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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. The committee staff liaison will be the staff member supervising MNAs programming and education.

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Warnings of an “Unparalleled” Assault on Higher Education

NonProfit Quarterly

This “onslaught,” the authors emphasize, “threatens the very survival of meaningful higher education in the state” (1), but “what is happening in Florida will not stay in Florida. Act, banning the teaching in public schools of a wide swath of racial or racially informed curricula. What is happening in Florida will not stay in Florida.”

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

NonProfit Quarterly

Many factors contribute to BIPOC underrepresentation in climate-related STEM fields, including financial constraints, a lack of role models, systemic racism within educational institutions and the workforce, and limited exposure to STEM education. 32 The report notes that there are higher exposures to particulate matter (PM2.5)

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Listening to teachers to support students impacted by COVID-19 

Candid

Their education continues to be affected by the damage caused by the pandemic and its aftermath—most notably, learning loss from school closures and ongoing chronic absenteeism. These state education agencies subgranted a set amount of funds to DonorsChoose.

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Doing More About Less: A Targeted Approach to Workforce Readiness

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Kamanda Kamiri , Rogers Patrick Kamugisha & Boris Bulayev Education systems tend to be labyrinthine bureaucracies, comprising countless stakeholders and moving parts. Large class sizes, inadequate teaching and learning materials, and insufficient teacher training all present roadblocks to innovation.

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A Primer for Incubating Child Care Businesses

NonProfit Quarterly

Back in 2019, during a listening tour of the seven rural Maine counties that border Canada, we learned that many people—predominantly women with a passion for early childhood education—would like to start a home- or facility-based childcare but lack the business acumen and confidence to get started.

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The EPA Launches Final Strategy on Lead Mitigation

NonProfit Quarterly

That partnership—first piloted in 2020 in tribal communities—includes launching awareness and educational sessions about the dangers of lead and how to mitigate exposure. Working in tandem with over 200 tribal partners, the EPA designed a curriculum called Lead Awareness in Indian Country: Keeping our Children Healthy!