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Resources for Communities Following Natural Disasters

Homeroom

Recent natural disasters have significantly impacted communities and their education institutions. Since 2017, there have been over 300 presidentially declared major disasters across all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Outlying Areas. Schools are a.

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January 2017 | Thinking about Undergraduate Education in Public Affairs, By Mary K. Feeney*

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

However, we should be using American government as the basis for a more applied education in public service. In order to prepare undergraduates for a life of public service, we need to teach American government. 3) Stimulate interest in public administration, policy, and service.

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EU government employees can build cloud skills with new, no-cost AWS learning plans

AWS Public Sector Blog

million people across the European Union on cloud skills since 2017. We will continue to offer European learners the opportunity to accelerate their careers with new free AI skills training and education offerings through Amazon’s AI Ready initiative. AWS has already trained more than 1.2 This figure includes free and paid training.

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UC Davis, VALID AI and Google Cloud collaborate to overcome SDOH Challenges with generative AI

Google Public Sector

Education and Employment: Education and employment are two major SDOH factors that significantly impact health via income, health literacy, and access to care (and insurance). Health systems can help improve patients' socioeconomic status by referring them to job training, education programs, or employment assistance.

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Creative Placemaking in LoĂ­za, Puerto Rico

Center for Community Progress

When Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit in 2017, Puerto Rico’s vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated property crisis grew exponentially. As a multi-building campus with kitchen and classroom spaces, the revitalized school hosts many community offerings: it serves as a conference center, early childhood education space, and community kitchen.

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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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Nurturing the Delaware Innovation Space

First State Insights

Topics covered include the 2017 creation of the Innovation Space at the DuPont Experimental Station; aspirations for and early successes resulting from the Delaware Innovation Space; and how the ongoing dynamics of government, industry, and higher education collaborations set the tone for innovation ecosystems in Delaware and elsewhere.