How rural students struggle to find internet access, and what one small college is doing about it.
Education
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How one tiny high school hacked Advanced Placement classes
Paonia High brings college-level coursework to rural students by partnering with its neighbors.
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A helping hand for migrant students
In the San Luis Valley, migrant workers build community around student success.
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Native schools move forward by looking to the past
How a New Mexico network is building a new generation of native schools.
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Big steps for small schools
In the battle to train the next generation of rural Western leaders, schools are on the frontlines.
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A guide to borderland education programs
A number of universities, especially those in border states, have programs that examine the influx of people who bring change to their new homes.
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Is farming a public service?
To build a new generation of farmers, one nonprofit wants states to forgive student loans.
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Science education program teaches impacts of fossil fuels at their source
In Colorado’s oil- and gas-producing counties, science teachers broach a thorny subject in their own backyard.
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I send my toddler to school outside. You should, too.
“Your son looks quite … warm,” another mother says, eyeing my 3-year-old son as we drop off his older brother at kindergarten. I look down at Isaac, his body encased in a snowsuit, two additional insulating layers hidden beneath. “He goes to an all-outdoor preschool,” I reply, but the mother is already distracted, busy waving […]
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Economic diplomacy in Sagebrush Rebel country
A new science and education center gives rural Utah a boost.
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University research controversy exposes the perils of industry influence
How close should academics let industry get to fracking research?
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Advanced Placement history nixes ‘racial superiority’ from Manifest Destiny
Q&A: Historian Amy Greenberg says curriculum revisions miss a major part of the story.
Posted inJune 22, 2015: Dust to Dust
Underdog roboticists
Review of ‘Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream’ by Joshua Davis.
Posted inJune 8, 2015: Tree of Life
Southwest rain, Endangered Species Act, school-to-prison pipeline and more.
Hcn.org news in brief.
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American Indian students in Utah face harsh discipline
Research finds they are referred to law enforcement and arrested more than any other group.
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
‘Real hunger’ creating demand for environmental philosophy
Descriptions of the West’s top programs.
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What 4-H teaches 7 million kids about food
A new book explores what the century-old organization looks like today.
Posted inApril 28, 2014: Two-Wheel Revolution
Voting down science education, world’s toughest boss, and bending over backwards for healthcare.
THE NATIONWhat if you went to your family doctor complaining about that nasty rundown blah sort of feeling and were advised to experience the joys of nature rather than those of pharmaceuticals? In a nutshell: Take two aspen and call me in the morning. Daphne Miller says it’s not a joke: Nature in general is […]
Posted inOctober 28, 2013: Lifeblood of the Delta
Cutting class: Alaskan villages struggle to keep schools open
In 15 years, 32 schools have closed because they have fewer than 10 students.
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The cost of progress
The Environmental Working Group just released a two-year study focusing on the toxins found in five minority women at the forefront of environmental justice battles. Within each community, these women work tirelessly to protect citizens from various forms of pollution. And within each of these women, scientists found significantly higher amounts of toxins than other […]