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Peer Power
Get PDFPeer Power Foundation is a nonprofit located in Memphis, TN, that recruits, trains, and deploys high-performing college students to serve as Success Coaches in the high school classrooms of school partners. This people-powered, in-person tutoring model aims to improve the classroom experience for students by providing targeted academic support and mentorship. Success Coaches spend their time on a variety of classroom activities that include one-to-one or small-group tutoring, mentoring, co-teaching, and other as-needed help to students as they work through lesson activities. Success Coaches are trained over the summer and coached throughout the year to fulfill these roles. This review will discuss Peer Power's near peer tutoring model in the context of existing research on mentoring and tutoring as an educational intervention
RESTORING ABUNDANCE: CALIFORNIA’S PERMITTING LANDSCAPE FOR NEARSHORE MARINE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION AND POLICY SOLUTIONS TO ACCELERATE RESTORATION EFFORTS
Get PDFDue to a combination of threats, California’s kelp forests, eelgrass meadows, and oyster beds have suffered significant losses over the past century. In response to these losses and in an attempt to increase the resilience of these ecosystems, there is growing interest in marine habitat restoration in
California. However, permitting for habitat restoration projects is complex and onerous, requiring significant investment of time and financial resources. This paper explores California’s permitting policies for marine restoration projects by combining a review of literature and policy with surveys and
interviews with subject matter experts. California’s existing permitting policies for marine habitat restoration projects are summarized, barriers and challenges associated with the current permitting regime are explored, and policy recommendations are outlined to address these barriers and facilitate
an increase in the pace and scale of marine habitat restoration. Key findings indicate that California lacks a formalized permitting pathway for marine restoration projects, instead requiring project proponents to obtain eight or more permits from six or more state agencies. Additional permits may also be
required at the federal and local levels. Challenges with the existing permitting regime include a lack of information about the applicable permits and available permitting tools, overlapping and unclear permitting requirements, inconsistencies in the application of permitting requirements, and a lack of
inter- and intra-agency coordination. Policy recommendations for permitting reform include creating a dedicated permitting pathway for marine restoration projects, establishing restoration teams at key regulatory agency and funding dedicated staff positions, creating a multi-agency habitat restoration
permitting working group, making existing permitting tools permanent, and establishing a publicly accessible, statewide permitting hub
AN ANALYSIS OF DOMINION ENERGY’S 2024 INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN ON THE PATHWAY TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE VIRGINIA CLEAN ECONOMY ACT
Get PDFThe Virginia Clean Economy Act, passed in 2020, requires, among other things, Dominion Energy to propose 16,100 MW of new solar or onshore wind generation by 2035 and to retire all carbon-emitting electric generating units by 2045. An analysis of Dominion’s 2024 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) shows that the utility is not on track to comply with either of these requirements. Additionally, approximately half of all solar generation in PJM’s interconnection queue is located in counties with solar siting ordinances severe enough to restrict future solar development. Virginia state lawmakers and regulators could consider legislating solar siting reform, directing Dominion to investigate demand response programs and time-of use rate structures for data centers, and requiring an assessment of grid-enhancing technologies and high-performance conductors on the transmission system in IRP
THE OCEAN’S VOICE: OCEAN SCIENCE NARRATIVES FOR ALL AGES
Get PDFThis collection of articles and essays aims to inspire readers of varying ages, backgrounds, and cultures to explore the hidden depths of our planet. Since the space age humans have been looking up to the stars for knowledge and inspiration, but many have forgotten that much of our own world has yet to be discovered. Dive below the surface with me and come face to face with alien creatures, hostile terrain, and epic adventures sometimes right in our own backyard
VISCERAL AND THE BALLAD OF RANKIN AND SALLEY (AND LEONA) A COLLECTION OF NOVEL CHAPTERS
No full textPeople raised outside the South often view the region as unique and strange, a land fueled by contradictions. Reprehensible history and questionable beliefs alongside eccentric characters, quirky customs, and jubilant celebrations. Yet lurking beneath the cocktail-fueled feasts runs a river of mystery captured through darkly humorous stories and Southern Gothic novels, a reminder that the ghosts of the past still swim in the bayous and hide in the hills. These chapters chronicle the absurdity and darkness hiding in the hardwoods and cotton fields
Filo in Jefferson County Schools: Student Interview Summary Report
Get PDFThis qualitative study explored student experiences with the Filo Tutor program among "high users" in Grades 3-8 within Jefferson County (AL) Schools (JCS). Interviews with five participants (Grades 4-8) revealed that students valued Filo for its accessibility, personalized instruction, and immediate, adaptive support from live tutors, leading to improved math understanding and increased academic confidence. Although some variability in tutor explanations was observed, students strongly recommended Filo, emphasizing its engaging teaching methods and responsive human interactions. Findings suggest enhancing tutor communication clarity and instructional consistency to further strengthen student learning experiences
PATTERNS AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CORRELATES AND DISTAL OUTCOMES OF POLYSUBSTANCE USE AMONG PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS: A MULTI-LEVEL LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS
Get PDFBackground: In this dissertation, we aim to identify the unique typologies of polysubstance use among PWID and associated social contextual factors and distal outcome of non-fatal overdose, HIV, and HCV, which is not well understood within the literature.
