These social challenges constitute barriers for applicants that go far beyond the obvious professional hurdles. As a result, only few exceptional people from excluded communities choose to study and work…
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The deadly shooting of at least 19 children and two adults in Texas on May 24, 2022, is the latest in an ever-growing list of national tragedies, leaving families and…
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Much has been said, and will be said, about 2020. The word “unprecedented” has been used an unprecedented number of times. We are constantly bombarded by the media, whether it…
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In August 2021, a Facebook ad campaign criticizing Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, the United States’ first Muslim congresswomen, came under intense scrutiny. Critics charged that the ads linked the…
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June 16 — Youth Day in South Africa — commemorates the day in 1976 when black youth in Soweto rose up against the apartheid regime. In the U.S., it is…
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Many of us may remember Spring 2020 as a continuous loop of sifting through the firehose of new information about the pandemic on our Twitter feeds, Facebook feeds, or Whatsapp…
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Click here for more.2022 is the year that America revitalizes its infrastructure and philanthropy has a role to play in this discussion. Nationwide in the philanthropic community, it is rare to find a grantmaker allowing…
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One per 1,500. That’s the nurse-to-student ratio for K-12 schools in Pennsylvania — one of a handful of states to set staffing requirements in the law. Karla Coffman, a nurse in the York…
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Click here for more.What role does passion play in philanthropy? In many cases, we may think that passion boils down to the emotion behind giving. But passion can’t be quantified that way. It’s…
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As schools head into the final quarter, exhausted teachers and administrators are completing their third consecutive year disrupted by the pandemic. Assessments and other year-end data will provide a more…
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A new opinion piece in The New York Times argues that rural America needs immigrant labor to survive and thrive. “Rural America has a growth problem. Business and industry desperately need workers, but the…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted learning for children of all ages. For children ages 0 – 8, brain development and social and emotional learning are especially critical. Early school success…