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Cultivating Dragon Fruit’s Political Power in Ecuador

Sapiens

Magazine and has been republished under Creative Commons. Their infamous love of liberty, radical egalitarianism, and staunch resistance to being governed by powerful outsiders granted them some celebrity across colonial sources. What they really aim for is to govern the county themselves, from the city of Gualaquiza.

Economics 111
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Amid Child Care Crisis, New Head of NAEYC Pledges to Prioritize Listening and Inclusion

ED Surge

The announcement led to a “lengthy and transparent national search” for Rhian Evans Allvin’s successor, says Ann McClain Terrell, NAEYC’s governing board president. But certainly the leadership transition for the nonprofit comes during a period of incredible upheaval—arguably a crisis—in early childhood education. But did it?

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Member Spotlight: Dr. Elizabeth I. Dorssom, Lincoln University of Missouri

Political Science Now

I am currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Lincoln University of Missouri where I regularly teach courses on American National Government, American State and Local Government, Public Policy and Administration, and Research Methodology. Can you tell us about your professional background and your research?

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One of the poorest cities in America was succeeding in an education turnaround. Is that now in peril?

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in Belt Magazine “You all know that I call your kids my kids, and they won’t stop being my kids,” Gordon says, wrapping up the meeting. He has proven leadership,” she said. Just because I stop being CEO doesn’t mean they stop being my kids. I had to say, ‘Time out. This is what we want.

Education 110
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Member Spotlight: Dr. Cyril Ghosh, Clark University

Political Science Now

My involvement with APSA, both as a member as well as in leadership roles, has been somewhat integral to my career. I didnt know they had their own governance structures and bylaws. I should add that, over time, I also became quite seriously involved in the leadership and administration of S+P and the APSA LGBTQ Caucus.

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Switching sides in the teacher wars

The Hechinger Report

But in an era of bold, no-nonsense school leadership, the standards plan put Gist on the map as a rising star in education. She flips through pages of impeccable cursive handwriting extolling the importance of teaching, interspersed with magazine photos of students in 1970s-style plaid sweaters and bowl haircuts.

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Students take their future into their own hands on climate change activism

The Hechinger Report

The decisions that affect the land that we live on are made behind closed doors,” Watford told Essence magazine. People thought of our fight to stop the incinerator cute after school hobby,” Watford told Time magazine in 2016. “It Her efforts led the state to revoke the permit in 2016.

Civics 94