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Ceasefire From the Earth and Sky

Sapiens

Yejoo Kim uncovers how residents have been surviving through decades of sonic violence and propaganda, and explores recent developments in such long-lasting psychological warfare. SAPIENS is an editorially independent magazine of the Wenner-Gren Foundation and the University of Chicago Press. Christine Weeber is the copy editor.

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Teachers, how does it feel to be an oppressor?

The Hechinger Report

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938 , which was sponsored by the Library of Congress, is a great resource for teachers and students to learn from those who were enslaved — and who, by the way, were among the ancestors of the students. But I stand corrected.

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Will the real Montessori please stand up?

The Hechinger Report

Now, several years later, after pursuing a degree in psychology and taking courses in child development, Foster is more educated about Montessori education and realizes little about the “Montessori garden” actually adhered to Montessori practice. “This woman was not interested in Montessori education,” Foster said on a recent afternoon.

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The magic pebble and a lazy bull: The book ban movement has a long timeline

The Hechinger Report

Lindsey Kimery, the coordinator of library services for Metro-Nashville Public Schools, said she has “no hidden agenda other than that reading was my favorite thing.” What I try to convey is that a library is a place for voluntary inquiry.” It just means we have books for those readers, too. This alarmed librarians.

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The voucher program we really need is not for school — it’s for after

The Hechinger Report

Some instruct their children to go to unsupervised environments like libraries, playgrounds or shopping malls until they get off of work. “In Many families can’t keep pace with the rising price of after-school care and lean on siblings, extended family members, friends and family-friendly employers to fill the gap. In 2004, the parents of 15.3

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How one college’s death and rebirth offers lessons for the rest

The Hechinger Report

Antioch publishes the prestigious literary magazine The Antioch Review. It’s planning to build the first 34 of an eventual 300 homes on land it owns; residents will be able to take courses and use the recreation, library and dining facilities. At Antioch, said Alana Guth, a senior psychology major from Michigan, “We’ve already closed.