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Book Bans Are Not Just Bad Policy; They Can Raise Civil Rights Issues
Homeroom
JULY 29, 2024
Books have been the gateway to Continue Reading The post Book Bans Are Not Just Bad Policy; They Can Raise Civil Rights Issues appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
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Wastewater Monitoring Success Stories: Riverside, CA
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You can read our previous blog for more insights about wastewater monitoring. In this blog, we […] Source –Edward Filadelfia, Deputy Public Works Director, Riverside CA Movie comparisons aside, wastewater monitoring is an important public health tool for municipalities.
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What does policymaking look like?
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This post first appeared on the UK Public Policy Design blog. See also: 5 images of the policy process and more discussion of the turtle image. Wouldn’t it be nice if policy scholars and professionals could have frequent and fruitful … Continue reading →
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It’s FAFSA Week of Action: Time to Take a #FAFSAFastBreak!
Homeroom
APRIL 15, 2024
appeared first on ED.gov Blog. Everyone has an important role to play! We have already received nearly 200 Continue Reading The post It’s FAFSA Week of Action: Time to Take a #FAFSAFastBreak!
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Multilingualism, my Superpower!
Homeroom
APRIL 29, 2024
appeared first on ED.gov Blog. I still remember how scared and nervous I was. I didn’t speak a word of English. I recall people speaking and asking me questions Continue Reading The post Multilingualism, my Superpower!
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Meet the Your Place in Space Challenge Winners
Homeroom
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Through the Continue Reading The post Meet the Your Place in Space Challenge Winners appeared first on ED.gov Blog. The challenge was the first in the CTE Momentum series, which prepares high school students for rewarding careers and increases access to career and technical education (CTE).
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The Continued Importance of Antiracism
NLC (National League of Cities)
JUNE 14, 2024
In 2020, during the wake of national protests following the murder of George Floyd, the National League of Cities published a CitiesSpeak blog highlighting the important concept of antiracism, which is one of the most-read blogs in NLC history. Four years later, the question “What does it mean to be an antiracist?”
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School Librarians: One of a Student’s Best Resources
Homeroom
OCTOBER 18, 2023
A school librarian provides personalized learning environments and offers equitable access to resources to ensure a well-rounded education for Continue Reading The post School Librarians: One of a Student’s Best Resources appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
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Myth vs. Fact: Academic Advisors
Homeroom
APRIL 25, 2024
As an academic advising researcher and former post-secondary advisor, Continue Reading The post Myth vs. Fact: Academic Advisors appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
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Raising the Bar for Multilingualism and English Learners Through a Re-Imagined National Professional Development Program (NPD)
Homeroom
MARCH 18, 2024
Department of Education Invites Applications for NPD Competitive Grant By: Beatriz Ceja, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) and Loredana Valtierra, Policy Advisor, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development (OPEPD) The need for bilingual and multilingual teachers is critical more than ever, as over (..)
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U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Lead the Way on Healthy, Sustainable Infrastructure and Environmental Learning
Homeroom
APRIL 26, 2024
Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Lead the Way on Healthy, Sustainable Infrastructure and Environmental Learning appeared first on ED.gov Blog. School systems across the U.S. are implementing environmental education standards, flipping the switch on solar Continue Reading The post U.S.
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Raising the Bar on College Excellence and Equity: Update on the Postsecondary Success Recognition Program
Homeroom
OCTOBER 8, 2024
While our country is lucky to have these institutions, we also need colleges and universities that Continue Reading The post Raising the Bar on College Excellence and Equity: Update on the Postsecondary Success Recognition Program appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
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New Measures of Postsecondary Education Transfer Performance: Transfer-out rates for community colleges, transfer student graduation rates at four-year colleges, and the institutional dyads contributing to transfer student success
Homeroom
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Community colleges provide access to postsecondary education Continue Reading The post New Measures of Postsecondary Education Transfer Performance: Transfer-out rates for community colleges, transfer student graduation rates at four-year colleges, and the institutional dyads contributing to transfer student success appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
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Administration of ESSA Title III State-Administered Grants Returns to OELA
Homeroom
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Department of Education (Department) last month hosted a convening with national and local leaders to discuss the pivotal moment we found ourselves in, as we transform Continue Reading The post Administration of ESSA Title III State-Administered Grants Returns to OELA appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
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Strategies for Improving Inclusivity for Individuals with Disabilities in the Workplace
Homeroom
OCTOBER 29, 2024
of people who identify with having at least Continue Reading The post Strategies for Improving Inclusivity for Individuals with Disabilities in the Workplace appeared first on ED.gov Blog. Even though people with disabilities are part of every community, a 2023 Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed only 22.5%
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Department Convenes States to Elevate Support for Educators
Homeroom
AUGUST 12, 2024
Thanks to the leadership of state and local education Continue Reading The post Department Convenes States to Elevate Support for Educators appeared first on ED.gov Blog. Department of Education is working in partnership with states and school districts to eliminate educator shortages in our nation’s schools.
