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A STEM Boost for Indigenous Students

Why We Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day

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The Reappearance of the Vanishing American

12 min read

Keyboard embedded in smoking computer monitor

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In Our Feeds

Tweeting Through It, Ode to Airports, and Seasonal Ailment Debilitation

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Family snapshot of a two men holding young children, with a grandmother standing between them and a little girl at the front of the group

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Opinion

An Education in Ancestry

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Dan Greenstein pointing at a computer in a room with five other students while one sits at the monitor and another wears electrodes on his head

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Interview

Building the 21st-Century Public University

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Female high school student wearing a hard hat and plastic face shield using a grinder on a car wheel, creating sparks

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Interview

A Career Education Paradigm in Massachusetts

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Interview

Faith in the Power of Our Differences

9 Min Read

Hahrie Han speaking on a stage at an event

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Interview

Strengthening the Muscle of Democracy

8 Min Read

Close up of a group of elementary school kids doing schoolwork on their laptops

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Interview

Empowering a Rebirth of Digital Citizenship

10 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Hilyd Mirabel

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Abstract, angular illustration in blues, reds, yellows, oranges, and greens

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Augustin Donaldson-Saul

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Photograph of a mixed-media collage in an abstract shape

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Islay Ross

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detail of cover of michael powell's book canyon dreams, featuring an old basketball hoop

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Interview

Hopes, Hoops, and Dreams on the Navajo Nation

12 Min Read

graphic with the words how we go home in an orange box with a closeup of signposts on the right

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Interview

Decolonizing the Curriculum

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From the Archive

Vietnam Veterans in Higher Education

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Teacher leading a sign language class

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From the Archive

The Case for Recognizing American Sign Language

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Illustration of a young man with sunglasses on his forehead, mouth open and eyes wide in excitement, holding a PDA-style device with the words Admitted to the Class of 2036 on the screen

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From the Archive

How Online Communities Can Affect College Admissions and More

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