This workshop summary from the National Academies of Sciences, Exploring Opportunities for Collaboration Between Health and Education to Improve Population Health, summarizes discussions about the evidence for why educational attainment is crucial for improving population health, some approaches for restructuring the nation’s investments in health and education, and examples of collaborations at the state- and local-level between health and education sectors.
Which text makes a more persuasive case for overcoming racism, Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech or the trial closing argument of Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird?
This paper, from NYU's Steinhardt School, describes a Shanker Institute-sponsored pilot project designed to help pre-K teachers in the St. Louis Public Schools increase the oral language development of their students.
Why has Bayard Rustin, the main organizer of the 1963 March on Washington and an important leader in the civil rights movement, been hidden from American his
In this lesson, students compare Dr. King’s prepared version of his iconic speech with the one he actually delivered and form opinions about why he may have changed it.
Through careful research of the contributions and qualities of A. Philip Randolph, Bayard Rustin, Norman Hill and Rachelle Horowitz, students will determine if the organizers of the march should be considered role models for today.
