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Training and Education Advisory Committee: Applications

MNA Association

Montana Nonprofit Association (MNA) is seeking interested individuals to be part of our Training and Education Advisory Committee (TEACh ), advising and informing MNAs programming, curriculum development, and conferences. Applications received by March 11 th will receive priority.

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Can Labor Save Higher Education as a Public Good?

NonProfit Quarterly

They include a spate of police actions on campuses , anti-DEI and anti-tenure legislation, academic freedom lawsuits , weaponization of accreditation , and political tests for everything from curriculum to top institutional leadership. Colleges and universities depend critically on the labor power of all who work in them.

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Kids for a Cause: Getting Children Behind Nonprofit Missions

Top Nonprofits

In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about getting kids behind nonprofit missions, including: How Kids Impact Nonprofits How Nonprofits Impact Kids 3 Ways To Get Kids Involved in Nonprofit Causes Faith in action can bring to life the lessons you teach from your children’s curriculum.

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Why Common Core Will Fail

Ken Goldstein

The problem wasn''t that she or her students didn''t have access to uniform, national curriculum standards. Ask the kids dropping out from either school if the lack of unified national curriculum standards was at fault. When she tied the assignment to their desires and interests - to their passions - 85% turned it in.

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Build Economic Justice for the Future by Learning from the Past

NonProfit Quarterly

Sometimes our educational institutions create processes and curriculums that teach our children and our people to be complacent in the system that we are presented with. One, there has to be a sense of a common threat that creates coalitions, that feels much bigger than one person or one community that brings you together.

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Doing More About Less: A Targeted Approach to Workforce Readiness

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Large class sizes, inadequate teaching and learning materials, and insufficient teacher training all present roadblocks to innovation. Changes encompassed teaching and learning materials, in-service teacher training to support professional development, assessment practices of student work, school leadership, and school inspection.

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Navigating Climate Justice: Empowering BIPOC Youth with Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing

NonProfit Quarterly

For instance, incorporating curriculum elements that highlight local and global examples of climate injustice can provide students with a concrete understanding of how climate change and racial injustice intersect in their communities and beyond. (See