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Book Review: Hillbilly Elegy

Reviewed by Hollie Nielsen, AWCCSEd Team Jan 2021 Hillbilly Elegy

Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance chronicles Vance’s childhood in Appalachia and poor Rust Belt Ohio. He wrote the book not because he achieved something very special, but because he achieved something quite ordinary for many of us: he went to college and law school, got a job, married and bought a house. However, in the environment in which J.D.
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Bridging the Gap Between Education & Employment: Youth Entering Work Force Facing Uncertain Futures (SDG Targets 4.4 & 8.6)

by Linsday Nygren, AWCC Scotland

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed education, from how schools are teaching to employment prospects of young graduates. From a report published by Decent Jobs for Youth (2020), the crises faced by youth before the pandemic have been exacerbated and will now result in long-lasting severe impacts on employment, education, mental well-being, rights and social...

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The Global Education Monitoring Report 2020

submitted by Pam Perraud, AAWE Paris & FAUSA

Since 2016, UNESCO has published the Global Education Monitoring Report - Gender Report. This year’s report explores 25 years worth of efforts for gender equality in education. From the Foreword:

Those working in the education sector know that the way we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic today will have implications for years –

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Notes from the Field: A Bridge2Hope Update and an Interview “from” Mars

TheBridge2Hope

FAWCO Foundation 2020 Development Grant Recipient

The FAWCO Foundation grant helped fund TheBridge2Hope Academy program that bridges the gap for sex trafficking survivors in Amsterdam. We are pleased that we succeeded in the execution of the original funding plan, despite the challenges of the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic delayed thEdTeam April Notes from the Field: Bridge2Hopee recruitment of new cohorts and changed the nature of...

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Notes from the Field: Bridging the Gap (SDG Targets 4.3, 4.4 & 8.6)

compiled by the FAWCO Education Team 

Now more than ever, it is critical that we shine a spotlight on how we support our learners and teachers as they work to bridge the gap from secondary to post-secondary learning and/or careers. SDG Targets 4.3, 4.4 and 8.6 set lofty goals for this focus, and we are happy to share stories and resources...

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Education Team Bookshelf

Ed Team bookshelf pic 2020The Education Team recommends the following:

 

World Literacy Day 2021 Book Discussion

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré: The Global Issues Book Discussion Series Summer Read

 

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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
This book about the Pack Horse Librarians of 1930s Kentucky was reviewed in September 2020.
 
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