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Why We Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day

Indigenous Peoples Day Resources for Every Classroom

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Bridging One of the Widest Gaps in the Digital Divide

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cover of the book why study history

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Interview

Unlocking a Future by Studying the Past

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A young man sits at a voting booth during the 2020 presidential primary election

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The Data Behind the Youth Vote

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The Long-Range Benefits of Broadband Access

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A mother and her two children, all wearing face masks, stand in front of a school administrator who is preparing to loan them a laptop computer

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Remote Learning Lessons from Los Angeles

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a mother helps here two sons with their schoolwork

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The Digital Divide Is About More Than Technology

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Claire Cochran

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Digital illustration of a cluttered room with a young man seated at a desk, his hand hanging in thought, in the background

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Taylor Jackson

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Large paneled art work, in red, green, and blue depicting abstract scenes of protest and city experience

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Orlys Gonzalez

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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

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Overhead photograph of people moving around the main lobby of the metropolitan museum of art

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Interview

School Days Influences: Meet the Curators Behind the Met

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From the Archive

The Reappearance of the Vanishing American

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two hands hold a piece of paper up to the vietnam veterans memorial to make an etching of a name on the wall

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From the Archive

Teaching the Vietnam Era: A Course in History and Literature

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three people, from left, a woman and two men, raise their hands as they take the oath of citizenship

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From the Archive

Wired World: On Education, the Internet, and the New Immigrants

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