower parent fees to just $10 a day. A garden cared for by children and their teachers sits in the playground at the Heritage Park Child Care Centre in British Columbia.

Heritage 145

Heritage Government Advocacy Economics 145

Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In a memo sent to tribes in the region in March, government administrators expressed concern but said they were unable to deny the permit request. SBK What is the purpose of government-to-government consultation —that is, between the Hopi Nation and the U.S. Tribal officials objected.

Archaeology 145

Archaeology Heritage Government Cultures 145

Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Her book project, titled Counterinsurgent Urbanism: Weaponizing Land and Heritage in the Kurdish Region of Turkey, examines why and how states use urban development and heritage-making as tools in counterinsurgency strategies. She earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from Michigan State University.

Political Science 63

Political Science Research Heritage Professional Development 63

Anthropology.net

MAY 24, 2024

The Global Context: Collaborative Efforts in Archaeology The recent resurgence of archaeological activities in regions like Iraq's Maysan Province, facilitated by initiatives such as the Russian-Iraqi Joint Expedition Programme, highlights a growing international collaboration in the pursuit of uncovering humanity's shared heritage.

Heritage 105

Heritage Archaeology Artifacts Humanities 105

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. Credit: Sharon Chischilly for The Hechinger Report.

Charter School 137

Charter School Heritage K-12 Education 137

Teaching American History

APRIL 2, 2024

Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. The application will be open April 8-April 30. The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. See a sample itinerary here.

Historic Sites 128

Historic Sites Museum American History Heritage 128

Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Southeast Asia’s Ancient Cultural Heritage Beyond East Timor and Sulawesi, Australia holds some of the oldest continuous cultural heritage sites globally, reflecting its Indigenous populations' long history. These carvings depict animals like the now-extinct nail-tailed wallabies and thylacines (Tasmanian tigers). 1 Shipton, C.,

Humanities 98

Humanities Heritage Archaeology Artifacts 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2023

The three countries share more than a common language: For several decades, their governments forcibly removed Indigenous children from their families and relocated them to distant boarding schools. This is the one area left in the federal government, unfortunately, that is very much bipartisan,” she said of Native American issues.

Teaching 144

Teaching K-12 Heritage Government 144

Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In contrast, numerous treasuring practices organized and maintained by local communities, such as the Merti Dusun ritual (hamlet cleansing) in Javanese society, effectively preserve cultural heritage and enhance collective capacities, ensuring the continued preservation and vitality of these cultural treasures.

Cultures 98

Cultures Heritage Tradition Government 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2020

For the perspective of the Heritage Foundation’s Jonathan Butcher, click here. When states choose to operate a program that involves public (or publicly governed) financing of private service providers, can the state choose to exclude religious providers? The Hechinger Report asked several experts to weigh in.

Charter School 128

Charter School K-12 Heritage Private School 128

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

Traditional regalia, such as an eagle feather, is often given to Native students by family members or other loved ones to celebrate their personal achievements as well as their heritage. It means the government failed in their effort to ‘kill the Indian and save the man’ … Our family ties, cultural ties, ties to our land are strong.”.

Tradition 145

Tradition Heritage Cultures High School 145

This Is Not a Sociology Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

I have also shown how these representations form part of structures of governing people and bodies by generating “truth claims” and legitimising particular interventions. The concept of biopolitics is used to discuss the political interest which governments and rulers have taken in the health and bodies of the population.

Heritage 100

Heritage Government Humanities Research 100

ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

As a teacher in Hawaiʻi, I am keenly aware and reminded of my identity as a "local" teacher, one whose family heritage traces back generations in the same community. The Settler Identity There are many teachers of color that can trace their arrivals - whether voluntarily or forced - back to lands occupied by the United States government.

Ancestry 135

Ancestry Heritage Cultures History 135

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

This story also appeared in Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting State leaders promised families roughly $7,000 a year to spend on private schools and other nonpublic education options, dangling the opportunity for parents to pull their kids out of what some conservatives called “ failing government schools.”

Private School 145

Private School Heritage Tutoring K-12 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Students study for classes at a government school on the edge of the Thar Desert. About 65 percent of India’s students attend similar government schools, many with dismal outcomes. Photo: Kim Palmer for The Hechinger Report. He gives the same stock speech. Photo: Kim Palmer for The Hechinger Report. Small project, ‘global impact’.

Heritage 85

Heritage Government Economics High School 85

ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

Mysa’s tuition costs parents who don’t receive aid around $20,000 a year, comparable to what it costs the government to educate a student in a public school. That’s partly why he’s interested in classical learning, a form of education that often emphasizes the “classics” of Western heritage.

Public School 133

Public School Civics Private School K-12 133

Anthropology News

MARCH 27, 2025

A government agency digitizing census records might preserve official documents while disregarding handwritten notes. Large-scale digitization projects, such as those undertaken by museums or archives, often prioritize materials based on perceived cultural or historical value. But what about the materials that dont make the cut?

Archiving 93

Archiving Artifacts Anthropology Museum 93

Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In 2006, during the United Progressive Alliance Regime under the leadership of Prime Minister, Mr. Manmohan Singh, the Government of India initiated National Tribal Policy. The primary aim of the policy was to correct several mishaps of the earlier policies centering on the Tribal population of the country.

Heritage 100

Heritage Economics Tradition Leadership 100

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

He lives a two-and-a-half hour drive from the tribe’s reservation, which makes it hard for him to help his two young kids learn about their Native heritage. I connected with tribal government connections and different organizations that I knew, and I asked them about this. And so in my mindset, that's not my place.

