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How I Helped Students Reclaim Pride for Their Black Hair With My Curriculum

ED Surge

I believe that my experience with students inside the classroom informs, to a great measure, the work that I do today as a school diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) leader. Unfortunately, these crowns, as beautiful and diverse as they are, remain under scrutiny in our school systems.

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What Image Comes to Your Mind When You Think of a “Doctor”?

National Science Foundation

About 90% of STEM teacher graduates from our UTA teacher certification programs, the largest being the undergraduate UTeach Arlington program , are from diverse, economically disadvantaged school districts in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex, where they return to teach. See appendix for more information about UTeach Arlington.)

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A Common Sense Approach to Talking to Students About Charlottesville

The Innovative Educator

When difficult news and events take place in our world, it stands to reason that difficult topics may work their way into the classroom. When such sensitive topics come up, be sure to loop in the right team at your school to determine your best strategy. Thank goodness for Common Sense. Education that is. Read more

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Discovery Education Leadership Symposium

STEM Discovery Education

Speakers like Cody Keenan and Dr. Robert Marzano , engaging sessions on topics like equity, federal funding, and competency-bases systems, and a tour of the St. Vrain Valley Schools Innovation Center were all inspired by this year’s theme: The Great Emergence: Innovations Supporting the New Era of Education.

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ICYMI: Leadership Symposium Recap

STEM Discovery Education

Keep reading for highlights of our key sessions , which led to open, honest conversations on topics like equity in education, funding, and competency-based learning systems. He is a highly-regarded speaker and workshop facilitator addressing a range of topics for local, regional, and national audiences.

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

Futurum

While these are the areas of economics commonly in the news, the field is so much broader than this. Talk like an economist Differential treatment — treating people differently based on their characteristics to help them overcome disadvantages. Stock markets, unemployment, inflation and recession?

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Can behavioural interventions improve biological health outcomes?

Futurum

Yamnia is passionate about health equity and aims to initiate change by focusing her research on perimenopausal Latinas. There are three major reproductive stages in women who menstruate: premenopause, perimenopause and postmenopause,” explains Dr Yamnia I. Cortés, a nurse scientist at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

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