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How the UK’s Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) is building rigorous evidence about how to close education achievement gaps: An interview with Sir Kevan Collins, Chief Executive, EEF – Episode #130

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) is dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement. Launched in 2011 with a founding grant of £125 million from the UK Department of Education, today it operates as an independent grant making nonprofit.

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CFP: Place of Teaching in Academic Librarians Work - Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship

A Library Writer's Blog

New librarians may still feel their education has left them unprepared for teaching. Many librarians identify as teachers or educators as well as librarians, but may not consider themselves as teachers in the same way as faculty, and may not consistently define their work as teaching (Davis, Lundstrom, and Martin 2011).

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School closure and consolidation planning needs to focus on integration planning at the outset as a separate process

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Starting the transition planning process in January or February, once the decisions have been made on what schools to close, seems very late, too circumscribed in terms of time.

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Three ideas about presentation of African American History in the context of Black History Month | reprint with an addition about the US Civil Rights Trail (versus the Dixieland Trail)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

2011 Doors Open Toronto Guide ) But Open House New York Weekend is increasingly a big deal. In North America, Doors Open Toronto is probably the biggest. The Toronto Star even publishes an event guide. Pittsburgh created Doors Open Pittsburgh. Civil Rights Trail ," AAA World ).

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The economic impact of AWS’s investment in Japan

AWS Public Sector Blog

I’m humbled to share that since 2011, AWS has invested ¥1.35 During 2011-2022, the investment in our AWS Regions in Japan resulted in ¥1.31 An overview of AWS investments and economic impact in Japan from 2011 to 2022. In 2022, we invested ¥348 billion in capital and operational investments in our data centers in Japan.

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National Community Planning Month: Schools as neighborhood anchors

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

What amazed me about the situation is that the city has lots of charter schools (" How Charter Schools Became Such a Big Player in California's Education System ," KQED/NPR), and they drew off enrollment from the traditional schools, so those schools started failing, in turn having negative impact on the neighborhood.

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A Study of Low-Income Communities and School-to-Prison Pipelines

The Lowe Down

Low income students are 9 percentage points more likely to be suspended in a given year than their non-low-income peers, the Education Research Alliance finds. Department of Education reports. Students from low income districts have a significantly higher risk of suspension. The school-to-prison pipeline in the U.S.

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