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Seven Things to Know About the Student Loan Payment Count Adjustment
Homeroom
DECEMBER 18, 2023
This is a one-time initiative Continue Reading The post Seven Things to Know About the Student Loan Payment Count Adjustment appeared first on ED.gov Blog. Department of Education (Department) has approved almost $44 billion in debt relief for more than 900,000 borrowers as part of the payment count adjustment.
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Implementing the Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act
Homeroom
JUNE 26, 2024
Borrowers who were married and combined their individual federal student loans into a single joint Direct Consolidation Loan or joint Federal Consolidation Loan with their spouse Continue Reading The post Implementing the Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
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Walking a Path Towards Indigenous Education
Homeroom
MAY 7, 2024
I’ve related to and reflected on this statement all throughout my educational journey, but especially as I’ve worked to instill Native language & culture in Continue Reading The post Walking a Path Towards Indigenous Education appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
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Reaching Bilingual Teachers Earlier in the Pipeline: Proposed Priorities for the National Professional Development Program
Homeroom
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
My first class Continue Reading The post Reaching Bilingual Teachers Earlier in the Pipeline: Proposed Priorities for the National Professional Development Program appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
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SCP 188: Ideas for Your Pirate Theme Week
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MAY 18, 2023
Links: The Pirate Theme Book Pirate Blog Post Kate Backdrops HOSTS CURT JACKSON […] The post SCP 188: Ideas for Your Pirate Theme Week appeared first on Summer Camp Programming. Curt shares some of the greatest ideas from the book he wrote. This episode will give you plenty of ideas to host your own pirate-theme camp!
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Microsoft Copilot for Security and NIST 800-171: Access Control
Microsoft Public Sector
MARCH 5, 2024
In the first blog of this series, we looked at the System and Information Integrity family of requirements (3.14) in the draft of NIST 800-171r3, which covers flaw remediation, malicious code protection, security alerts via advisories and directives, and system monitoring. NOTE : Some requirements, such as 3.1.1
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Scheduled Post #2
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DECEMBER 12, 2024
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We Want to Hear From You: Supporting Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Needs in Higher Education
Homeroom
JANUARY 26, 2024
The need for mental Continue Reading The post We Want to Hear From You: Supporting Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Needs in Higher Education appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
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Updating your course reading lists? Check out our essential reading recommendations for Public Policy, Politics and Social Policy from Policy & Politics
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JULY 3, 2024
by Sarah Brown and Elizabeth Koebele All articles featured in this blog post are free to access until 31 October 2024 It’s that time of year again when course syllabi are updated with fresh research. We hope to make this… Continue reading →
Resources for Communities Following Natural Disasters
Homeroom
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Schools are a Continue Reading The post Resources for Communities Following Natural Disasters appeared first on ED.gov Blog. Department of Education (ED) closely follows the impacts of natural disasters on students, educators, staff, families, and others.
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Raising the Bar for American History and Civics
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NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Constitution and how our system of government works, and Continue Reading The post Raising the Bar for American History and Civics appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
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Implementing a unified search platform for educational content on Amazon OpenSearch Service
AWS Public Sector Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Let’s say you are indexing an internal blog page you want to make available to search. These fields represent different attributes of the blog page, making each aspect searchable for end users or applications. Additionally, in some scenarios, users might want to filter content, such as seeing only blogs or videos from the last 2 years.
