On April 8, 2022, around 90 community and economic development practitioners and community members gathered at a Thrive Rural Open Field session to share tips, techniques, and resources to help…
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Much of the western U.S. has been in the grip of an unrelenting drought since early 2020. The dryness has coincided with record-breaking wildfires, intense and long-lasting heat waves, low…
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The Great Lakes cover nearly 95,000 square miles (250,000 square kilometers) and hold over 20% of Earth’s surface fresh water. More than 30 million people in the U.S. and Canada…
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At first, Marie Wilkins-Walker was just happy to be back in a classroom. Wilkins-Walker teaches career and technical education at West Philadelphia High School, where she has worked for a…
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A new book digs into how Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms may be fueling the rise of antisemitism in the United States and globally. According to the Anti-Defamation League,…
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As an educator, I was able to see how children performed, interacted and even ate when they were inside the walls of their school. But the bigger picture outside the…
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Generation Z students approach graduate programs differently than their generational predecessors, and colleges need to specialize their recruitment tactics to engage them, according to a new survey from LaneTerralever, a marketing firm…
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Click here for more.Perhaps like you, I often receive professional development opportunities from colleagues. In my inbox, opportunities like “risk management”, “nonprofit strategy”, “building an inclusive workplace” come in regularly. And as much…
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Thaler, a pioneering economist at the University of Chicago, has helped redefine how we understand human motivation and decision-making. His groundbreaking research into behavioral economics has upended the concept of homo economicus…
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In 2020, the intertwining and inequitable systems, from health and education to legal and democracy and beyond, in this country were laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic and the renewed…
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Techbridge Girls (TBG) is working to ensure BIPOC and gender-expansive youth aren’t left out of the STEM revolution. “The way that STEM education is designed, delivered, and digested does not…
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Even though young children have a natural instinct for math, poor learning experiences are hindering their aptitude development and hurting their opportunities to pursue STEM-oriented careers. The problem begins in…