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A ‘summer camp’ for teachers fills a gap in environmental education

The Hechinger Report

Ali McMillan, an instructional coach and intervention specialist at West Feliciana Middle School, Louisiana. Ali McMillan, an instructional coach and intervention specialist at West Feliciana Middle School in West Feliciana Parish, is one of 20 educators participating in the program. Related: Climate change: Are we ready?

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Can we teach our way out of political polarization?

The Hechinger Report

While education levels are not related to conservative beliefs about economic policy, they are related to conservative beliefs about the value of cultural diversity. Young people who went to college were “20 percentage points more likely to vote than those who had not attended college” in the 2016 election.

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