Cultures 122

Cultures Teaching Heritage Government 122

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The Higher Education Act, first passed in 1965 and revised perodically, regulates how the federal government financially assists postsecondary institutions and students. It governs how federal student loans are distributed, who is eligible for federal financial aid, how loans must be repaid and which institutions can receive federal money.

Education 99

Education Government Heritage Economics 99

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The Heritage Foundation, a right-leaning think tank, wants lawmakers to take additional steps: changing the rules for 529 plans to allow families more school choice at the K-12 and help them pay for a bevy of other options. For one, 529 plans can be costly for federal and state governments, according to the Pew report.

Heritage 80

Heritage K-12 Tutoring Private School 80

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Czarnecki, a 2022 graduate of the Master of Arts in American History and Government program, wrote the paper for a “Great Texts” course taught by Professor Stephen Tootle on John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. Completing the MAHG program, she stepped down from her role as Dean so as to also teach courses in US history and government. “I

Social Studies 98

Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

Anthropology.net

APRIL 8, 2024

The Blackfoot Confederacy, steadfast guardians of their ancestral territories and water resources, has long navigated the complexities of protecting their cultural heritage amidst encroachments from modern society.

Heritage 52

Heritage Archaeology Tradition Community Engagement 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2017

Education is a provincial responsibility in Canada and is highly centralized by the Alberta government. The curriculum is developed and coordinated by government officials and staff, but the writing is done largely by committees of practicing teachers according to agreed-upon directives (a broad curriculum revision is currently underway now).

Heritage 71

Heritage Political Science Government Psychology 71

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Despite their rich history and Hall’s documentation of her heritage, Hall and her ancestors are not acknowledged by the United States government as a tribal nation. Hall’s status meant that when she was earning her degrees, she didn’t qualify for financial assistance designed for Native students. That’s because the U.S.

Government 97

Government Cultures History Heritage 97

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Similar to many second-generation Chinese living in America, it’s been difficult for me to reconnect with my heritage. It is intended to be a trip that helps us find our roots and spurs us to treasure our heritage and culture. I’ve neglected my Chinese heritage and I will work to change that.

Heritage 44

Heritage Museum Cultures Government 44

Anthropology.net

APRIL 21, 2024

Driven by the quest to unravel the genetic underpinnings of human uniqueness, a collaborative team comprising researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), the University of Helsinki, and the University of Barcelona embarked on a quest to decipher the regulatory variant governing skull base morphology.

Humanities 52

Humanities Heritage Government Research 52

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

For Native American Heritage Month, Yarborough decided to introduce her sixth graders to stories, poems and songs that fit the theme, despite them not being approved for use. .' — Melissa Yarborough “By November I was like, ‘I'm done with this,’” Yarborough recalls. They're not learning. I know they can.

Library 145

Library Heritage High School Elementary School 145

MPSA

JUNE 11, 2021

They created the article on the Villagization of Ethiopia , a largely unsuccessful and ultimately detrimental attempt by the Ethiopian government in the 1980s to reform agriculture. Canadian students improved the articles on the Department of Canadian Heritage as well as Open data in Canada.

Political Science 52

Political Science Heritage Government Leadership 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2021

Sara Jones, director of education excellence and government relations at the Utah Education Association, said the state still has some oversight of applicants when it comes to background checks. A total of 137 Montana schools — 65 percent of which were classified as rural — employed unlicensed teachers during the 2020-21 school year.

Elementary School 139

Elementary School Heritage High School Teaching 139

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) are local communities of practice that bring together educators, entrepreneurs, funders, researchers, and other community stakeholders (including families, local government, and nonprofits) to support innovative teaching and learning in their region.

Civic Engagement 71

Civic Engagement Heritage Charter School Civics 71

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

Billionaire dark money funded the conservative infrastructure that initiated attacks on critical race theory and DEI at all levels of education led by the Heritage Foundation. Why should we all be alarmed?

Teaching 86

Teaching Social Justice Library Heritage 86

Civics U

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The previous article described the governments and economies of Russia, China, and Saudi Arabia. The countries differ from one another and from the United States in the amount of citizen participation and control allowed, and in the degree to which citizens control the government and the government controls the citizens.

Civics 40

Civics Heritage Government Economics 40

Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

He implemented the American Indian Telecommunications Satellite Demonstration Project, linking the All-Indian Pueblo Council and the Crow Indian Reservation with the federal government at Washington, D.C. His testimony before Congress culminated in the establishment of the First Americans Commission for Telecommunications.

Oral History 52

Oral History Museum Heritage Archaeology 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Over the years Plessy’s namesake school has managed to achieve more diversity than most in New Orleans, but is now struggling to retain upper middle class, white families, according to Ben McLeish, the president of Plessy’s governing board.

Economics 79

Economics Charter School Public School Heritage 79

Sapiens

MARCH 19, 2024

INTRODUCING ARCHAEOLOGY The São Tomé central government has no experience with archaeological research or sites. While most African countries have defined guidelines for obtaining research permits and heritage is closely legislated, São Tomé lacks pertinent regulations. But political appointees pervade the Heritage Office.

Heritage 105

Heritage Archaeology History Government 105

Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month April 29, 2024 • Studies Weekly Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a great opportunity to incorporate culturally responsive teaching into students’ learning experience. government orders to go to an internment camp, as they were called then, saying it was unconstitutional.

Heritage 59

Heritage Teaching K-12 Museum 59