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Books I read in July 2020

Dangerously Irrelevant

Books I finished reading (or rereading) in July 2020… Equity Visits , Rachel Roegman et al. educational leadership]. The Power of Student Agency , Anindya Kundu [sociology]. Books I read in February 2020. Books I read in March 2020. Books I read in April 2020. Books I read in May 2020.

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Math can be a path to success after prison

The Hechinger Report

Since 2020, he has published four academic papers: three in math and one in sociology. Havens is still involved in the Prison Mathematics Project, but handed leadership of the program over to Jeffers in October 2023. (Havens has been granted a clemency hearing and may be released as early as this year.)

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OPINION: Tribal colleges, lifeline to rural and disenfranchised Native communities, need our help more than ever

The Hechinger Report

For the last six years, the American Indian College Fund has selected a group of talented students and alumni for leadership training to speak about education issues impacting Native Americans. By March 2020, that number had reached one in five. The American Indian College Fund’s 2019-20 Student Ambassador cohort.

Sociology 145
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When the man behind the curtain is female: More women now hold key education policymaker jobs

The Hechinger Report

In the spring of 2020, Chelsea Kelley’s second grader received live instruction from his teacher just once a week for 45 minutes. Tanya Lieberman, pictured in May 2020, had to figure out how to hold public hearings on proposed legislation during a pandemic. in sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Education 143
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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

The Hechinger Report

In May 2020, White earned an associate degree in business administration, with a 3.84 Recently, she started classes toward a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership and learning at the University of Louisville. A 2020 report showed that among the first adult cohort, 61 percent earned a credential or continued their studies.).

Economics 144
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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

The Hechinger Report

Each elementary school focuses on a specific area — engineering, math and science, the arts, leadership, or foreign languages, among others.

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Revisiting the Spiritual Violence of BS Jobs

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Graeber’s book is conversational in style, drawing on history, literature, sociology, anthropology, and pop culture to support his arguments. Taskmasters” (such as some middle managers or leadership professionals) are people who supervise people who don’t need supervision. Graeber died suddenly in Italy in 2020 at the age of 59.