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Plants and People of Borneo: A Cultural and Ecological Connection

Anthropology.net

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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Early Copper Crafting Among Anatolia's Last Hunter-Gatherers

Anthropology.net

Credit: Gre Fılla Excavation / Özlem Ekinbaş Can The Gre Fılla Site: A Window into Prehistoric Innovation Nestled in the upper Tigris Valley, Gre Fılla has been under excavation since 2018. ​ a) The front and backsides of the vitrified material. c) Chisel axe. d) The cross-section of copper object (GRE-C-002).

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OPINION: Why every high school student needs a work-based experience

The Hechinger Report

The result is that we are losing the energy, intelligence and creativity young people could and should bring to New York’s economic recovery. We are losing the energy, intelligence and creativity young people could and should bring to New York’s economic recovery. The time is right. Can the proposed three-tier initiative work?

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The learning effect of air quality in classrooms

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Sefi Roth, an economist at the London School of Economics, is an author of both studies. The study, forthcoming in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, calculated that every Fahrenheit degree increase in the outdoor temperature over a school year reduced that year’s learning by 1 percent. (An AP Photo/Nick Ut).

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COLUMN: Now imagine if your school closed for good

The Hechinger Report

School traditions often connect one generation to the next, providing a sense of community stability and cohesion. Whatever the reason a school has to close, something needs to fill the educational, economic, and social voids created by the closure. Related: School closings: A solution in need of a solution.

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Revisiting the Spiritual Violence of BS Jobs

Sapiens

The late David Graeber was an American professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics. His best-known writings challenged views in liberal economics about the origins of money, attempting to reconceive the historical relationship between debt and social institutions.

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Two studies point to the power of teacher-student relationships to boost learning

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Two studies on elementary schools published in June 2018 point to the importance giving teachers and students plenty of time to form relationships. Harvard University’s Roland Fryer set out to test just that in an experiment , published in the June 2018 issue of the American Economic Review. Students may learn more.