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How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa

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They wrote about Abena—and Akaina, a young girl in Eastern Africa living 3,000 years from today—to help teach K12 students about possibilities for a sustainable future. This map shows the location of archaeological sites and their associated occupational phases in the Banda Traditional Area, Bono Region, Ghana.

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What Federal Data Tells Us About Challenges Finding Teachers

ED Surge

Nearly 1,400 public K-12 schools from across the country responded to the survey. NCES Commissioner Peggy Carr said in a news release that while the percentage of schools saying it was difficult to fill positions decreased — down 5 percentage points from 79 percent last year — “there’s still room for improvement.”

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New Zealand has a problem with mathematics. Can a new strategy make a difference for students?

The Hechinger Report

Our free weekly newsletter consults critical voices on innovation in K-12 education. In New Zealand, where schools operate far more independently than traditional public schools in the United States, it would be the job of principals like Rodgers to determine how best to teach the countrys math standards. We all want to fix it.

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What We Can Learn From Red States' Approaches to Child Care Challenges

ED Surge

That has caused a lot of anxiety among traditional public school advocates, and a lot of anxiety with progressives and Democrats who just really oppose this. And we've done it in a way that is consistent with the voucher program that [Republicans] love in the K-12 system.

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OPINION: Cities find new ways to fill pre-K funding holes left by the federal government

The Hechinger Report

In June, the city of Memphis, Tennessee, lost funding for 1,000 pre-K slots due to an expiring federal grant. Under pressure to invest in education, Mayor Jim Strickland announced the city would commit $6 million toward pre-K funding, though that amount would not completely offset the lost federal funds.

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

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. There was nothing like this.

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OPINION: Schools are still struggling post-pandemic, but surprising success stories give us hope

The Hechinger Report

No school governance model is predominant. It’s also clear that the laws governing school improvement must be revisited and strengthened. Charles Barone is Education Reform Now’s vice president of K-12 policy, and Rianna Saslow is Education Reform Now’s senior policy analyst, K-12.

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