Friday, April 26

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WEBINAR EDUCATION

Online September 1, 2022: Master Class For Success With Dr. Nido Qubein

Join us on Thursday as Dr. Qubein will share his wisdom on a range of principles from Achieving Peak Performance Change From Success to Significance How to Sell, Serve and Succeed If I Wanted to Buy What You Sell, Would I Buy It from You? Dr. Qubein invests one-third of his life in earning, one-third in learning, and one-third in serving. He is chairman-emeritus of the National Speakers Association Foundation, and is a former trustee on the national YMCA Board of Directors. Over the years, he has served on more than 30 voluntary boards including the High Point Community Foundation and the National Board of American Humanics. Speaker Dr. Nido Qubein Date & Time Thursday, September 1st, 2022 12:00PM - 1:00PM Central Location: Online Register Now ...
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A Compulsively Readable Novel About Marriage, Immigration, Class, Race, And The Trapdoors In The American Dream
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A Compulsively Readable Novel About Marriage, Immigration, Class, Race, And The Trapdoors In The American Dream

The unforgettable story of a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy New York Times Bestseller • Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award • Longlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award • An ALA Notable Book NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • The New York Times Book Review • San Francisco Chronicle • The Guardian • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • Chicago Public Library • BookPage • Refinery29 • Kirkus Reviews Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. In the fall of 2007, Jende can hardly believe his luck when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Clark demands...
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Middle-Class Millennials With Student Debt Have Trouble Buying Groceries Too, It Isn’t A Problem Just For The Poor
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SOCIETY

Middle-Class Millennials With Student Debt Have Trouble Buying Groceries Too, It Isn’t A Problem Just For The Poor

Cassandra M. Johnson, Texas State University When I teach undergraduate and graduate students about food insecurity, I sometimes mention that my perspective is based not only on professional expertise but also on my personal experience. Food insecurity might sound like the same thing as hunger, but that’s not the case. The somewhat technical term food insecurity applies when people can’t get the food they need for themselves or their families because of a lack of money or other resources. Food security, on the other hand, is more of an ideal – being able to access culturally preferred foods to support an optimal diet and health. This is my personal take on the gray area between food security and food insecurity – and how student loan debt blurs the line between low-income and middle-inc...
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Using Humor In Class Is Harder When Learning Is Remote, No Joke
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EDUCATION

Using Humor In Class Is Harder When Learning Is Remote, No Joke

Most discussions about the drawbacks of online education focus on the negative effects it has on learning. Less obvious – but also quite important – is how remote instruction can affect the teacher’s use of humor. Scholars have formulated various explanations for why people use humor. As someone who has helped prepare and provide professional development for prospective and veteran teachers for more than 30 years, I am often asked whether humor is an effective way to teach. Decades of research has left little doubt: The answer is yes. Among other benefits, humor can create a positive learning environment, increase learning and make students more motivated to learn. No laughing matter The pandemic hasn’t eliminated the benefits of humor in the classroom. Instructors, however, have told me ...
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Race and class can color teachers’ digital expectations for their students – with white students getting more encouragement
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EDUCATION

Race and class can color teachers’ digital expectations for their students – with white students getting more encouragement

Schools that rely on remote learning during the pandemic are trying to ensure that all kids have the devices and internet bandwidth they need. While important, it takes more than everyone having comparable equipment and working WiFi for all children to get an equal shot. In my new book based on the sociological research I conducted at three middle schools before the COVID-19 pandemic, I explain how even if all students could get the same hardware and software, it would fail to even the academic playing field. I saw many technologies used in unequal ways. And I observed teachers responding differently to students’ digital skills depending on the race or ethnicity and economic status of most of their students. Learning from digital play Previous research by a team of University of Californ...
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