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/0 Comments/in Academic Standards, COVID Education, Featured, Podcast /by Editorial StaffThis week on “The Learning Curve,” Gerard and guest co-host Kerry McDonald, senior education fellow with the Foundation for Economic Education, are joined by Hershel Parker, the H. Fletcher Brown professor emeritus at the University of Delaware and the definitive biographer of the 19th-century American novelist, Herman Melville.
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/in Academic Standards, Blog: Education, COVID Education, Featured, rCOVID, Virtual Schools /by Editorial StaffAs we head into the new academic year, unsure if remote learning will continue, we must equip our teachers to ensure that all students are offered the consistent, structured, rigorous, and supportive instructional programs that they need to succeed. This video highlights two schools that have successfully transitioned to remote learning.
Student Loan Collective Bargaining: Leveraging Loan Aggregation for Better Rates
/0 Comments/in Featured, Higher Education, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffJoin Hubwonk host Joe Selvaggi as he talks with Chris Abkarians and Nikhil Argawal, co-founders of LeverEdge, about how their new student loan platform uses loan aggregation and competition to secure better rates for student loans.
Data, Attitudes, and Ecommerce: Noteworthy trends in retail for the present and future
/0 Comments/in Blog: Economy, COVID Economy, Economic Opportunity, News /by Nina Weiss and Thomas O'RourkeFollowing the July 16th release of the June Retail Sales Report that detailed a more than 17% jump in total retail sales in the U.S. from April to May and an additional 6.4% jump in June, many Americans may assume that brighter economic days are ahead. While it may be indicative of some degree of economic resilience during the pandemic, this surge holds a bit more complexity and highlights retail trends of note for both the near future and the months ahead. Figure 1. Estimated Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services, by Kind of Business, Percentage +/-, June 2020 v June 2019, May 2020 v May 2019, April 2020 v April 2019 (millions) Source: U.S. Census Bureau Advance Monthly […]
HHS COVID Funding Tracker
/in Better Government, Blog, Blog: Better Government, Blog: Healthcare Transparency, Blog: Transparency, COVID Health, COVID Transparency, Featured, Healthcare, rCOVID, Transparency /by Michael WalkerAs of July, the Feds have distributed $86.7 billion to medical providers, of which $2.3 billion came to Massachusetts. Pioneer’s new HHS COVID-19 Funding app shows who and how much, from the $1 sent to American Current Care of Massachusetts, to the $418,034,675 sent to the MA Department of Public Health. We also break down the distribution by city or town.