Dec 8, 2024 · Programs funded by ESSER had a significant positive impact on learning. Two recent studies found that each $1,000 increase in per pupil funding led to about 3 percent grade level gains in math and similar gains for reading. These results are comparable to pre-pandemic studies on funding and academic achievement.

Dec 10, 2024 · In the fifth episode of a series diving deeper into Brown Political Review Magazine articles, Multimedia Director Mitsuki Jiang interviews BPR Staff Writer Adora Limani (’28) about her recent article, “Echoes of the Past.” Her article is featured in the Change edition of the BPR Magazine and can also be found on the BPR website. Mitsuki Jiang: Hi! I’m Mitsuki […]

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Dec 2, 2024 · A world-renowned moral and political philosopher, T. M. Scanlon spent over 35 years at Harvard (and before that, 18 years at Princeton) as a scholar, teacher, and writer dedicated to addressing some of the most elemental questions of morality, justice, and rights. In fact, one of his books, What We Owe to Each Other, became the basis of moral contractualism, a theory that has shaped ...

May 14, 2024 · Around the stadium, gladiators draped in silver armor and wielding swords rush at each other. In the stands above, thousands of Roman citizens cheer for their favorites and jeer at those they like least. On the side of this orchestrated chaos stands an ambitious young Julius Caesar, who funded this spectacle in an attempt to move his way up the political ladder by hosting the best, most ...

Dec 8, 2024 · In the fall of 2023, clashes erupted on the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel, between factions of Eritrean migrants—some celebrating the 30th anniversary of Isaias Afwerki’s authoritarian rule and others protesting it. Police forces reacted to suppress the conflict, with officers firing live ammunition upon rally-goers and counter-demonstrators alike. . In the aftermath of the violence, Prime ...

Dec 13, 2024 · With a record 15 seismic earthquake sequences occurring in Southern California just this year (the largest figure in 65 years), an increase in earthquake frequency has prompted fears of major tectonic plate activation. Think of it like this: You crash your Honda Civic onto the side of a steep bluff, teetering like a scale on the edge of a cliff.

Nov 12, 2024 · Last month, in the final stretch of the presidential campaign, the New York Times reported landmark findings from a 2023 poll by the American Enterprise Institute.For the first time in modern history, young American men are more likely to identify as religious than women of the same age. Nearly 40 percent of women in Generation Z describe themselves as religiously unaffiliated, compared to 34 ...

Nov 20, 2024 · Written, produced, hosted, edited by Julia Kostin (’26) Contributor Gaden Romer (’26) A debate between two Brown University students analyzing the current foreign relations dynamic between the United States and China through the lens of the “Thucydides Trap.”

Dec 8, 2024 · Governments and international organizations have attempted to alleviate the impact of celebratory gunfire by implementing strategies that prevent casualties from stray bullets.