This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. K-12 schools that cut instructional time by switching to a four-day week see meaningful reductions in student learning, according to recently published research. The effects are similar to those resulting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This Q&A is part of a series highlighting the work of Black education leaders in partnership with the 1954 Project. No one asked Sharif El-Mekki if he was interested in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Craig Koller grew up splashing through backyard creeks and biking gravel trails, sometimes through the Johnson Control Industries Fire Technology Center. Black smoke wafted overhead as it conducted controlled burns to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the world accelerates progress toward quality healthcare, governments must prioritize increased access to inclusive and sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in healthcare facilities. Clean water, decent toilets…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When a girl enters adolescence, she encounters a host of barriers that threaten a safe and stable transition into adulthood. By the time she reaches secondary school age, she is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The predominantly black and low-income communities living near the back-to-back petrochemical refineries of Louisiana’s “cancer alley” have long suffered compromised immune systems and high rates of disease. Now, the state’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Midwives are routinely “overlooked and ignored” despite saving millions of lives a year, the United Nations said on Wednesday, urging the world to hire more women and safeguard new life.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For millions of children in child care, the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) acts as a key nutritional support by reimbursing child care providers for the cost of snacks…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Google today announced the launch of Grow with Google Career Readiness for Reentry. The initiative — created in partnership with nonprofits The Last Mile, Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), Defy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. UNESCO has just announced the Philippine investigative journalist and media executive, Maria Ressa, as the winner of the Guillermo Cano Prize for Press Freedom, which honors champions of media freedom,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Refugees can’t wait. Experts predict that the number of refugees coming to the U.S. will increase dramatically in 2021. CNN reported in February that President Biden signed an executive order to restore the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black Americans experience an increase in poor mental health days during weeks when two or more incidents of anti-Black violence occur, according to a new study. An increase in poor…