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Training and Education Advisory Committee: Applications

MNA Association

Montana Nonprofit Association (MNA) is seeking interested individuals to be part of our Training and Education Advisory Committee (TEACh ), advising and informing MNAs programming, curriculum development, and conferences. Applications received by March 11 th will receive priority.

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Can Labor Save Higher Education as a Public Good?

NonProfit Quarterly

They include a spate of police actions on campuses , anti-DEI and anti-tenure legislation, academic freedom lawsuits , weaponization of accreditation , and political tests for everything from curriculum to top institutional leadership. Colleges and universities depend critically on the labor power of all who work in them.

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Why Common Core Will Fail

Ken Goldstein

The latest in educational "fixes," promoted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Governors Association, and the Obama administration, the Common Core initiative was developed "to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce." Not so in Boyle Heights.

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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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Warnings of an “Unparalleled” Assault on Higher Education

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Thiago Matos on pexels.com A new preliminary report by the American Association of University Professors is sounding alarms over a slew of legislative and political maneuvers by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature. Last year, Gov. The report highlights four key findings: 1.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

For instance, incorporating curriculum elements that highlight local and global examples of climate injustice can provide students with a concrete understanding of how climate change and racial injustice intersect in their communities and beyond. (See GeoJournal 60, no. 2 (June 2004): 191. 4 (August 2016), 1.

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Tackling Eco-Anxiety Through Experiential Education

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Learn, Test, Create Over the past several years, I’ve had the unique opportunity as a young woman to become an entrepreneurial changemaker within post-secondary education, piloting programs and building a variety of academic curriculums for unique student populations.

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