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A conference seeks to define and explore Israel education – eJewish Philanthropy

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What is Israel education? Should it focus on Jewish power? Should it highlight Israel’s diversity? How should it overlap, if at all, with Israel advocacy? And how should it deal with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

Those were some of the questions debated at a panel on the first day of a virtual conference held by the Center for Israel Education (CIE). The conference, which began Sunday and ends on Tuesday, drew 57 attendees, all of whom teach about Israel or are otherwise connected to the field. 

The panel featured Tal Grinfas-David, CIE’s vice president of outreach and pre-collegiate school management

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MN Education Commissioner tours St. Cloud Tech High School

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Minnesota Department of Education Commissioner Heather Mueller speaks with St. Cloud Area School District 742 Superintendent Laurie Putnam Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at Tech High School in St. Cloud.

Minnesota Department of Education Commissioner Heather Mueller visited the summer learning program Tuesdayat St. Cloud Tech High School. Mueller met with students and staff to discuss the importance of summer learning and the benefits of the program.

Multilingual students participating in a summer learning program are learning interactive, hands-on algebra and coding skills in preparation for high school math and science courses. The purpose of the program is for students to improve their language skills while engaging in science, math and technology concepts.

On Tuesday a class of incoming freshmen were receiving hands-on learning about the effects of alcohol

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Neighborhoods as engines for social, economic mobility – Harvard Gazette

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When educational achievement lags, reformers often ask why schools are failing and look to institutional solutions like testing, teacher preparation, and curriculum reforms.

But striving to ensure quality education for all in the classroom is just part of the answer, education and community development experts said Monday. The rest lies outside of schools, where children spend most of their time and where the divide between the nation’s haves and have-nots is stark — from access to basic needs like housing, food, and health care to enriching activities after school and during vacations.

“We as a society have thrown up

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Ohio Department of Health awards $6.89 million to address community conditions that impact health

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                                                                    August 2, 2022
Contact: ODH Office of Communications 614-644-8562


Ohio Department of Health awards $6.89 million to address community conditions that impact health

COLUMBUS – Ohio Department of Health director Bruce Vanderhoff, MD, MBA, today announced that ODH and its Office of Health Opportunity has awarded $6.89 million to 26 organizations to fund projects designed to address community conditions that impact health and improve the lives of residents in Ohio Health Improvement Zones.

The Ohio Health Improvement Zones are neighborhoods dealing with socioeconomic and demographic factors that affect the resilience of individuals and communities. Organizations who