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- March 9, 2010 | Casey Maliszewski
This past week, President Obama took the podium along side of U.S. Secretary Arne Duncan, Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and long-time education advocate and current chair of America’s Promise Alliance, Alma Powell to highlight the immense problem that America has: the high school dropout crisis. President Obama’s call... - March 8, 2010 | Emily Wazlak
A woman is like a tea bag- you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. –Eleanor Roosevelt Today marks the 99th International Women’s Day. The official IWD website describes the day as “a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past,... - March 7, 2010 | Imani Strong
“A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him and a child cannot afford to be fooled” —James Baldwin Ebonics or, more accurately, African American Vernacular English (AAVE) came to the forefront of national consciousness with the Oakland Controversy which was an attempt by the school board in Oakland, CA to recognize the legitimacy of AAVE...
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Co-Sponsoring with CRUSH (www.crushonholyoke.org), this all day event will be held in April and bring together a wide variety of Holyoke constituents to talk about possible economic development policy solutions that will help revitalize Holyoke. Some tentative details include: -all day event to include Holyoke City Council members, business owners, community members, CRUSH members, Roosevelt Institute, and more... -Three panel discussions: 1) big picture economic thinkers panel (...Economic Development Mount Holyoke College, Urban Policy
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Members of Roosevelt Institute at Mount Holyoke College are working on a pre-emptive policy analysis on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. We are focusing specifically on the supplemental education services (SES): "Low-income families can enroll their child in supplemental educational services if their child attends a Title I school that has been designated by the state to be in need of improvement for more than one year. The term "supplemental...Education ESEA reauthorization
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