In the United States, the promise of an equitable and inclusive public education often goes unrealized for students in underserved populations. Black students experience stark disparities in academic performance and access to resources, including a widening achievement gap in literacy and mathematics (NAEP, 2023) and higher poverty rates (Census, 2020). Students with disabilities also...
I have to admit: I’ve been so bored with my own teaching lately, something had to change. Don’t get me wrong: my students were successful and all passed their A-Levels in English every year I taught that age group (German is typically their first language, English is...
The recent webinar on cervical cancer and HPV was a well-attended event that provided valuable insights into the causes of cervical cancer, the link between HPV and cervical cancer, various screening methods, and the HPV vaccine. The session was fun and interactive, with many questions from attendees.
The webinar began with an overview...
As I am writing this article, Los Angeles is on fire. More than 35,000 acres have burned, leaving thousands of people homeless. Dangerous conditions, brought on by climate change, came together to make these some of the worst fires on record. In an interview on PBS, Gavin Schmidt, the director of the NASA Goddard...
At the February Human Rights Team meeting, Connie Phlipot launched a discussion about women in power and decision-making based on the recommendations from her working group’s review of the Beijing Platform for Action. Please refer to the Working Group Statement: Women in Power & Decision-Making. Statistics show that since 1995, women have made some...
One’s senses are constantly solicited at COP. The 2024 UN Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan was no exception: handmade or industrial messages either screaming for immediate action or calmly stating a platitude for an inspirational vision of a future worth striving toward, carpeted passages muting footsteps as hundreds...