Methods: Data for this dissertation comes from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 2018 National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, which is a cross-sectional survey of 11,347 PWID residing in 21 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA). The maximum likelihood 3-Step Latent Class Analysis approach was used to examine the association between the latent typologies and individual-level sociodemographic characteristics, behavioral risk, and risk regulator correlates. A non-parametric multilevel latent class analysis was used to examine how Level 2 (MSA) and macro risk environment levels influence the Level 1 PWID latent classes. Finally, the conditional distribution of distal outcomes (i.e., non-fatal overdose, HIV reactive status, HCV lifetime status) across polydrug/polyroute typologies was examined using the maximum likelihood 3-Step approach and the Wald Tests.
Results: In Aim 1, we identified three salient latent classes: 1) Cocaine-Crack Benzo Dominant OSPU, 2) Meth Dominant OSPU, and 3) Opioid-Only. Both Polysubstance use classes were more likely to experience sexual or physical violence in the past 12 months compared to the Opioid-Only class. Using the Opioid-Only class as a referent group, the Cocaine-Crack Benzo Dominant OSPU was more likely to report psychological distress, shared syringes and injection equipment, participated in condomless sex, taken medication for opioid use (MOUD), and live below the federal poverty line within the past 12 months. The Meth Dominant OSPU class was more likely to be homeless, experience incarceration in the past 12 months, and have health insurance coverage compared to the Opioid-Only class. However, the Meth Dominant OSPU was less likely to engage in drug treatment or take MOUD in the past 12 months compared to its mono-drug counterpart. In Aim 2, we identified two latent classes at the MSA-level: 1) Polydrug community and 2) opioid community. MSA-level effects of the social, physical, economic, and policy related macro-risk environments did not significantly differ between the opioid community and polydrug community. In Aim 3, we identified four salient classes: 1) Opioid Only-Injection, 2) Polydrug-Polyroute, 3) Cocaine-Crack Dominant Polyroute OSPU, and 4) Meth Dominant Polyroute OSPU. The Opioid Only-Injection had the lowest proportion of non-fatal overdose, while the Polydrug-Polyroute class had the highest proportion of non-fatal overdose episodes than all other classes. However, the Opioid Only-Injection class had a higher proportion of HIV than the opioid-stimulant polysubstance use classes and higher proportion of lifetime HCV status than all the other polysubstance use classes.
Conclusion: The polysubstance use classes differed on various sociodemographic characteristics, risk regulators, and salient risk behaviors, but the risk environment did not significantly differ across the mono-substance use and polysubstance use MSA community
Oral History Interview with Alan R. Fleischman
No full textThis interview with Alan Fleischman, MD, was conducted remotely as part of Moral Histories: Voices and Stories from the Founding Figures of Bioethics, an oral history project of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Dr. Alan Fleischman is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology and Population Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York.
Dr. Fleischman discusses his journey into bioethics, starting from his upbringing in Queens, New York, to his education at City College and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He recounted his early experiences in neonatology that led to his contributions to bioethics, particularly in perinatal ethics. He discusses the evolution of neonatal care and ethics. Fleischman highlighted the advancements in care and societal acceptance of Down syndrome children. He detailed the development of amniocentesis in the 1960s and 70s, the Baby Doe case in 1982, and the subsequent Baby Doe rules in 1983. Fleischman also discusses challenges of balancing parental discretion in the context of medical ethics, emphasizing the importance of shared decision making and medical judgment.
He discusses the emergence of HIV/AIDS, the high rates of neonatal transmission, and the development of AZT treatment as well as the ethical challenges of clinical trials when treating HIV-positive mothers and their infants. He describes the New York Academy of Medicine's efforts post-9/11, including epidemiologic research and mental health support for children. Dr. Fleischman discusses his position as Senior Vice President and Medical Director at the March of Dimes, where he helped transform obstetric practice in America to reduce premature births and cesarean deliveries. He recounts the expansion of newborn screening tests and his work advocating for mandatory testing to prevent treatable diseases. He reflected on his career transition from clinical practice to bioethics, emphasizing the importance of public health advocacy and government collaboration
ARTICLE 6 MECHANISMS: MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND INDONESIA’S READINESS
Get PDFThis capstone project evaluates Indonesia’s readiness to implement Article 6 mechanisms of the Paris Agreement, which provide frameworks for international carbon trading and cooperation to achieve climate goals. The research focuses on Indonesia’s institutional, regulatory, and operational gaps and explores the role of the private sector in driving carbon market participation. Using qualitative methods, including expert interviews and international case studies from Ghana, Thailand, Singapore, and China, the study identifies challenges such as fragmented governance, insufficient infrastructure, and regulatory uncertainties. The findings emphasize the need for comprehensive carbon market strategies, robust institutional frameworks, and enhanced private sector engagement. Recommendations include developing a national roadmap for Article 6, establishing a centralized oversight authority, and upgrading the National Registry System for transparency and international interoperability. This project integrates insights from the researcher’s academic studies and professional experience in climate policy and finance, offering actionable solutions to advance Indonesia’s climate commitments while
leveraging international carbon markets
HEEDING THE BLUE JAY’S CALL: ON THE RECIPROCAL NATURE OF NATURE
No full textThis is a collection of personal essays, features, and narratives with the central theme of humans’ impact on nature and nature’s impact on humans. From lichens to hurricanes to snowy owls to mountains, the natural world — and the human connection it inspires — tie these stories together. We impact nature, and nature impacts us