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Supporting Counselor Trainees and Practitioners in the Wake of Racial Trauma

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These actions benefit all trainees and practitioners by normalizing emotional honesty, strengthening racial literacy, and promoting sustainable practice. Wellness must go beyond generic stress relief to address race-specific emotional needs. References: Comas-Díaz, L., & Neville, H. The American Psychologist , 74 (1), 1–5. Hung, M., &

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Latinx participation in the Metro College Success Program learning community increased by 25% between 2019 and 2024. “Additionally, ‘Siguientes Pasos’ workshops support Spanish-speaking students and families with the transition to San Francisco State.” In that same time period, the retention of full-time Latinx students increased 3.9%.

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Department of Education Blocks Undocumented Students from Career and Technical Programs

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Perkins Career and Technical Education Act and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act are "federal public benefits" subject to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Career and technical education programs served approximately 11 million students in 2019-20, with about $1.3

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Former K-12 Teacher Voted AERA President-Elect

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Winn is also a former elementary and high school English teacher, who examines the intersections of language, literacy, and youth culture — and how nondominant communities have engineered teaching and learning communities at the contours of and adjacent to school settings.

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$2.1M Grant Aims to Diversify Geosciences

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In 2019, about 33% of environmental scientists and geoscientists were women, according to the American Geoscience Institute. The percentage of Black environmental scientists and geoscientists fluctuated between 1% and 7.8%, from 2005 to 2019. Gordana Vlahovic, chair of NCCU’s Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences.

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Study: Third-Grade Retention Has Positive Effects for Student Outcomes

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NaYoung Hwang Grade retention, the practice of having students repeat a grade if they do not pass certain proficiency thresholds, has been argued to help children develop their reading and literacy skills in early grades, preparing them for educational pursuits in the future. Literacy is really important. As of 2019, 18 U.S.

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Leveraging Materials Engineering to Improve Human Health

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a nonprofit organization focused on empowering historically excluded groups with financial literacy. Since 2019, Moore Wealth has gifted over $30,000 in scholarships. She has partnered with FOSSI, or the Future of STEM Scholars Initiative, to give financial literacy workshops to FOSSI scholars.