I was in my 20s and working for the Bureau of Land Management when the second longest shutdown of the federal government occurred. It lasted three weeks and was punctuated by “a storm like no other,” so I spent much of the three weeks shoveling neighbors’ sidewalks and helping push out snowbound cars. When the…| Trout Unlimited
The Catholic League welcomes the announcement that the IRS has altered its policy on non-profit organizations and their participation in political campaigns. We know from our own experience that the 1954 stricture, known as the Johnson Amendment, prohibiting 501 (c) (3) organizations from campaign activity, is both rife for mischief and impractical. But the changes [...]| Catholic League
The months of June and July brought much sadness with the passing of three well-known Grey Power members who had given so much of themselves to Grey Power. Jo Millar, Board member for some years and most recently national secretary (see obituary page 5); Dean Chandler-Mills, president of Upper Hutt, and Tom O’Connor, ex-national president, […] The post We remember and honour them appeared first on Grey Power.| Grey Power
The Social Science Research Council recently submitted a response to an RFI from the National Institutes of Health’s Common Fund, detailing how the NIH could improve the reliability of evidence in behavioral research by borrowing the idea of master protocols from the field of oncology. Master protocols are coordinated multisite trials followed by meta-analysis designed to assess both the internal and the external validity of interventions across populations. Here, we share a related submiss...| Items
Social Science Research Council President Anna Harvey shares a recent submission to an RFI from the NIH’s Common Fund, detailing how the NIH could improve the reliability of evidence in behavioral research by borrowing the idea of master protocols from the field of oncology. Master protocols are coordinated multisite trials, followed by meta-analysis, to assess both the internal and external validity of interventions across populations. NIH support for master protocols to evaluate the impac...| Items
Among NYSAIS schools that are also ERB members, however, student learning has made a complete recovery from the COVID disruption. Assessment data from the 2023-2024 school year shows that the pace of student learning matches pre-pandemic rates of growth in ELA and exceeds pre-pandemic growth in Math. [...] read more| Educational Records Bureau
Among ISAS schools that are also members of ERB, however, student learning has made a complete recovery from the COVID disruption. Assessment data from the 2023-2024 school year show that the pace of student learning fully matches, and in mathematics even exceeds, pre-pandemic rates of growth. [...] read more| Educational Records Bureau
Among CAIS member schools, however, student learning has made a complete recovery from the COVID disruption. Assessment data from the 2023-2024 school year shows that the pace of student learning exceeds pre-pandemic rates of growth, both in subject knowledge and in reasoning ability. [...] read more| Educational Records Bureau
Among SAIS schools that are also members of ERB, however, student learning has made a complete recovery from the COVID disruption. Assessment data from the 2023-2024 school year show that the pace of student learning fully matches, and in mathematics even exceeds, pre-pandemic rates of growth.| Educational Records Bureau
A Message from the President This post is also available in: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Māori, Spanish, and Swahili Hope, defined in general terms as an optimistic state of mind based on an expectation of positive outcomes in respect to events and circumstances in one’s life or the world at large, often inspires us to Read More| CLIR
Among NAIS member schools that are also ERB members student learning has made a substantial recovery from the COVID disruption. Assessment data from the 2023-2024 school year show that the pace of student learning approximates pre-pandemic rates of growth in ELA and has exceeded pre-pandemic growth in Math.| Educational Records Bureau
As with any challenge to the value and integrity of schools, this is an opportunity to reaffirm our core commitments as educators. Teaching about the Middle East is part of the educational mission of schools| Educational Records Bureau
