Community Development Lenders Go Where Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash
Release Date:
10/06/2017
Nonprofit lenders in the U.S. with a mission to make capital meet the needs of poor communities have a foothold in the bond market.
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No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?
Release Date:
10/06/2017
When the Every Student Succeeds Act was enacted, speculation swirled that states might use it as a launching pad to use measures of students’ social and emotional competencies to determine whether their schools are successful.
Growing Fab Lab Network Brings the High-Tech, Hands-On STEM Education Out to Rural K-12 Students
Release Date:
10/06/2017
Traveling south about an hour from downtown Pittsburgh along Pennsylvania Route 43, visitors roll into Coal Center, home to Intermediate Unit 1, a regional education service agency. Intermediate Unit 1 also serves as home to a Fab Lab — a highly...
New York City Issues Ambitious Climate Action Plan
Release Date:
10/06/2017
Mayor Bill de Blasio has released a comprehensive plan outlining how New York City will attempt to comply with the goal of curbing global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Researchers: Supporting Teenage Girls Requires More Than Pads
Release Date:
10/06/2017
Everyone knows the old adage, “If you give a man a fish…” NHPR has a story with a new twist: “If you give a woman a menstrual pad…”
Despite Washington Drama, Pace of Health System Change Accelerates
Release Date:
10/06/2017
Change is dominating the state of population health management in 2017.
The Heavier Baggage of Immigrating while Black
Release Date:
10/06/2017
Not only are people of African descent a large part of the immigrant and refugee population, they are disproportionately targeted for removal.
Building Bridges between Scared Immigrant Communities and Police
Release Date:
10/06/2017
Immigrant communities in general have a fear of police interactions, but this fear has been heightened in the current climate of crackdowns on immigration and increased raids from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Why Oklahoma has the Highest Female Incarceration Rate in the Country
Release Date:
10/06/2017
For over 25 years, Oklahoma has led the nation in the rate at which it sends women to prison. Roughly 151 of every 100,000 Oklahoma women are behind bars — twice the national average.
U.S. Lost 33,000 Jobs in September as Hurricanes Roared Through
Release Date:
10/06/2017
The Labor Department released its official hiring and unemployment figures for September on Friday morning, providing the latest snapshot of the American economy.
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