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On Your Mind: Ras J. Baraka, Mayor, Newark, New Jersey
NLC (National League of Cities)
MAY 7, 2024
This blog post is part of the On Your Mind series featuring local leaders and early childhood champions across the country. NLC’s Early Childhood Success team supports members so every city, town, and village has healthy babies and happy families, and all children are thriving by 3, ready at 5, and on their way by 8, […] Source
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A Reader Asked for My Ultimate Top Ten Tips for the Most Effective Library Marketing Possible: Here’s the List
Super Library Marketing
JUNE 24, 2024
9: Start a blog. A blog is one of the best ways to share information about the library and drive visitors to your website. But it can be difficult to get a blog off the ground. It took me five years to launch a blog at my former library. Now, I’m running the blog at my day job at NoveList.
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Narrowing the Racial Wealth Divide: Supporting the Homeownership Journey
NLC (National League of Cities)
APRIL 9, 2024
This blog is the fourth part of a four-part series offering additional insights into racial wealth divide strategies. Just as the racial wealth divide has grown over the past several decades, the gap between Black and Hispanic homeownership and white homeownership has widened.
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ED Games Expo 2023: Featuring a Livestreamed Science Is Cool (ScIC) Event on September 21
Homeroom
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
In addition to its many in-person events at the Kennedy Continue Reading The post ED Games Expo 2023: Featuring a Livestreamed Science Is Cool (ScIC) Event on September 21 appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
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Made for Our Times: Mobility, Vibrancy, and the Next 123 Years of the Community College Movement
Homeroom
APRIL 17, 2024
In our exchanges, we inevitably observe that we are a place that prepares individuals for the future Continue Reading The post Made for Our Times: Mobility, Vibrancy, and the Next 123 Years of the Community College Movement appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
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Mapping litter and plastic pollution with citizen science
AWS Public Sector Blog
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
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Migrate and modernize public sector applications using containers and serverless
AWS Public Sector Blog
OCTOBER 3, 2023
We previously reviewed AWS serverless and container services to build modern applications in the previous blog post, “ Modernizing public sector applications using serverless and containers.” Many public sector customers are interested in building secure, cost-effective, reliable, and highly performant applications.
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Building smart infrastructure: Using AWS services for digital twins
AWS Public Sector Blog
OCTOBER 2, 2023
AWS IoT TwinMaker is best suited for scenarios where you want to combine existing 3D models with real-world data, while the solution described in this blog post is suitable for situations where you need to build simple visual models for non-complex workflows.
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Advancing Local Action on Climate Change: Federal Funding Opportunities for Community Resilience
NLC (National League of Cities)
MAY 15, 2024
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What’s Next as Borrowers Return to Repayment
Homeroom
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Borrowers now have only three months until they face consequences for late payments – making our work to support student borrowers and reform the broken student loan system more Continue Reading The post What’s Next as Borrowers Return to Repayment appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
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CIE Spotlight – Transforming Muskogee: From Historic Port to Entrepreneurial Hub
NLC (National League of Cities)
JULY 16, 2024
This blog is part of a series highlighting NLC’s City Inclusive Entrepreneurship (CIE) Network. Cities in the network have committed to implementing new policies, programs and practices that increase economic opportunity for residents through small business ownership and entrepreneurship.
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CISA, OMB, ONCD and Microsoft collaborate on new logging playbook for Federal agencies
Microsoft Public Sector
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
BACKGROUND: Vasu Jakkal recently announced an expansion of Microsoft’s cloud logging accessibility in her blog post Expanding Cloud Logging to Give Customers Deeper Security Visibility. If you have not done so, please take a moment to read about the changes, this blog covers at a high level the context for the initiative.
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Voz Estudiantil: Educación Técnica y Vocacional en Puerto Rico
Homeroom
JULY 19, 2024
Mi educación definitivamente Continue Reading The post Voz Estudiantil: Educación Técnica y Vocacional en Puerto Rico appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
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Continued innovation in CJIS compliance in both AWS GovCloud (US) and AWS US Commercial Regions
AWS Public Sector Blog
OCTOBER 6, 2023
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