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Josselyn Valenzuela, a graduate student in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work, serves as the bilingual research coordinator for the Mindful Moms Study, which studies the impact of mindfulness activities and social connectedness on people who are experiencing depression while pregnant.
Canyon Crest Academy students Litong Tian and Kevin Wang, both 17, pose at their school in Pacific Highlands Ranch… Tian and Wang published an investigation of their school’s foundation that focused on fees charged to student clubs, unidentified spending expenses and more.
Components common to most U.S. social housing proposals are bound to replicate problems we already have. Above: Public housing residents and allies from around the city rally outside Chelsea Houses in Manhattan in 2023, after plans for demolition were announced.
Plan will advance knowledge of virus biology to improve detection, treatment and prevention.
“This is new, dangerous ground, funding new voucher schools,” said Josh Cowen, a senior fellow at the Education Law Center and the author of a new book on the history of billionaire-led voucher efforts. For decades, churches have relied on conservative philanthropy to be able to build their schools, Cowen said, or they’ve held fundraising drives or asked their diocese for help. They’ve never, until now, been able to build schools expressly on the public dime.