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. That year, 2019, the district changed its policies to allow Indigenous students to wear cultural items along with their caps and gowns.

Tradition 145

Tradition Heritage Cultures High School 145

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.

Cultures 85

Cultures Heritage Tradition Economics 85

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

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. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006.

Charter School 133

Charter School Heritage K-12 Education 133

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. In September 2019, the school office said she had retired. It would, first and last, be better than the schools the area already had.

Charter School 109

Charter School History Library Public School 109

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 10, 2024

In California, only 10 percent of English learners were chronically absent in 2019. Since before the pandemic, the rate of chronically absent English language learners more than doubled, from 16 percent in 2019 to 36 percent in 2022. By 2022, the rate had more than tripled to 34 percent.

Heritage 120

Heritage Elementary School High School Tradition 120

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

A Hispanic Heritage Month event that Grimes started in Russellville High School has now grown into a big districtwide celebration , where students learn about different cultures and traditions, perform dances, read celebrated authors and research historical figures. And it hasn’t been easy to sustain all of the gains.

High School 144

High School K-12 Heritage Professional Development 144

The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2021

Ríos, the school’s librarian, holds a paper flower made by students for a Mexican heritage celebration. Only 53 percent of women in their 20s who gave birth in their teens hold a traditional high school diploma, compared to 90 percent of women who didn’t, according to Child Trends , a research organization focused on young people.

High School 126

High School Heritage Public School Tradition 126