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Week 1: Welcome to AmeriCorps Week 1: Welcome to AmeriCorps From the very beginning of the day on Monday the 27th of August, I felt like I was professionally coming home. And that feeling has lasted through the week. I…..
My Story’s Background: Linda Grimmer 2021/22 I came to AmeriCorps this year out of a space I think many Americans may have been in recently. I was re-evaluating things due to the widespread pandemic. Did I still want to be…..
What’s at my core? What drives me? What matters? Those are questions so many Americans asked themselves this past year. What really matters when the whole world is turned upside down is what’s at your core. For Americans, we are at our best when we come together for a common…..
Create your National Book Festival experience with the Library of Congress in 2021 by engaging in author conversations online, watching the broadcast special on PBS, listening to NPR podcasts, tuning in to Washington Post Live author interviews and attending a…..
AUGUST 27, 2018 Teacher Bias: The Elephant in the Classroom TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS from The Grade Network When discussing inequality in the classroom, it’s tempting to focus on external factors like socioeconomic status or educational tools like rubrics; it’s more uncomfortable to tackle a topic…..
Science suggests we’re hardwired to delude ourselves. Can we do anything about it?By Ben Yagoda SEPTEMBER 2018 The Atlantic I am staring at a photograph of myself that shows me 20 years older than I am now. I have not stepped into the twilight zone. Rather,…..
Here are some readings on the topic for your research. Being Conscious about the Unconscious Are these unconscious biases hardwired into our brains as an evolutionary response, or do they emerge from assimilating information that we see around us? Implicit…..
A Poem tribute by Poet Laureate Billy Collins on the Names on the Ground Zero Memorial, the names read out on every anniversary usually by the survivors of those they lost.
Opinion by E.J. Dionne Jr. Columnist Yesterday at 5:47 p.m. Washington Post The primary lesson we should take from the events of Sept. 11, 2001, is to be wary of lessons we think we have learned from traumatic events. Trauma can undermine the clear…..
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021 In 2005, in partnership with the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, StoryCorps launched the September 11 Initiative. The goal of the project is to record at least one story commemorating each life lost during the attacks on September 11,…..