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Plants and People of Borneo: A Cultural and Ecological Connection

Anthropology.net

The Bond Between Nature and Culture in Borneo The lush rainforests of Borneo are more than just biological treasure troves; they are cultural cornerstones for the island’s indigenous communities. Beyond its economic role, the tualang holds profound cultural and spiritual significance for many indigenous groups. Credit: T.

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How a Culture of Caring Is Helping These Schools Improve Student Mental Health

ED Surge

Districts have taken a wide range of approaches, as documented by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, a nonprofit that studies how government policies impact low-income families. Others are applied more broadly, like mentorship programs or culturally responsive curriculum. Do you know what happened?”

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Schools bar Native students from wearing traditional regalia at graduation

The Hechinger Report

That year, 2019, the district changed its policies to allow Indigenous students to wear cultural items along with their caps and gowns. They argue that the practice of policing Indigenous students’ graduation attire is symptomatic of an education system woefully ignorant of, and insensitive to, Native culture.

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TEACHER VOICE: Here’s what I learned from my own classroom mistakes

The Hechinger Report

My journey as an immigrant from a small town in Africa’s smallest mainland country, The Gambia, to the biggest city in the United States, with its many diverse cultures, has given me a unique perspective. This experience gave me an opportunity to recognize my own cultural myopia. I’m a better teacher because of it. A Muslim lens.

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Native American students miss school at higher rates. It only got worse during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

government’s campaign to break up Native American culture, language and identity by forcing children into abusive boarding schools. The work is guided by cultural success coaches — school employees who help families address the kind of challenges that keep students from coming to school. AP Photo/Ross D.

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. There was nothing like this.

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The shuttering of a rural university reveals a surprising source of its financing

The Hechinger Report

When Iowa Wesleyan University announced in March that it would close, its biggest creditor was a federal government agency that had loaned it $26 million and then — in an attempt to help the university survive —softened the terms and extended the repayment period. Rural universities are also often cultural oases, Huisman said.

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