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  • New cannabis dispensaries bring Sacramento closer to reaching social equity goals

    Sacramento’s Cannabis Opportunity and Racial Equity program is helping people who were adversely affected by discrimination during America’s war on drugs to start businesses in the regulated cannabis industry. Qualifying entrepreneurs receive wraparound support including funding and small-business education. So far, 10 dispensary licenses have been awarded to participants.

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  • How a new way to vote is gaining traction in states — and could transform US politics

    Some states are combining ranked choice voting, which asks voters to rank candidates by order of preference, with Final Five primaries where multiple candidates advance to the general election, rather than one candidate from each major party. After implementing both reforms, Alaska saw more women run for office than in the five previous elections, and an analysis of the system found it improved representation by giving voters more choice and encouraging candidates to appeal to a wider demographic.

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  • Ranked choice is 'the hot reform' in democracy. Here's what you should know about it

    Advocates of ranked choice voting, which allows residents to rank candidates from their favorite to least favorite, say the system encourages politicians to appeal to a wider range of viewpoints, as evidenced by a recent congressional race in Alaska in which Mary Peltola, a moderate Democrat, was elected over more extreme candidates. The system is currently used by two states for statewide races and in nearly four dozen cities for local elections.

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  • At Utah State, women climbers are ascending on their own terms

    Utah State University’s Women’s Climb Night is a designated two-and-a-half hours per week when the climbing walls are cleared for women to practice the male-dominated sport with other women. This way, they can spend time in an accessible, non-intimidating, and non-judgmental space.

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  • CUNY sees ‘enormous' October application spike, as efforts to boost enrollment continue

    In an attempt to combat pandemic-era drops in enrollment, the City University of New York network sent personalized letters to seniors graduating from public high schools in the city and waived application fees for these students for the month of October. The network saw its number of applicants jump 386 percent compared to the same month last year.

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  • A Navajo teacher is among the first Colorado educators to revive Indigenous language in the classroom

    To better serve Indigenous students, Durango School District 9-R has created an advisory council for Native American parents, designated specific staff to help support Native students, and developed an Indigenous language course where they can reconnect to their culture by learning Diné Bizaad. Students report that the course is more engaging than learning about Navajo history via a textbook, and the district has shown progress in closing opportunity gaps for Indigenous students, with all of its Indigenous seniors graduating last year.

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  • Who Runs the Best U.S. Schools? It May Be the Defense Department.

    Schools operated by the United States Department of Defense, which serve the children of military members, are well-funded compared to most public schools, share a centralized structure and curriculum, and have diverse, integrated student populations. Amid pandemic-era learning loss, these schools saw standardized test scores improve while scores in public school districts have for the most part declined.

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  • Latino, Black enrollment in advanced math shot up after this simple change

    To improve the percentage of Black and Latino students in advanced math courses, some school districts, such as Hays Consolidated Independent School District, have begun using standardized test scores and performance assessments alongside teacher recommendations to automatically enroll middle schoolers in higher-level classes. The district has seen the share of rising sixth graders enrolled in advanced math rise from 26 percent to 42 percent over three years.

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  • Refugee Organizing Helps Spur Noncitizen Voting in Vermont Cities

    Since 2018, three Vermont cities have passed measures allowing noncitizen voters to participate in municipal elections. This gives them the opportunity to weigh in on matters that affect all local residents regardless of their immigration status, from school budgets to road projects.

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  • What America can learn from Canada's new '$10 a Day' child care system

    The $10 a Day initiative, which started in British Columbia and is now being expanded throughout Canada, subsidizes child care centers so that tuition for families can be capped at a more affordable rate. Between 2021 and 2022, the government helped fund 1,271 child care spaces in the province.

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