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Federal Government Launches First-of-Its-Kind Center for Early Childhood Workforce

ED Surge

“It felt like the right time for the federal government to have an explicit focus on this — and one that is cross cutting,” Hamm tells EdSurge. Chrishana Lloyd, a research scholar at Child Trends, will be heading up the ECE Workforce Center’s research efforts. They go hand in hand,” says Montoya. “In

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Inside Canada’s 50-year fight for national child care

The Hechinger Report

This movement came after decades of structured, organized advocacy , much of which started after the commission’s report. That argument has helped build support, said Morna Ballantyne, executive director of Child Care Now, an advocacy association in Canada. Now, an offshoot of that recommendation has come to fruition.

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 Amid clampdown on DEI, some on campuses push back

The Hechinger Report

Several weeks ago, for example, staff offices at Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Inclusion, Diversity Education and Advocacy in Boca Raton were vacant, with name plates blank and abandoned desks, plus LGBTQ+ flags, posters and pamphlets left behind. My area of research is Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement,” he said.

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Virtual charter schools need “bold action” for change, says national charter school advocacy group

The Hechinger Report

The major advocacy group for public charter schools is concerned that failing online charter schools may be hurting the credibility of the movement as a whole. What we’ve seen, in terms of the research, is that there’s a lot more self-directed learning,” Ziebarth said. serving about 180,000 students nationwide.

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APSA Seeks Executive Director

Political Science Now

The Executive Director provides leadership and vision; gives strategic advice to the governing officials and committees and implements their goals; communicates with members; manages the staff and budget, oversees all Association activities; and represents the Association to the outside world.

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Learn More About: Hard Pill to Swallow: Gendered Public Perceptions of Supreme Court Oral Arguments and Womens’ Reproductive Healthcare

Political Science Now

She earned her PhD from the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin and her Juris Doctorate from Oklahoma City University. Her work focuses on the intersection of elite advocacy, courts, and public policy. Read more about the funded projects here: Read more about the funded projects here.

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PROOF POINTS: New poll points to college and career benefits of Greek life despite criticism

The Hechinger Report

A new Gallup poll, commissioned by two advocacy organizations, finds that fraternity and sorority members were more likely to say they formed relationships with mentors and professors, were extremely active in extracurricular activities and worked in internships where they could apply what they were learning in their college classes.

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