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Warnings of an “Unparalleled” Assault on Higher Education

NonProfit Quarterly

This “onslaught,” the authors emphasize, “threatens the very survival of meaningful higher education in the state” (1), but “what is happening in Florida will not stay in Florida. Act, banning the teaching in public schools of a wide swath of racial or racially informed curricula. The report highlights four key findings: 1.

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Reconnecting Economics Education with Today’s Global Realities

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash In a world of worsening climate disruptions and growing economic inequities, what is the economics education that people need? In a world of worsening climate disruptions and growing economic inequities, what is the economics education that people need?

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10 Ways to Use Social Media for Education

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

10 Ways to Use Social Media for Education. Knowing how to use social media platforms is crucial these days for educators. Children are so widely exposed to these platforms that it’d be a shame not to incorporate them into educational programs. Check out these top 10 ways you can get started.

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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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A Primer for Incubating Child Care Businesses

NonProfit Quarterly

Back in 2019, during a listening tour of the seven rural Maine counties that border Canada, we learned that many people—predominantly women with a passion for early childhood education—would like to start a home- or facility-based childcare but lack the business acumen and confidence to get started.

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The EPA Launches Final Strategy on Lead Mitigation

NonProfit Quarterly

That partnership—first piloted in 2020 in tribal communities—includes launching awareness and educational sessions about the dangers of lead and how to mitigate exposure. Working in tandem with over 200 tribal partners, the EPA designed a curriculum called Lead Awareness in Indian Country: Keeping our Children Healthy!

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Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Twenty Hats

We spoke with 181 volunteer managers that work in human service organizations, governmental agencies, higher education, hospitals, zoos, and more. One theme we’re seeing over and over again is how the pandemic changed the way volunteer managers educate and train their volunteers and clients, often using Zoom or other video sharing platforms.