How Skill Recognition Can Create Equitable Pathways for Student Advancement
Digital Promise
AUGUST 21, 2024
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How to Bring to Life the Science of Reading
ED Surge
AUGUST 21, 2024
“You go into your own world for a moment. Like, if someone's talking to me and I'm reading a book, I wouldn't hear them,” says Aylynn, an eighth grader in Pendergast Elementary District in Phoenix, Arizona. “You can understand someone else's culture, what they celebrate, what they honor and what they believe in, without personally asking. It makes me empathize with other people.
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Fire’s Alter-Lives: Climate Change Adaption and Settler Futurity in Bolivia
Anthropology News
AUGUST 21, 2024
Jesús Valdivia planned to get his cows high. This, he explained, would calm them, and guard them against the frantic despair that animals in close quarters feel when they collectively sense their impending death. We were seated on the third floor of a sprawling mall on the outskirts of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Over vegetarian quiche, Jesús described “Paradise Farm,” his nascent ethical meat business.
How Home Visiting Programs Benefit the Whole Family
ED Surge
AUGUST 21, 2024
This essay was adapted from a piece posted on Medium. About nine months ago, Dara told me she was interested in bringing her mother and nephew from Syria to the United States, and she needed assistance. She had immigrated to Evanston, Illinois from Syria five years ago, along with her husband and five children and had a goal of reuniting with her family.
Anticipating More Unrest, Colleges Prioritize Civic Dialogue
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
AUGUST 21, 2024
Two College Presidents for Civic Preparedness member institutions are featured in an Inside Higher Ed article for taking proactive steps to prioritize civil discourse and civic engagement this fall.
Learn More About: The Double-Edged Sword of Policing: The Impact of Policing Consequences on Attitudes
Political Science Now
AUGUST 21, 2024
Project Title: The Double-Edged Sword of Policing: The Impact of Policing Consequences on Attitudes Bryant Moy Bryant Moy is an Assistant Professor of Politics at New York University. His current research explores substantive questions that animate urban life and policy-making in small-scale multi-racial democracies: whether local governments can translate public opinion into public policy despite overlapping governing institutions, whether individuals can foster greater responsiveness and trans
The start of school is always stressful, but even more so for neurodivergent students — and their parents
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 21, 2024
The start of the school year can be stressful, but parents of neurodivergent children are more likely to report feeling overwhelmed, unprepared and scared than other parents, according to a new survey shared with The Hechinger Report. About 2,100 parents answered the survey this summer from Understood.org, a nonprofit that publishes resources for people with dyslexia, attention deficit disorder and other learning differences.
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