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the green apples
At Standing Rock Reservation, parents are making big news. They want to educate their children in traditional ways, believing that it will deeply impact their children’s identities and traditions. Although it is an uphill battle, these parents will do anything to build the right education for their kids. So, why is it these parents are allowed to share their culture and values but other’s can’t?
Last week, many of us were moved to tears watching Afghan high school girls, faces and heads covered, sobbing outside their schools. The Taliban promised girls could attend school again in March, and yet last Wednesday those promises died when the Taliban reneged and sent the girls home. The stark contrast between the roiling American education “walk-outs'' and women being barred from schools in Afghanistan is disheartening. Join us for a conversation around this on the blog.
