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The Connection Strategy: Preparing Young People to Succeed in College and Beyond [PDF]

, 2008
Describes the P-16 approach of linking education strategies from preschool through college graduation to better prepare low-income minority students.
Jeanne Jehl
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Early‐life high‐fat diet exposure increases Achilles tendon stiffness and induces transcriptomic alterations

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Early‐life exposure to a high‐fat diet altered intact Achilles tendons in rat offspring, making them thinner, stiffer, and molecularly distinct even without injury. These findings suggest that developmental high‐fat diet exposure may impair tendon quality and increase susceptibility to mechanical overload or tendon injury later in life.
Heyong Yin, Ziyang Yuan, Wenli Jiang, Ai Guo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Supporting Role: How Accreditors Can Help Promote the Success of Community College Students [PDF]

, 2006
Examines the capacity of self-assessment and peer review processes to advance student achievement at higher education institutions. Part of the Achieving the Dream initiative to improve learning and outcomes for minority and low-income ...
Radha Roy Biswas
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Real‐World Performance of CSF Kappa Free Light Chains in the 2024 McDonald Criteria

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Kappa free light chains (KFLCs) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have a similar performance to CSF‐restricted oligoclonal bands (OCB) for multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis. To help with implementation, we set out to resolve several remaining uncertainties: (1) performance in a real‐world cohort and the 2024 McDonald criteria; (2 ...
Maya M. Leibowitz, Ryan Cooper, Stefania Kaninia, Kathryn I. Challis, Will Greenway, Maria Bonello, Mahmoud Elbahnasawi, Deborah T. Shode, Dominika Gajdasik, Victor Iliev, Alison M. E. Whitelegg, Ian Galea   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Racial Disparities in Education Finance: Going Beyond Equal Revenues [PDF]

, 2008
Examines the impact of court rulings mandating equal spending per student across districts with minority and white students, points out the lack of data measuring academic outcomes, and proposes policies to ensure an adequate education for all ...
Kim Rueben, Sheila Murray
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Minority Language Education in Belarus: A Story of Silenced Voices and Destroyed Achievements

Institutiones Administrationis
This article examines the elimination of minority language education in Belarus following the 2022 Education Code revision, which effectively erased programs previously available in Lithuanian and Polish in a small number of schools.
Kiryl Kascian
doaj   +1 more source

Structure–Function Decoupling of the Sensorimotor and Default Mode Networks in Black Americans With MS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Multiple sclerosis (MS) exhibits racially disparate rates of disease progression. Black people with MS (B‐PwMS) experience a more severe disease course than non‐Hispanic White people with MS (NHW‐PwMS). Here we investigated structural and functional connectivity as well as structure–function decoupling in the ...
Emilio Cipriano, Giacomo Boffa, Maria Petracca, Marta Ponzano, Nicole Graziano, Claire Wigley, Claire Riley, Jonathan Howard, Pietro Bontempi, Sylvia Klineova, Fred Lublin, Matilde Inglese   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Racial Impact Analysis of HB 834/SB 449: The Virginia Growth & Opportunity Act [PDF]

, 2016
GO Virginia is an economic development initiative that seeks to preempt the harsh effects of federal budget cuts on Virginia’s economy, which is overly dependent on public-sector jobs.
Anyadike, Chika, Chohan, Saajida, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Hairston, Ericka, Yearwood, Anita   +4 more
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Transcendence over Diversity: black women in the academy [PDF]

, 2006
Universities, like many major public institutions have embraced the notion of ‘diversity’ virtually uncritically- it is seen as a moral ‘good in itself’.
Ahmed S., Ahmed S., Back L., Bhavnani R., Blanden J., Brah A., Brah A., Carter J., Casey K., Castells M., Collins P.H., Collins P.H., Connor H., Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) &, Fraser N., Freire P., Hall S., Hall S., Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Hooks B., Hooks B., Housee S., Law I., Lopez I.H., Metcalf H., Mirza H.S., Mirza H.S., Mirza H.S., Mirza H.S., Mirza H.S., Modood T., Mohanty C.T., Morrison T., National Audit Office (NAO), Office Cabinet, Puwar N., Razack S., Reay D., Schneider-Ross, Simmonds F., Society Fawcett, Spivak G., Williams P.J., Women &, Young R.J.C.   +44 more
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Schooling in Prekmurje During the First Half of the 20th Century [PDF]

Šolska Kronika
The article presents the characteristics of education in various systems in the area of present-day Prekmurje in the first half of the 20th century. The study is based on Slovenian and Hungarian archival, newspaper and other sources.
László Göncz
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