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Mississippi Textbooks Gloss Over Civil Rights Struggle

Mississippi’s outdated textbooks teach an abbreviated version of civil rights, undermining the state’s new ‘innovative’ standards.




b

Betsy DeVos' ESSA Feedback, Approvals, Cause More Consternation in States

Many state politicians and advocates used U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos' recent feedback as an opportunity to attack their states' approach to the Every Student Succeeds Act.




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DeVos Taps Haley Barbour, Ex-Governor and RNC Boss, to Oversee 'Nation's Report Card'

Barbour, who served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1993 to 1997, will serve as chairman of the National Assessment Governing Board for a term that lasts until Sept. 30, 2023.




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Supreme Court to Weigh 'Incorrigible' Bar for Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences

The justices agreed to decide whether the Eighth Amendment requires a trial court to find that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible before imposing a sentence of life without parole.




b

Education Is on the Ballot in These Governors' Races

Voters in three southern states will head to the polls for governors races that have shined a spotlight on educator activism, school funding, and teacher pay.




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Betsy DeVos Approves Vermont and Maine ESSA Plans

The latest approvals mean 12 of the 17 state plans submitted so far for Every Student Succeeds Act implementation have been given the federal go-ahead.




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Vermont State Chief Resigns Amid Ambitious District Consolidation Effort

State Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe has been officiating over the state's politically thorny district consolidation process, and many are asking for it to be placed on hold until the state board replaces her.




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Where They Are: The Nation's Small But Growing Population of Black English-Learners

In five northern U.S. states, black students comprise more than a fifth of ELL enrollment.




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New Breed of After-School Programs Embrace English-Learners

A handful of districts and other groups are reshaping the after-school space to provide a wide range of social and linguistic supports for newcomer students.




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Betsy DeVos Approves ESSA Plans for Alaska and Iowa

That brings the number of states with approved plans to 44, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Still awaiting the OK: California, Florida, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Utah




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Alaska Governor, a Career Educator, Proposes a Slash and Burn K-12 Budget

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who spent his career as a teacher, principal and superintendent of a rural Alaska district wants to now cut more than a third of the state's K-12 spending.




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Alaska Gov., a Career Educator, Proposes Slash and Burn K-12 Budget

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican who was elected partly because of his experience as a public school educator, proposed a budget this year that would slash more than a quarter of the state's $1.6 billion education budget.




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On the Snowy Tundra, Alaska Students Bridge Differences and Eat Moose Snout

An Alaskan high school exchange program works to promote understanding between the state's urban centers and its remote Native Villages and communities.




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'Just Like Them': Urban and Rural Students Make Friends on the Alaska Frontier

A group of high school students from Anchorage spent spring break at a remote Native Village as part of an unusual cultural exchange program in Alaska. See what they learned.




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Alaska: A Brief History of the State and Its Schools

Alaskan schooling developed on many fronts. An illustrated timeline adds historical context for the growth of the state's education system, from the territory’s earliest Native inhabitants to today.




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Troubleshooting Tech Realities in Rural Schools

Internet connectivity, recruiting staff, and finding partners to learn from are all big challenges for an ed-tech leader in a district off the coast of Alaska.




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Mat-Su school board bans 5 books from high school curriculum




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Alaska book ban vote draws attention of hometown rockers




b

François-Charles-Joseph Bonaparte, King of Rome, as a boy. Engraving by W. Bromley, 1830, after Sir T. Lawrence.




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François-Charles-Joseph Bonaparte, King of Rome, as a boy. Engraving by W. Bromley, 1830, after Sir T. Lawrence.

London (3 Haymarket) : Published ... by W.B. Tiffin, June 21st 1830.




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Belisarius begging for alms. Engraving by G. Scotin after J. Goupy after L. Borzone.

[London?], [between 1730 and 1753]




b

Cupid learning to read the letters of the alphabet. Engraving after A. Allegri, il Corrreggio.

[London] (at the Historic Gallery, 87 Pall Mall) : Pub.d by Mr Stone.




b

Cinderella seated by the fire, attended by a white cat. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds the younger, 1837, after S.W. Reynolds.

London : Published by Wm. Hayward, 1837.




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A rich man and a woman who has visited him for tea gossip about an impoverished gentleman's daughter who is present in his house as a governess: the visitor looks at the governess with a supercilious expression. Engraving by R. Hatfield, 1842, after R

London (No. 4, Hanover Street) : Published ... for the proprietor by T.G. March ; [London] (Threadneedle Street) : Sold also by F. G. Moon ; [London] (Strand) : [Sold also by] Ackermann & Co., April 10, 1842 ([London?] : Printed by R. Lloyd)




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Death, wearing a crown and accompanied by monsters, rides a white horse that tramples on men, women and children. Etching by J. Haynes, 1784, after J.H. Mortimer.

London (Norfolk Street, Strand) : J. Mortimer, Jany. 1st 1784.




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King Henri IV after his assassination is taken up to Olympus and received by the gods; France awards the regency to his widow Marie de' Medici. Engraving by G. Duchange, 1708, after J.M. Nattier after Sir P.P. Rubens.

Se vend à Paris (rue St. Jacques au dessus de la rue des Mathurins) : chez le S.r Duchange graveur ordinaire du Roy. Avec privilege du Roy, [1708?]




