Asset Building News Week – August 26, 2016
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An Open Letter to My Asian-American Preschoolers
Even children can understand that fighting for justice must mean equity for everyone, writes Sammi Wong.
Black and Proud: MLK, BLM, and Today鈥檚 Education Reformers
Robin V. Harris argues we must remember Martin Luther King Jr. and education reformer Polly Williams as they were鈥攗napologetically black.
Incentives Shouldn鈥檛 Shape Public Assistance Policy
We’re writing laws based on how we think people behave, not how they actually do, writes Kalena Thomhave.
Resilient Networks for RISE : NYC Takes Off
The Resilient Communities program and New York City Economic Development Corporation kicked off their 鈥淩esilient Networks鈥 partnership.
Solving the Mystery of Cyber Diversity
Get a clue. Homogeneity in cyber is bad for business.
Summer Reading: Dorothea Brooke and Work-Life Balance
George Eliot taught Susannah Howe that a life well-lived must include care.
The Next President’s Tech Legacy Has a Head Start
But only if he or she keeps working to close the digital divide, warns Sarah Morris.
The Taliban鈥檚 Man in Orlando
What does it really mean for express sympathy or support for the group?
The United States of Coding
Breck Wills examines how and why we need to teach computer science to more students earlier on.