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We All Pay for Not Addressing the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Among them are engaging in collaborative efforts with other entities that focus on enhancing literacy, providing training for high-wage industries, and creating pathways of opportunity for individuals without high school diplomas or GEDs.

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Universal Early Learning Coverage is Needed to Combat the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Unfortunately, this sentiment holds true for far too many children who enter Kindergarten already behind their peers in terms of literacy skills and too many continue to fall further behind by the time they reach the crucial third-grade mark. The significance of third-grade literacy extends beyond academic success. Dr. Marcus A.

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Critical digital literacies, agency and hope

Catherine Cronin

At the start of this summer, I gave a keynote at the annual AMICAL Conference titled ‘Critical digital literacies: Developing agency and sustaining hope in troubled times’ Yesterday, AMICAL kindly posted the videos from the conference, so I am sharing links to the keynote and to the conference here. AMICAL Conference 2022.

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Simple Ways to Bring Mental Health Conversations to Your School This Year

Active Minds

This curriculum can be facilitated in the classroom, at community groups like Boys & Girls Club meetings, or during your Active Minds Chapter gatherings (however, high schools do not need to have a chapter to utilize this resource!).

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. A data literacy workshop series offered each semester helps to foster a data-driven decision-making culture across the university.

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Breaking Barriers in Finance: The Impact of TRIO on Student Support Services Alumna Ashley Thomas

COE

Over the last two years, Thomas has been the driving force behind a project that connects TRIO programs with the financial literacy programming sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific , a multinational biotechnology firm. Blog Veterans Upward Bound Programs Commemorate Memorial Day with Activities and Ceremonies Across the U.S.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs.

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