The Education Trust-Midwest report calls for a weighted funding system for schools that provides additional money for the most vulnerable students.
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One Laptop Per Child is a nonprofit that’s sought to address educational inequity by providing children with rugged, bright green, antennae-laden laptops. Stove Team International has decided that they can protect the environment by…
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Editor’s Note: This paper is part of the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, which is a partnership between the Economic Studies Program at Brookings and the USC Schaeffer C……
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In 2021, 29 homicides were carried out by children 9 years old or younger, according to FBI database…
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The purpose of threat assessment teams is to recognize emerging or imminent threats in schools and stop violence before it happens. But students in special education, in particular, are more likely than their peers to be assessed as a threat and can find themselves being denied protections they…
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A panel of experts last week made a simple, common-sense recommendation for dealing with the U.S.’s plastic pollution problem: Stop making so much plastic. “Not producing waste in the first…
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High-quality bus service is the fastest route to rapid, comprehensive public transit in the United States. This country was once a leader in bus transit, and with adequate funding, it could be again.
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From riot gear to PR to Dairy Queen, public records show every expense Enbridge reimbursed after the Line 3 protests.
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Nationwide, efforts are underway to address systemic barriers and expand land access and management for farmers of color.
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We know Alaska’s coast is eroding fast — what are the different ways we might save it and the Alaska Native cultures on that land?
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Black women who perceive racism at work, in housing, or with the police have a 26% higher risk of coronary heart disease than those who don’t.
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Algorithmic management can be hard to see, but it’s already reshaping work—and worker power—across U.S. occupations and industries.