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Small college economic issues threaten their ability to function as a community asset

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " University President Freeman Hrabowski and an agenda for urban universities ," 2021 -- " President of Washington State University dies: fostered development of the "University District" adjacent to Downtown Spokane ," 2015 -- " Universities as elements of urban/downtown revitalization: the Portland State story and more ," 2014 -- " Better2016 (..)

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How states can use ESSA to focus education spending on what works: An interview with Tom Kane, Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education – Episode #157

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

The bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was enacted in December 2015. ESSA gives states more opportunities to design their own educational systems, while also encouraging and sometimes requiring them to use evidence-based approaches that can help improve student outcomes.

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

Google Public Sector

federal, state, and local governments, and education institutions. During his years as governor, Steve successfully grew Montana’s economy, made record investments in public education, expanded access to health care, protected public lands, and prioritized fiscal responsibility and transparency in government. public sector customers.

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CFP: CJAL Special Issue: Libraries and/as Extraction

A Library Writer's Blog

We invite articles and essays that interrogate any aspect of extraction in academic libraries and archives related to library policies and practices, library and educator labour, LIS theory and other theoretical traditions, LIS education, and more. 2–3 (May 4, 2017): 175–84. More information can be found at [link] Karen P.

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30 November 2017 | Rethinking the Government-Nonprofit Partnership: Who’s Funding Whom?, by Kelly LeRoux

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

Adding to the complexity, the answers to these questions might vary depending on service area (ie public education, economic development, etc). Education Finance and Policy , 9 (4): 541-566. Journal of Urban Affairs , 34 (1): 65-80. Nelson, Ashlyn Aiko and Beth Gazley. The Rise of School-Supporting Nonprofits.

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How states can optimize their pre-K programs: An interview with Greg Duncan, Professor, UC Irvine, and Member, Pre-Kindergarten Task Force – Episode #143

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

billion in state funds on pre-kindergarten programs in 2015, highlighting the emphasis that policymakers are placing on pre-k to help students prepare for elementary school. Recently, a group of leading pre-K researchers set out to find consensus about what we know about pre-K education.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017 But I have to say that the student "inspired me" to rethink of the bridge park as an opportunity to reshape revitalization planning and practice in Anacostia. A good example is Bilbao. -- " Why can't the "Bilbao Effect" be reproduced? Another link.