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Do-it-yourself mental health efforts by community college students

The Hechinger Report

The program, called the Mental Health Advocacy Institute, is run by a national nonprofit, Active Minds, which advocates for college students mental health. In the Mental Health Advocacy Institute, she encourages students to think about what their communities need and what kinds of support they and their peers might benefit from.

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What America can learn from Canada’s new ‘$10 a Day’ child care system

The Hechinger Report

In 2021, the country’s leaders committed $30 billion (about $24 billion in U.S. In 2021, the country’s leaders committed $30 billion (about $24 billion in U.S. A garden cared for by children and their teachers sits in the playground at the Heritage Park Child Care Centre in British Columbia.

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OPINION: We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history in our schools

The Hechinger Report

Now, a new annual report about attitudes toward Asian Americans from the advocacy organization LAAUNCH has provided some disturbing answers to some of these questions. For example: Over 1 in 5 Americans believe that Asian Americans are at least partially responsible for the pandemic — a percentage that has increased since 2021.

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A small rural town needed more Spanish-language child care. Here’s what it took

The Hechinger Report

Through the local advocacy of several organizations, the community will have nine Spanish-speaking providers by this summer — including Aguilera. It benefits Latino children to have a Latino provider because they have the same lived experience, same heritage — it’s easier for them to connect to families, to get more family engagement.”

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Do Alternatives to Public School Have to Be Political?

ED Surge

But just before the pandemic, she says she was approached by FreedomWorks, an advocacy group funded by the Koch brothers, big political donors, and associated with the “tea party” movement in favor of libertarian ideas. She had also worked in public schools before launching Mysa.

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We asked Asian American students what they wanted from history instruction. They say including their voices is not enough.

The Hechinger Report

To get a sense of how students in New York feel about these changes, The Hechinger Report spoke with six public school students, representing four of the city’s five boroughs, whose heritage is Asian American or Pacific Islander. of all district students) enrolled in a K-12 New York City Public School in 2021-2022.

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Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

ED Surge

Between 2010 and 2021, the share of white non-Hispanic children fell to 45 percent of public school students, while the share of Hispanic children grew to comprise 28 percent. As we’ve reported in the past, some teachers have clearly expressed that tech tools should support and not replace their expertise.