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Researchers Propose Plan for Improving Native American Student Achievement
PULLMAN, Wash.—Building relationships between Indian tribes and school districts is one of five key steps needed to improve Native American student success, according to Washington State University researchers.
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Clarkston History Teachers to Learn About Local and Regional History
PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University history faculty and the Clarkston School District received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education for a three-year project, entitled “Confluences in American History.” The goal of the grant is to improve the history teaching skills and knowledge of 70 teachers from the Clarkston area. The teachers will learn from WSU faculty via field seminars and workshops
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Education Research Team Heads to Israel/Palestine for Peace Project
PULLMAN, Wash.—There is more to Israel/Palestine than conflict; many people there are working hard for peace. Teachers who want their students to learn that lesson will soon have help, thanks to a Washington State University College of Education faculty member.
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WSU Researchers Offer Insight into the Fate of an Ancient Civilization in the American Southwest
Using computer simulations to synthesize both new and earlier research, a team of scientists led by a Washington State University anthropology professor has given new perspective to the long-standing question of what happened more than 700 years ago to cause the ancestral Pueblo people known as the Anasazi to abruptly end their 700-year-long occupation of the now-famous cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde and other nearby communities in southwestern Colorado.
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