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COLUMN: Should schools teach climate activism?

The Hechinger Report

The school partners with local environmental justice organizations to advocate for a greener Bronx. Sanes recently took some students to a rally that called for shutting down the jail on Rikers Island and replacing it with a solar energy farm, wastewater treatment plant and battery storage facility. When I first got there.

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OPINION: Higher education must take the lead on climate change, beginning on our own campuses

The Hechinger Report

Climate change will impact the entire system of higher education — its operations, facilities, fiscal model and mission. We can pursue grants, financing and the tax credit opportunities in the Inflation Reduction Act to fund this work, and we can work with private-sector partners to align credential opportunities with workforce needs.

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Can Edtech Behind Bars Help Keep People Out?

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A shockingly high rate of recidivism stands out as one of the worst problems facing America’s criminal justice system. But the authors of the 2014 report also noted that research thus far has failed “get inside the black box of what works,” in terms of specific models of instruction and curriculum delivery.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via NPR : “ Justice Dept. “Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Via Chalkbeat : “ Newark looks to build school-to-work ‘pipeline’ by boosting vocational education.”