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WYNNEWOOD, Okla. – Its totality of 1,682 pieces of exotic wood required weeks of intense labor, planning and woodworking skill. Chickasaw artist Vicki Lynn Somers counted them: 608 pieces of maple, 589 pieces of wenge, 380 pieces of bloodwood and 105 pieces of yellow heart. She titled the work "Ittapatkachi Wooden Bowl." Ittapatkachi is Chickasaw for "pieced together." The "open segmented bowl" earned a Southeastern Art Show and Market (SEASAM) Judges' Award and may be enjoyed – and pur...
In a recent interview with Chickasaw.tv reporter Quin Tran, Chickasaw Nation Secretary of Health Dr. Charles Grim offered his insights on how to navigate COVID-19 and the winter flu season. He also discussed what is in the works for the Chickasaw Nation and efforts to assist the community and the state of Oklahoma with COVID-19 vaccine distribution, including new Chickasaw Nation facilities and plans. The interview is available online at Chickasaw.net. There are two main health concerns. The...
Personalizing learning to kids’ unique academic needs and personal interests is a tough nut to crack, and that is especially the case within the confines of a Zoom square. That is one of the big takeaways from a recent national survey by the EdWeek Research Center. Personalized learning, accelerated by advances in technology and new teaching approaches, has been gaining steam—and attracting criticism—for years. Just a year ago, nearly three-quarters of teachers had a favorable or neutral take on the strategy, according to EdWeek Research Cente...
President-elect Joe Biden might have won the White House, but his expansive education plan will soon hit a Congress that has far fewer Democrats than envisioned under the "Blue Wave" forecast prior to the election. Democrats' hopes for flipping the Senate now largely depend on capturing two seats in Georgia that won't be decided until a runoff election in early January. While the outcome could limit the reach of Biden's platform in Congress, experts expect him to turn back some aspects of the...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Weekly Education: Coronavirus special edition. Each week, we will explore how the pandemic is reshaping and upending education as we know it across the country, from pre-K through grad school. We will explore the debates of the day, new challenges and talk to movers and shakers about whether changes ushered in now are here to stay. This newsletter is a weekly version of POLITICO Pro’s daily Education policy newsletter, Morning Education. POLITICO Pro is a policy intelligence platform that combines the news you nee...
Surging community spread of COVID-19 is sidelining a staggering number of teachers and school staff - and forcing many districts to shift to distance learning when there's no one to mind the classroom. Across Minnesota, school administrators say measures like universal mask wearing, stepped-up hygiene and social distancing have been effective in keeping the virus from circulating widely within schools. But as COVID-19 cases rise outside school buildings, more school staff are ending up ill or...
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — Special education teacher Shelley O’Dowd was working in the staff lounge at Pennfield High School on Oct. 23 when she was called upstairs to assist with something. It was a ruse. When O’Dowd returned, she was welcomed by 80 balloons, 80 donut holes and a birthday cake with 80 candles. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/michigan/articles/2020-11-09/special-education-teacher-still-there-for-students-at-age-80...
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Internet access, health care and basic necessities like running water and electricity within Indigenous communities have long been at the center of congressional debates. But until recently, Congress didn't have many Indigenous members who were pushing for solutions and funding for those issues. Hope is growing after the Native delegation in the U.S. House expanded by two on Election Day: Yvette Herrell, who is Cherokee and prevailed in New Mexico's 2nd Congressional...
Hopi leaders have issued an executive stay-at-home order for all residents of the Hopi reservation due to an upward trend in coronavirus cases. Residents living on Hopi land are required to stay in their respective place of residence, unless they are essential workers or there is an emergency. Over the last fourteen days, tribal officials say two dozen cases were reported on the Hopi reservation. Non-essential businesses have been mandated to close, and restaurants are limited to takeout. The trend follows a statewide and even nationwide trend...
Man killed during investigation of Mashpee teen's disappearance identified Luis Zaragoza was sought on a warrant in the kidnapping of Jalajhia Finklea. Officials have released more details about the case. Jessica Hill Cape Cod Times NEW BEDFORD — Authorities have confirmed the identity of the man shot and killed in Florida during an investigation into the disappearance of a teen from Mashpee and have revealed more details about the case. Luis Zaragoza, 37, who also goes by the name of Luis Barboza, was shot Thursday morning as the U.S. M...
