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Make Simple Cross-Sectional Data with World Bank Data (from {WDI})

Steven V. Miller

If you’re interested in topics of economic development, population growth, corruption, education levels—or almost anything else in the cross-national context—the World Bank’s DataBank has you covered. Thus, I want to focus on just a few years: let’s say 2014 to 2019. There’s a better way, I promise. Here’s a table of contents.

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InvolvEdu: Changing the Extracurricular Landscape

A Principal's Reflections

Besides just taking a student’s word for it, there's no real way to know for sure whether or not a student actually attended computer science club, or was an officer in the economics students association. InvolvEdu not only makes it easier for students to find these activities, but it also tracks and validates their involvement in them.

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Spotlight on Weikai Chen

CORE Econ

In a two year long journey, Weikai Chen, Assistant Professor of Economics at Renmin University of China, made it to the city-level stage of the 13th Beijing Young Teachers’ Teaching Skills Competition. I am an assistant professor at the School of Economics at Renmin University of China in Beijing. My name is Weikai Chen. Which parts?

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Elevating Social Studies with High-Quality Instructional Materials

TCI

This broad field draws upon various disciplines, such as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, and philosophy. History and Civics scores for eighth-grade students sounded an alarm: scores have dropped by an average of five points since 2018 and nine points since 2014.

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Sustainable Development

Anthropology for Beginners

Sustainable development ties together concern for the carrying capacity of natural systems with the social, political, and economic challenges faced by humanity (Kahle and Gurel-Atay 2014). Promote sustained inclusive and sustainable economic growth. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water for all 7.

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New Video – Francis Butler Leigh and her time on a Georgia Plantation

History Havoc

” National Bureau of Economic Research, (September 2019). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. . “The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Stock: White Southerners After the Civil War.” Danbom, David B. Sod Busting: How Families Made Farms on the Nineteenth-Century Plains. Leigh, Francis Butler.

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States bet big on career education, but struggle to show it works

The Hechinger Report

“You can’t see that in most places,” said Daniel Kreisman, an economics professor at Georgia State University who helped launch an effort to inform CTE policymakers by compiling data and producing research. Without that, they’re making decisions in the dark.” Louisiana bet big on career education.

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