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Teaching Cooperative Intelligence, for a Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

Such, at least, is the thesis of work I’ve been involved in to create a cooperative education curriculum at the high school level in the Bronx. Creating pathways for educating for economic democracy requires more than curriculum and content. Their reflections reinforced the value of what I call coherence, or integrated, learning.

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Education for Emancipation: Building the Tools We Need

NonProfit Quarterly

This is why our two groups—the Center for Economic Democracy (CED) and the Center for Popular Economics (CPE) —have created a curriculum rooted in popular education practices intended to educate people and communities about ways to challenge the unjust economic system at its root. We call this curriculum “ Economics for Emancipation ” (E4E).

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Newsletter: Who is Your Perfect Partnership Prospect? ; 4 Creative Cause Marketing Activations ; Is Trust the Future of Giving?

Selfish Giving

Sewing is a key component of the 4-H curriculum. “A A lot of people associate 4-H with agriculture and the raising and showing of animals, but they also teach sewing,” my contact at JOANN explained. They are training tomorrow’s crafters and JOANN is the leader in sewing and fabrics.” ??

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Kids for a Cause: Getting Children Behind Nonprofit Missions

Top Nonprofits

In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about getting kids behind nonprofit missions, including: How Kids Impact Nonprofits How Nonprofits Impact Kids 3 Ways To Get Kids Involved in Nonprofit Causes Faith in action can bring to life the lessons you teach from your children’s curriculum.

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Navigating Climate Justice: Empowering BIPOC Youth with Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing

NonProfit Quarterly

14 However, human activities such as burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, landfills, toxic agricultural practices, and transportation have increased the natural rate of these gases in the atmosphere. Educational institutions and industry leaders must actively work to dismantle systemic racism. degrees Fahrenheit (or about 1.36

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Doing More About Less: A Targeted Approach to Workforce Readiness

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Large class sizes, inadequate teaching and learning materials, and insufficient teacher training all present roadblocks to innovation. Changes encompassed teaching and learning materials, in-service teacher training to support professional development, assessment practices of student work, school leadership, and school inspection.

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Bringing Climate into the Classroom: New Hampshire Students Push for Increased Climate Literacy

NonProfit Quarterly

12 The resolution calls on the curriculum to provide guidance for educators on how best to incorporate a wide breadth of climate change information into their lessons as well as to inform students about jobs in the environmental space. 33 “Unfortunately, not a lot of my peers are that engaged in climate activism….They