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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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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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4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians

Studies Weekly

Du Bois’ advocacy extended across the world through many Pan-African conferences and an appeal to the United Nations to recognize the suffering of Black Americans, according to the NAACP. He believed that African Americans should embrace their heritage and culture and work together to overturn oppression.

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A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

The Hechinger Report

Then, in mid-May 2023, a member of the school board told Grimes that it would not be renewing his contract, which was to end in June 2024. But the growth since then hasn’t been consistent, and proficiency levels in 2023 for some grades fell below 2019 numbers. News & World Report.

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Direct Attacks on Science/Social Science in Higher Education through Capping Indirect Cost Rates: Why Anthropologists Should Care

Anthropology News

Language restrictions, grant terminations and the cap on IDCsrepresent a direct attack on science including OUR science, on scholarship, rigorous health research for public health benefit, and the nonprofit science/social science advocacy world. The Heritage Foundation. ” Washington Post , Feb. Gans, Paul, and S. Feldman, J.

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Arizona gave families public money for private schools. Then private schools raised tuition

The Hechinger Report

“The average amount of tuition is going to be more than the actual voucher, not to mention transportation and uniform costs,” said Nik Nartowicz, state policy counsel for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a legal advocacy group. This doesn’t help low-income families.” This doesn’t help low-income families.”