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Jeff Goldman on How Immigrants Keep America Competitive
/in Economic Opportunity, Featured, JobMakers /by Editorial StaffThis week on JobMakers, Host Denzil Mohammed talks with Jeff Goldman, immigration attorney and Chair of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s Advisory Council on Immigrants and Refugees, about how best to ensure that highly skilled and innovative immigrants can remain in the U.S., start companies, and create jobs for Americans.
NYT Best Seller Dr. Kate Clifford Larson on Fannie Lou Hamer & the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement
/in Civil Rights Podcasts, COVID Education, COVID Podcasts, Featured, Podcast, US History /by Editorial StaffThis week on “The Learning Curve,” co-hosts Cara Candal and Gerard Robinson talk with Dr. Kate Clifford Larson, a New York Times best-selling biographer of Harriet Tubman and Fannie Lou Hamer. Kate shares why she has written about these historical African-American figures, and how she thinks parents, teachers, and schools can draw on their lives to talk about race.
Rescuing Afghan Refugees: Finding Redemption amidst the Wreckage of Collapse
/in Featured, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffHubwonk host Joe Selvaggi talks with Jeffrey Thielman, President and CEO of the International Institute of New England, about the path refugees must take to resettle in the US, how organizations like his facilitate and integrate refugees including those recently displaced in Afghanistan, and what individuals concerned about the fate of refugees can do to support their resettlement.
Valhalla Foundation’s Nancy Poon Lue on STEM Access & Equity
/in Academic Standards, Blog: Education, COVID, COVID Education, COVID Podcasts, Featured, Podcast, Related Education Blogs /by Editorial StaffThis week on “The Learning Curve,” host Gerard Robinson talks with Nancy Poon Lue, incoming Senior Director at the Valhalla Foundation, where she will be leading their K-12 math funding initiatives. Nancy shares her recent work with the EF+Math Program, some of the challenges America has faced in ensuring students have a strong grounding in math and science, and the kinds of results she aims to achieve for kids in all ZIP codes.
Why are health care costs rising every year in Massachusetts?
/0 Comments/in Featured, Oped: Healthcare, Oped: MA health care, Opeds /by Barbara Anthony and Joshua ArchambaultThe largest driver is the increase in prices by health systems that have the clout to command higher payments and work to recruit more patients to their high-cost facilities.