TITLE: LEB's Baseless Assertions and Intrusions Deserve MSU's Well-founded Defiance

AUTHOR: Mindanao State University College of Law

DATE PUBLISHED: September 7, 2024

KEY INFORMATION: This Facebook post shows the official statement of the MSU regarding LEB's baseless assertions to their Muslim students in Mindanao. MSU stated that they will stand and support their students against LEB's discrimination.

TITLE: Y-Speak: Being gay

AUTHOR: Sunstar Davao

DATE PUBLISHED: May 27, 2018

KEY INFORMATION: This local article is about the author talking about the struggles he faced from being a gay person. He shared how he has learned to accept being part of the LGBTQ community and be proud of his identity.

TITLE: Incomplete Data On Bullying Weakness Protection Of Children With Disabilities

AUTHOR: Christina Chi

DATE PUBLISHED: February 14, 2024

KEY INFORMATION: UNESCO performed a report to study school violence among a multitude of different countries; this led them to discover that in the Philippines, bullying is more likely to happen to children with disabilities. Learning this, in DepEd’s first Basic Education Report, Vice President Sara Duterte vowed to create better laws to protect these special needs children.

TITLE: No Child Left Behind: Study calls for better care of children with disabilities

AUTHOR: UNICEF

DATE PUBLISHED: July 24, 2018

KEY INFORMATION: Research has found that the lack of data information regarding special needs children in the Philippines has resulted in the country's inability to properly support and give the proper education special needs kids need. However, there has been progress thanks to the community's help and support from other countries.

TITLE: Families raising children with disabilities spend up to 80% more | ANC

AUTHOR: ANC 24/7

DATE PUBLISHED: December 20, 2022

KEY INFORMATION: Parents often face greater financial demands when caring for children with disabilities. Children with disabilities require more medical attention and additional educational services in Mindanao.

TITLE: No to discrimination in education!

AUTHOR: UNESCO

Date Published: December 15, 2020

KEY INFORMATION: This video gives voices to the people who have disabilities who are fighting for their right to education. It talks about the difficulty faced by a visually impaired student in the Philippines.

TITLE: “Just Let Us Be”

Discrimination Against LGBT Students in the Philippines

AUTHOR: Ryan Thoreson

DATE PUBLISHED: June 21, 2017

KEY INFORMATION: A report from Human Rights Watch exposes the widespread discrimination and human rights abuses LGBT students face in the Philippines' school system, including acts of violence, harassment, and restrictive policies that exclude LGBT students, deny access to restrooms, and prevent enrollment.

TITLE: ‘Lumad’ schools and the right to education

AUTHOR: Meggie Nolasco, Tony La Viña

DATE PUBLISHED: June 05, 2021

KEY INFORMATION: The article in The Inquirer underlines the significance of Lumad schools in providing education to marginalized indigenous communities in the Philippines. Lumad schools offer a unique, culturally sensitive approach to education, compensating for gaps in traditional schools. Despite threats to Lumad schools’ existence, they remain essential for the education of Lumad students, necessitating the government and stakeholders' engagement in dialogue to ensure the right to education and the continued existence of Lumad schools.

TITLE: Philippine Education and Its Way Forward

AUTHOR: Rujonel F. Cariaga

DATE PUBLISHED: October 2023

KEY INFORMATION: The featured article shows how the Philippines is concerned with the amount of students attending schools and the quality of education they receive. To solve the education crisis in the Philippines, improving access to formal and non-formal learning opportunities and strengthening the government's capacity to improve the quality and relevance of teaching and learning is needed. The Philippines has embarked on a transformation of its education system to align it with other advanced countries worldwide, which will include better opportunities for students with disabilities.

TITLE: Revisiting the Policies of Basic Education on Reasonable Accommodation for PWDs

AUTHOR: Street Law Program: Promoting Academic Accommodation in the Philippines

DATE PUBLISHED: September 16, 2022

KEY INFORMATION: This article discusses the specific discrimination that PWDs in Mindanao have faced concerning basic education, concerning both access and participation. In this sense, PWDs of Mindanao had to deal with structural obstacles and the absence of displaying inclusiveness measures that hindered them from actual involvement in education. The article calls for improved implementation of reasonable accommodation policies in basic education that would allow PWDs to enjoy inclusive educational practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all students regardless of their status regarding disability.

TITLE: Who are the Lumad?

AUTHOR: Rappler

DATE PUBLISHED: August 9, 2017

KEY INFORMATION: The infographic shares information regarding who the Lumads are. Statistics such as the Lumad's population in the Philippines are included, stating that they are about 18% of the country's population, making the Lumads the largest indigenous group in the Philippines.

TITLE: On addressing discrimination

AUTHOR: Department of Education

DATE PUBLISHED: February 9, 2021

KEY INFORMATION: This is a statement from the Department of Education in the Philippines that they will not allow discrimination in schools. Discrimination of race, gender, age, religion, or sexual orientation will not be tolerated by DepEd and shall be eliminated to create a safer and more respectful environment for students.

TITLE: Safety First: discrimination at Philippine schools and work places

AUTHORS: Angel Almeda, K Ballesteros

DATE PUBLISHED: November 20, 2021

KEY INFORMATION: The article tells us the different safety guidelines that we can follow to avoid discrimination or to act against it. As contributors to our country, Filipino workers must be given proper protection from such attacks, such as discrimination, as it will affect their mental health and overall performance.

TITLE: Does CRT in Schools Help OR Hurt Students?

AUTHOR: Maree Beecham

DATE PUBLISHED: March, 2023

KEY INFORMATION: Marue Beecham holds a debate regarding CRT (Critical Race Theory) and its positive and negative effects on students.

CRT can enlighten students of how race is a part of their identity and it is something to be proud of; however, this can also cause POC to overidentify themselves with their race. Leading them to paths of racial generalizations.

Individual and collective identity are both equally important. Yes, your race is a part of who you are; however, you don't have to represent everyone. You are allowed to be yourself; you are allowed to be just one person.

TITLE: Community Engagement in the Indigenous Education Discourse: Unravelling Policy Lessons from Lumad's Alternative School in Mindanao, Philippines

AUTHOR: Jae Mari Dionson Magdadaro, Noe Joseph E. Sacramento

DATE PUBLISHED: June 2022

KEY INFORMATION: This paper therefore looks into the alternative schools for Lumad in the Philippines, which champion a collective approach to Indigenous education through the involvement of IP communities in the preservation of their culture. Despite the challenge from the colonial ghosts, the schools have successfully engaged the community in education. This paper identifies the gaps in policy that both state and non-state actors in IP education and alternative schools should address in order to counteract cultural discrimination, inequalities, and oppression.

TITLE: Wars of Extinction: Discrimination and the Lumad Struggle in Mindanao

AUTHOR: Arnold P. Alamon

DATE PUBLISHED: 2017

KEY INFORMATION:

This book showcases the problems that the Lumad in Mindanao has faced, including their right to self-determination without falling into cultural idealism. Struggles that forced the Lumads to an almost rightless life, affecting all the aspects of their life, including education. Alamon fights discrimination against the Lumad, convincing and changing the readers' views.