Buying a home remains out of reach for many individuals and families in the United States, with house prices hovering close to an all-time high, and millennials, for a variety of…
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Disaster Clean-up Has Become Profitable – and Exploitative
Disaster Relief and Recovery Magazine Sep 13, 2023Private equity firms are increasingly profiting from cleaning up climate disasters in the US, while failing to better protect workers and often also investing in the fossil fuels that are…
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A Survey of Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Work and Salaries
RAND Corporation Sep 12, 2023The authors present teachers’ perceptions of their base salary and total weekly hours worked and describe how these factors related to teachers’ well-being and their intentions to leave their jobs….
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Housing is one of our best tools for ending mass incarceration. It does more than put a roof over people’s heads; housing gives people the space and stability necessary to…
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Gender Equity in the Higher Education Workforce
Higher Education Dive Sep 11, 2023Some 28% of women working for colleges believe they have been passed over for a promotion because of their gender, according to new survey data from Gallup. Hispanic and Asian women were…
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Why Is Affordable Housing A Barrier for Educators?
EdSurge Sep 11, 2023EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. — Carrie Rodgers gestures toward the silver medallion sitting atop her fridge, then waves it off. It’s nothing really, she shrugs. …
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How Gardening Can Help Bolster Rural Food Security
The Rural Blog Sep 10, 2023A youngster in Letcher County, Ky. enjoys the family garden. (Photo by Rick Childress, Lexington Herald-Leader) Many rural Kentuckians strug…
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Problems with the Regenerative Agriculture Movement
The Counter Sep 9, 2023It hardly matters if you’re dealing with food justice activists or tech-startup entrepreneurs. Small, independent farmers or the corporate leadership of agribusiness giants. Policy wonks or research scientists. Everyone is talking…
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How Can Educator Talent Shine Amid Teacher Shortages?
The Hechinger Report Sep 9, 2023Post-pandemic, teachers remain bound to the same inflexible expectations and schedules that have defined their roles for hundreds of years. But current teacher shortages are finally spurring an embrace of broader conceptions of teaching.
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The Fight For Better School Lunches
Chalkbeat Sep 9, 2023A NYC student explores the quality of school food on this episode of the Miseducation podcast from the Bell, a New York City high school audio journalism program.
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Mobile Homes Can Become Climate Solutions
Grist Sep 8, 2023Mobile homes house 22 million people in the U.S.and investing in them could be a solution to the housing and climate crises…
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Infrastructure That Can Help Advance Mutual Aid Groups and Social Movements
Urban Institute Sep 8, 2023Mutual aid groups and social movements meet critical community needs, often during crises, but face funding challenges.
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