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A council of the Olympian gods provides for good government of France under the regency of Marie de' Medici. Engraving by B. Picart, 1707, after J.M. Nattier after Sir P.P. Rubens.

A Paris (rue St. Jacques audessus de la rue des Mathurins) : chez G. Duchange graveur du Roy. Avec privilege du Roy, [1708?]




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Three Irish heroes: Oscar, Fingal, and Cúchulainn. Lithograph by H. Aubry-Lecomte, 1820 (?), after A.L. Girodet-Trioson, 1801.

A Paris (rue des deux portes, St André des arts no. 7) : chez Noel et c.ie, [1820?] ([Paris?] : Litho. de F. Noel)




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Constantia is reunited with her father, the emperor Tiberius II Constantinus, and given as bride to Ælla, king of Northumbria. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1799, after J.F. Rigaud.

London (Poets Gallery Fleet Street) : Publish'd ... by Thos. Macklin, Novr. 30. 1799.




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Cybele, accompanied by Bacchus and Ceres, is carried on a chariot drawn by lions, surrounded by ancillary deities and followers; representing the element earth. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1721, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.

Paris (rue de la Vannerie a l'image St. Michel) : Dupuis graveur du Roy, [1721]




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Allegorical tomb of William Cadogan, Earl Cadogan. Line engraving by N. Dorigny, 1736, after C. Vanloo.

[Paris?] : Mac. S. [le tout dirigé & mis au jour, par les soins de Eugene Mac-Swiny], [1741?]




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Weaving, ceramic manufactures, clothing and coiffure displayed through personifications as industrial arts applied to peace. Process print after C. Brown after F. Leighton.




b

Oedipus at Colonus: the blind Oedipus, attended by Antigone, is visited by Ismene and by Polynices. Engraving by A.A. Morel after A. Giroust.




b

Heads of figures in Raphael's painting of the Transfiguration of Christ. Stipple engravings by J. Godby after I.L. Goubaud after Raphael.

London (46 Pall Mall) : Pub.d by R. Bowyer & M. Parkes, 1st Jan.y 1830.




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The death of Saint Peter Martyr. Etching by V. Lefebvre, ca. 1682, after Titian.

Venetiis [Venice] : J. van Campen formis.




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The works of that famous chirurgeon Ambrose Parey / translated out of Latin ; and compared with the French, by Th. Johnson ; together with three tractates concerning the veins, arteries, and nerves: exemplified with large anatomical figures. Translated

London : Printed by Mary Clark, and are to be sold by John Clark, at Mercers Chappel at the Lower End of Cheapside, MDCLXXVIII. [1678]




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Observationes et historiae omnes & singulae è Guiljelmi Harvei libello De generatione animalium excerptae ... : Item Wilhelmi Langly De generatione animalium observationes quaedam. Accedunt Ovi faecundi singulis ab incubatione diebus factae inspe

Amstelodami : Typis A. Wolfgang, 1674.




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Libro del perchè.

Bologna : Ugo Rugerius, 4 Mar. 1497.




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Les oeuures du R. P. Gabriel de Castaigne, tant medicinales que chymiques, : diuisées en quatre principaux traitez. I. Le paradis terrestre. II. Le grand miracle de la nature metallique. III. L'or potable. IV. Le thresor philosophique de la medec

A Paris : Chez Iean Dhourry, au bout du Pont-Neuf, près les Augustins, à l'Image S. Iean, M. DC. LXI. [1661]




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A new orchard, and garden: or, the best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich orchard: : particularly in the north and generally for the whole common-wealth as in nature, reason, situation, and all probability, may and doth a

London : printed by W. Wilson, for E. Brewster, and George Sawbridge, at the Bible on Ludgate-Hill, neere Fleet-bridge, 1653.




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A woman personifying friendship weeps before the bust of Giovanni Volpato. Engraving by P. Fontana, ca. 1807, after A. Canova.

[Rome?] : [publisher not identified], [1807?]




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The head of Lucretia. Etching by P. Fidanza, 1785, after G. Cagnacci.

[Rome] : [Chez Bouchard et Gravier], [1785]




b

The prophet Ezekiel. Engraving by Michele Lucchese, 15--, after Michelangelo.

[Rome] : Ant. Lafrery.




b

The last judgment. Etching by D. Cunego, 1780, after Michelangelo.

Romae: apud Dominicum Cunego.




b

A man, a woman, and two children; representing Isaiah. Engraving by P. Savorelli, 1805, after Michelangelo.

Romae [Rome] (ad Pasquinum) : Venit ... apud Montagnani-Mirabili, [1805?]




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Saint Matthew. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1707, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

[Rome] : [Nicolaus Dorigny?], Sup. perm. 1707.




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Fortitude with her attributes. Engraving by J. Frey, 1725, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

[Rome], [1725]




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Justice with her attributes. Engraving by J. Frey, 1725, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

[Rome], [1725]




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Poligny (Jura), France: an ancient mosaic floor at the villa of Estavage (Chambrettes), including figures of gryphons and centaurs. Line engraving.




b

Allegory of etching: a sphinx with the tail of a scorpion scratches an etching plate with her claws. Etching and letterpress by F. Rops, 1875.

Bruxelles (rue de l'Industrie) : Félix Callewaert père, éditeur, 1875.