Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 1, 2024

A new biocultural database, developed by researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), reveals the profound connections between Borneo’s rich plant life and the survival, traditions, and identity of its people. Marks on this trunk reveal traces of wooden plugs used in traditional honey harvesting.

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Cultures Heritage Tradition Economics 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

It was a moment she’d been waiting for since her freshman year — not just to graduate from high school, but also to wear her traditional Yup’ik headdress and mukluks. The traditional Yup’ik headdress Andrew wore at graduation is made of sealskin, beaver and wolf fur and trimmed with black and gold beads.

Tradition 145

Tradition Heritage Cultures High School 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Traditional language learning in the U.S. in the language, but they do want to speak,” said Dr. Several recent surveys show that employers need multilingual workers; a study by New American Economy, a bipartisan immigration policy group, found that the number of job postings seeking bilingual employees doubled from 2010 to 2015.

Heritage 96

Heritage Global Studies Advocacy High School 96

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Citing figures from a New American Economy report, Walsh says Massachusetts businesses posted nearly 15,000 positions seeking bilingual candidates in 2015. Muñiz Academy teachers, 65 percent of whom are Latino, strive to create an environment that celebrates their students’ heritage and allows them to embrace this piece of their identities.

High School 112

High School Heritage Economics Cultures 112

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Pulling students from Coahoma County and its county seat of Clarksdale, the school serves an area of the Mississippi Delta known for its rich blues heritage, low incomes and abysmal educational outcomes. Johnson opened the doors of Mississippi’s first rural charter school in this temporary space a year ago.

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Charter School History Library Public School 109

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation also partners with Plessy, and for three years has used a community grant to fund strings instruction for students under violinist and violist Amelia Clingman. In 2015, Plessy’s level of proficiency was even worse: Only 13 percent of all students were on track academically, according to the LDOE.

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Economics Charter School Public School Heritage 77

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

In early 2015, when its superintendent announced his retirement, the district recruited Heath Grimes, then superintendent of the nearby Lawrence County school system, for the job. On May 11, 2015, Grimes was voted in unanimously as Russellville’s new school superintendent. Yet their success matters: Today in the U.S.,

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High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145