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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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Listening to teachers to support students impacted by COVID-19 

Candid

Data shows that when teachers can select resources individualized to their students, they can teach more effectively and feel empowered in their expertise, making them more likely to stay in the profession. Nonprofits and philanthropy can provide direct targeted support for these efforts.

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Great Nonprofit Marketing Jobs: Friday Futures

Getting Attention

Assistant Program Director , International OCD Foundation (Boston, MA). Communications Associate , Rasmuson Foundation (Anchorage, AK). Community Programs Manager/Director , The Bohemian Foundation (Fort Collins, CO). Director of Communications , Christian Foundation for Children and Aging. Kansas City, KS).

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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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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. 34 “I think some of the teachers are nervous. Author interviews with Weintraub and Witkoskie.

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A Primer for Incubating Child Care Businesses

NonProfit Quarterly

As a result, four years ago, in March 2020 we started what we now call the CEI Child Care Business Lab , an incubator that teaches the specific business skills needed to open, staff, and operate a licensed quality childcare business. Designing a Curriculum Childcare is, for obvious reasons, highly regulated.

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The EPA Launches Final Strategy on Lead Mitigation

NonProfit Quarterly

Communities at Risk In an article about childhood lead exposure and disparities, the Kaiser Family Foundation writes that “areas with higher blood lead levels are associated with low home ownership, high poverty, and residents who are a majority people of color.” which is the basis for the new sessions.