Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, testifies during a US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on stopping the spread of Monkeypox, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 14, 2022 Credit – Stefani Reynolds—AFP/Getty Images
Dr. Rochelle Walensky became director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2021, a fraught time in the country’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Americans’ confidence in the nation’s leading public health organization was at an all-time low, and Walensky had to not only manage the national response…
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Watch Two Schools Experience the Street Data Process
Listen to the interview with Shane Safir, Jamila Dugan, Araceli Leon, and Amanda Liebel (transcript):This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org?About a year and a half ago, I did an interview with two educators, Shane Safir and Jamila Dugan, about their new book, Street Data. The book is about the approach they had developed to help schools transform. As soon as I read the book, I…
Authentic Group Discussions with the Real Talk Strategy
Listen to the interview with Jessica Cannata:Sponsored by EVERFI and ParlaysThis page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org?In the 15 years I’ve been an ELA teacher, do you know the number one thing that finally turned my small group discussions from surface-level talks that seemed like a waste of a class period into engaging, high-level analysis and collaboration? Discussions during which I not-so-secretly hoped my principal…
Queen’s implements a new health education program in James Bay
Queen’s University plans to implement a new health education program in the James Bay region to increase the number of Indigenous health care professions.
on Feb. 28, the University announced a partnership with the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) and Mastercard Foundation to collaborate on providing a health care program focused on creating opportunities for Indigenous communities.
The partnership between the University and WAHA has existed since 1965 and will serve seven different Indigenous communities.
“This is a very exciting partnership we announced yesterday,” Jane Philpott, dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences said in an interview with TheJournals.
We’ve…
SoE Ministry to blacklist cheaters in joint recruitment examination
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Minister of State-owned Enterprises (SOE) Erick Thohir was instructed to include into the permanent blacklist those found cheating in the joint state-owned enterprises’ recruitment examination.
Thohir emphasized that firm actions would be taken against those involved in all forms of cheating at the joint recruitment examination, as it runs counter to the core values of state-owned enterprises.
“I had been informed about some participants who cheated during their recruitment examination. This is unacceptable, and I press for firm actions to be taken against those who cheat and are detected by the ministry’s digital technology system,” Thohir noted…
