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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. Aside from these cultural and ideological factors, there are the practical benefits. Creating pathways for educating for economic democracy requires more than curriculum and content.

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Unlocking the Value of Circles

NonProfit Quarterly

Experts often overcomplicate lectures with jargon and references that may not be culturally relevant to the people they are trying to teach. Establishing a culture of trust and safety can take time and effort. That said, the very strengths of peer circles are also some of their core challenges.

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Camps Specialist

Anedot

This position may continue beyond the summer as part-time or full-time as a field specialist for our on-going environmental education youth programs.

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Thank Heaven For 11: Take The Lead Celebrates 11 Years Working Toward Mission of Equity

Fundraising Leadership

This course will teach you the specific thought processes and skills to identify and channel your inner strength and power, Feldt says. Gloria Feldts Sum is a friendly and conversational take on the happenings of the week in culture, business, economics, leadership, entertainment, and life. Read the archive of The Movement Blog here.

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Mapping the Landscape of AI-Powered Nonprofits

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Learning Equality is a global education nonprofit that aligns large libraries of education content to a given country’s curriculum standards. Khanmigo , Khan Academy’s free, AI-powered teaching assistant, aims to offer subject matter experts to all students. In other words: helping the helpers.

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Can Universities Build Community? A Conference Explores Possible Paths

NonProfit Quarterly

The Netter Center, Harkavy noted, seeks to solve problems and improve quality of life of proximate communities, thereby benefiting the community and supporting the teaching and research missions of the university. The culture and structure of a large university often clashes with the culture of the surrounding community.

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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. We’ve had more flooding and, at the same time, more drought. 34 “I think some of the teachers are nervous.