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Aspen Institute’s Newest Ascend Fellows Represent a Tightening Focus on Early Childhood

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Rucker taught in the classroom for a couple of years, then joined the city of Baltimore as its Head Start coordinator, launching her career at the intersection of early childhood and local government. The local level is where the rubber meets the road. But the local level is where the rubber meets the road.

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How This Teacher Brings Census Data to Life in the Classroom

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Bolstered by his trademark energy and enthusiasm, along with educator resources from Statistics in Schools (SIS), he's motivating students to learn about statistical literacy, data analytics, interpreting maps and the overall significance of the census. We had just finished exploring what community, civilization, culture and archaeology mean.

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The Best Homeschool Social Studies Curriculum for Busy Parents

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Finding a homeschool social studies curriculum that balances history, geography, civics, and culture Keeping your child engaged without spending hours prepping lessons Making social studies meaningful and relevant to everyday life If you nodded along, youre not alone! Government & Citizenship What makes a good citizen ?

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Students Call for Hands-On Civic Education to Prepare Them for Democracy

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In general, when it comes to lifting student participation rates broadly, it’s a common misconception that youth aren’t motivated, Jung says. Youth are motivated to participate , she says. Khan says that he hopes it will motivate students to become engaged. However, the evidence for this from her study was weak.

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An Education ‘Intrapreneur’ on the Difficulties Innovating in a Conservative Industry

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We hope his story—and its imperfect ending—can motivate those of you who are on your career journeys to find work that makes you happy and taps into your passions. It became clear to me that those in public sector, in state and local government, in higher ed, and in K-12 had potentially a very different role. That's one.

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