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Insights from a leading researcher-practitioner partnership, between Stanford University and San Francisco’s school district: An interview with Laura Wentworth, California Education Partners – Episode #161

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

Launched in 2009, the partnership matches researchers from Stanford’s Graduate School of Education with district leaders to create research projects to directly inform the school district’s work in terms of policies, practice and scholarship to maximize student outcomes. To learn more, we are joined by Laura Wentworth ( @laurawent ).

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Future of Government Awards 2023 celebrate use of technology to transform people’s lives

AWS Public Sector Blog

This diversity is apparent in the awardees who represent a broad array of sectors from healthcare to public service to education to agriculture. Entries more than doubled from the inaugural 2022 edition, with 334 nominations from 63 countries across six continents. She served as executive director from its formation until 2020.

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CFP: Academic BRASS Spring 2024 Issue

A Library Writer's Blog

Academic BRASS is a newsletter--not a journal--that publishes issue-based articles and information for the general and educational interest of BRASS members and academic business librarians. Tim Tully* Pronouns: he/him/his Business Librarian *University Library* ttully@sdsu.edu O: 619-594-2009

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

Google Public Sector

federal, state, and local governments, and education institutions. Governor Steve Bullock An accomplished lawyer, Steve Bullock served the State of Montana as Attorney General from 2009 to 2013, and as Governor from 2013 to 2021. Since then, Google Public Sector has furthered its work to accelerate the digital transformation of U.S.

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Linda Lenz, founding editor of Catalyst Chicago, dies at 77 | Technical assistance for local schools advocates

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: a state law decentraliz[ed] the Chicago school system and giving parents and educators the power to review school budgets and hire principals. Catalyst also published opinion columns, studied education experiments in other cities and surveyed students, teachers and principals on certain issues. Printed resources.

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Creative Placemaking in Braddock, Pennsylvania

Center for Community Progress

In 2009, the nonprofit Greater Valley Community Services opened their doors in a former Salvation Army building. In 2023, GVCS started a community garden program to grow fresh food, provide employment and education opportunities, and help connect kids to where their food comes from.

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More systematic equity and revitalization planning as an imperative and opportunity in the suburbs: Northern Virginia

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

According to a new report by the Center on Society and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University, poverty, rates of people without health insurance, educational attainment, job opportunities and overcrowding all worsened in those neighborhoods between 2013 and 2021.

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