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Chicago has elected local school councils

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Modeled after Chronicle of Higher Education, a newspaper for higher education, that we used to subscribe to and read at the University of Michigan student government, Education Week provides the same type of in depth and feature coverage of K-12 education. I've never seen a public library that subscribes.

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CFP: Collaborations and Outreach for Student Success: Initiatives for College and Small University Libraries (ACRL Publication)

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We also welcome submissions from other higher education disciplines and/or departments. The second section’s case studies will focus on intra-institutional collaborations between libraries and other educational entities. The final section’s case studies will focus on community partnerships and academic libraries.

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Is this a fix for U.S. teen mass shooters? We are losing our 18-year-olds, especially men. A universal ‘gap year’ could help

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Part of the issue might be what I sometimes call “the college problem” in America — a shorthand for how the dream of higher education instead became a source of resentment for some and anxiety for others, and how these bitter reactions have fueled our political divide. But other than Trump losing to Biden, the election results were dismal.

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What is the competitive advantage for the post-covid city? Doubling down on place values

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

There is an article about how public schools are weak in customer service (" Survey: Majority of parents say schools’ customer service needs improvement ," K-12 Dive). From the article: In a K-12 setting, a customer service mindset means ensuring district staff provide a quality customer experience for people seeking assistance.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Some parks or recreation centers might have arts production facilities like a kiln for ceramics and arts education programs. Music in the American Wild ( webpage , Eastman School of Music) was a program where new music compositions were commissioned to play in 12 National Parks, in honor of the park system's 100th anniversary.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Some parks or recreation centers might have arts production facilities like a kiln for ceramics and arts education programs. Music in the American Wild ( webpage , Eastman School of Music) was a program where new music compositions were commissioned to play in 12 National Parks, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the park system in 2016.

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Equity/"Equity" versus efficiency and the school closure debate

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I've mentioned that Salt Lake City is in the process of closing schools (" School closure and consolidation planning needs to focus on integration planning at the outset as a separate process ").

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