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By Patrick Hamilton Jun 09, 2025 The Fulcrum is a platform where insiders and outsiders to politics are informed, meet, talk, and act to repair our democracy and make it live and work in our everyday lives. In 2019, I joined AmeriCorps National…..
By Alene Dawson June 24, 2025 Templeton Foundation Resilience has been cast in the glow of the heroic comeback: the cancer survivor turned bestselling author, the amputee who runs a marathon, the refugee who becomes a congresswoman, the penniless single…..
By Patrick Cook-Deegan, Founder + CEO of Wayfinder & Mike Marriner, Co-Founder + President of Roadtrip Nation What the Class of 2025 Really Needs to Hear: Purpose Over Platitudes We’ve all sat through those graduation speeches—ones delivered by prestigious mentor figures who supposedly…..
Report from RAND Policy Currents- The newsletter for policy people June 24, 2025 According to new RAND survey data, 49 percent of students in middle and high school are losing interest during their math lessons about half or more of…..
April 2021 Proceedings Vol. 147/4/1,418 US Naval Institute The United States has a history of big, bold initiatives. Americans as individuals, however, have largely forgotten them. The New Deal is barely taught in school, most students do not understand why the United…..
This article by James Haynes was originally published on Palladium Magazine on October 28, 2020. It was featured in PALLADIUM 16: After Populism. To receive PALLADIUM 16: After Populism, subscribe today. In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the U.S. has faced upwards of 200,000…..
From MCPS Superintendent Dr. Taylor While many of our students achieve at the highest levels, not all have had access to the opportunities and resources needed to meet their full potential. I am committed to MCPS’s mission to address disparities…..
George J. Ziogas ·Jun 8, 2025 Medium Sending off a resume and tailoring a cover letter to a specific employer used to be the gold standard when applying to jobs. This is no longer the case. While many companies and employers…..
Author(s): Snyder CR, Hoza B, Pelham WE, Rapoff M, Ware L, Danovsky M, Highberger L, Ribinstein H, Stahl KJ Directions: The six sentences below describe how children think about themselves and how they do things in general. Read each sentence…..
Dr Justin CoulsonJuly 6, 2015 Raising a happy and resilient kid requires more than just encouragement—it involves fostering hope. Through goal-setting, resilience, and pathways to success, children can grow with the optimism and confidence they need to thrive. Here’s how…..