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A school created a homeless shelter in the gym and it paid off in the classroom

The Hechinger Report

BVHM’s staff had been trained in trauma-informed care, but they wanted to help kids not just to overcome, but to avoid altogether the experience of sleeping in a car, living in an overcrowded apartment, or having a parent stay in an abusive relationship to keep a roof over their heads. “And how could they? Your brain is not relaxed.

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How to keep dual-language programs from being gentrified by English speaking families

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in Slate Families never receive a “score” on the test, which is available in both English or Spanish, or any information about how it is used in the admissions process — just word on whether their child made it in. The district communications office did not respond to multiple queries about the process.)

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Challenging Anti-History Education Laws: Teachers Receive 14,000 Books on African Americans During WWII

Zinn Education Project

They also said our government was two-faced: Talking about soldiers working together against the common enemy but having segregated quarters for the Black and white soldiers. They were angry that the government took four months to identify and give Miller a medal for being a hero, when white soldiers received recognition right away.

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The Politics and Limits of Aspiration

Anthropology News

First, Sinovuyo described Launch’s distinct approach to life orientation (LO), a compulsory subject added to the national curriculum during the transition from apartheid that focuses on the study of self and society through lessons on personal and social development, civics and human rights, health, and career readiness.

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Civics U: What Form is Best, and What’s the Difference? Part 2 – Comparing Countries

Civics U

Preface Part I briefly summarized democracy and capitalism, socialism, and communism as major and currently familiar forms of government and economy, and the predominant systems in the United States, Russia, and China respectively. The country has a wealth of oil and gas reserves, and the government has control over major economic activities.

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Speaking Truth to Israel Requires More Than Academic Freedom

Sapiens

Human rights experts and activists have named the situation in Palestine “ scholasticide ” or “ educide ,” terms that refer to the systematic destruction of a people’s educational system. Protecting academic freedom and freedom of expression is crucial—especially given the widespread silencing of Palestinian human rights advocacy.

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Gaza’s Deaf Community in the Face of Genocide

Sapiens

Even for those deaf Palestinians whose families do know sign language or share a kind of homesign system , blackouts due to power cuts by the Israeli government make communication in a visual-gestural language even more difficult at night.

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