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Over 100 Organizations Urge Congress to Reverse Federal Education Grant Cancellations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Michigan lost TQP grants focused on addressing teacher shortages and improving literacy instruction. Teachers prepared through high-quality programs that include pre-service student teaching and integrated coursework are less than half as likely to leave the profession compared to those entering through pathways lacking these elements.

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New Jersey Senate Sends K-12 Media Literacy Bill to Governor's Desk

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Phil Murphy will be receiving a media literacy bill from the New Jersey Senate to sign, a bill that would make New Jersey the first state to mandate information literacy education for all K-12 students. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy “This bill ensures that 1.3 Phil Murphy “This bill ensures that 1.3

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Initiative Promotes Financial Literacy by Investing in HBCU Students

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Venette Coleman, director of Institutional Effectiveness at Spelman, says the new initiative aligns with the school’s mission of helping students at an historically Black college for women gain a competitive advantage as they pursue lifelong learning and acquire leadership skills. “I

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Living Life Offline: Social Media Effects on the Success of Black College Students Amid Today’s Political Challenges

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Additionally, the backlash against teaching critical race theory and equity-focused courses often extends to social media, exposing students to inaccurate information and hostility. For example, institutions could offer workshops that teach students how to actively engage with social media while protecting their mental well-being.

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Former K-12 Teacher Voted AERA President-Elect

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Winn has been elected to a leadership post at the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Winn is the Chancellor’s Leadership Professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Davis. in language, literacy, and culture from Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, respectively.

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Pepperdine University Professor Seeks to Give High School Students a Head Start

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If you're going to go take geometry in the fall, we'll go ahead and teach you geometry in the summer, so that when you get to the fall course, this is not your first time seeing the material. Roberson, who teaches statistics in Pepperdine’s political science program, served as one of the initiative’s teachers, instructing students on algebra.

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States Receive $179M Investment to Improve Literacy, Assessments

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Miguel Cardona Funding to the tune of $179 million in new grants is now available to help improve literacy and academic achievement nationwide, according to officials from the U.S. The new Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant is $149 million to be awarded to 23 states to advance effective, evidence-based literacy practices.

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