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Molly M Scott

@MollyMScott

Admirer of every-day heroes and heroines, imagining ways to reinvent education and good jobs for the next generation - views are my own

Silver Spring, MDJoined January 2013

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Covid has finally made it visible: teens work and step up to the plate to help their families in times of need. Let's make school more flexible and supportive of these great young people!

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Urban Institute

@urbaninstitute

· Oct 28, 2020

.@MollyMScott: "The pandemic has really put the need for greater innovation & flexibility in the spotlight... Hopefully, the will & capacity to explore new ways of learning will carry over into more permanent reforms." urbn.is/2HKtIsd

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Thanks

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& partners for developing such a comprehensive book on investing in the workforce. So pleased to be a part of it!

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· Feb 27, 2019

How does job training contribute to the well-being of a community? --- Learn more about how workforce development programs are providing positive returns to society, employers, and job seekers → nyfed.org/InvestInWork #InvestInWork #WorkforceWednesday

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@conway_maureen

I don't have data, but my experience tells me this trend happens with job "qualifications" beyond education level too. e.g. what's tolerable on a background check, credit check, points on drivers license, etc.

vox.com/2019/1/7/18166 via

The "skills gap" was a lie

New research shows it was the consequence of high unemployment rather than its cause.

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Ummm... can we add in pretty much every substantive area except political maneuvering? We have stop giving so much space to opinions divorced from facts.

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· Nov 26, 2018

When someone starts an argument with "I'm not a scientist, but..." maybe we should stop listening to them weighing in on science. And maybe news shows should stop asking these pundits to talk about something they’re not qualified to talk about.

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Something for us to think about in our renewed recruitment efforts! A special h/t to my sister

and her colleagues at

@urbaninstitute

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@CompositionProf

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Urban Institute

@urbaninstitute

Algorithms risk perpetuating bias in hiring. How can employers use them to make hiring more inclusive? @MollyMScott & @Jennyryang explain: urbn.is/2yXRkmc

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Urban Institute

@urbaninstitute

Algorithms risk perpetuating bias in hiring. How can employers use them to make hiring more inclusive?

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explain: urbn.is/2yXRkmc

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Urban Institute

@urbaninstitute

· Oct 18, 2018

Which metro areas have the most opportunity for college graduates to use their degrees? urbn.is/2yl0tF2 (via @MollyMScott)

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"Mix-matches between jobs requiring a college education and people who have that education are common...We can’t fix this labor market problem with the traditional solution of sending more people to college." New insights on how this plays out across metros from

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Urban Institute

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· Oct 18, 2018

Which metro areas have the most opportunity for college graduates to use their degrees? urbn.is/2yl0tF2 (via @MollyMScott)

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WOW. Brand new analysis from

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shows that since DC implemented universal pre-K in 2009, maternal labor-force participation has risen 12 percentage points--with 10 pp attributable to this policy! LFP for moms of young kids' LFP now ~= moms of school-age kids!

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Harvard Business Review

A study of over 1,000 companies found that the greatest performance gains don’t come from machines replacing people s.hbr.org/2KE71C9

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Harvard Business Review

Contrary to prior research, a new study finds that women are just as likely as men to negotiate salary

Research: Women Ask for Raises as Often as Men, but Are Less Likely to Get Them

Previous research has found that women are less likely to initiate salary negotiations than men are. But a new study of Australian women found no gender differences in negotiation behavior. Women...

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If you've ever wondered what you would've done during the Holocaust, ask yourself what you're doing now about defenseless kids at the border taken from their parents and thrown into cages.

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Taking a little grading break to look at #RCCgrad18 pics and smile and think about how ready these folks look (and ARE) for the next big thing. #transfer #watchoutnow

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Where's my mom?' cries girl as immigrant kids separated from parents arrive in Michigan - Detroit Free Press buff.ly/2sWc89J #StopSeparatingFamilies #KeepFamiliesTogether

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Breaking news: Federal judge blocks Indiana law allowing state to remove voters from the rolls based on match from Interstate Crosscheck program, a system run by Kansas SoS Kris Kobach

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: "This issue affects people of color no matter their level of income or education or where they live." #LivingWhileBlack

Calling the police for #LivingWhileBlack is a consequence of segregation

Underlying the issue of racial profiling is the impact of segregation on the American economy and society.

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Just got out of the OR to read this piece about Trump’s new lawsuit to bring back pre-ex condition exclusions. If it won, all four of my patients would be denied coverage on the individual market for the very reasons I did surgery for them. Insane. vox.com/platform/amp/p

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So, with the help of

, Evan Piña-White went to Spain. We wrote about that - google.com/amp/www.stltod - but the story doesn’t mention Bourdain’s involvement (per his wishes). He set the kid up at the best restaurants & helped make the trip incredible. He was special. 3/3

Make-A-Wish sending Eureka 13-year-old on food trip to Spain

EUREKA • Weeks before he got to meet one of his heroes, Evan Piña-White watched the hero on television from a hospital bed.

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Anthony Bourdain, the chef and gifted storyteller who took TV viewers around the world to explore culture, cuisine and the human condition for nearly two decades, has died. He was 61. cnn.it/2JmjdeY

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"Why was there a permissiveness in the culture?" Sullivan summarized the commission's line of inquiry. "Why has there been a sort of hesitancy, if not an aversion,... ncronline.org/news/accountab

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"You have to understand. That people in this situation feel entirely hopeless." Powerful testimony here. Domestic terror sometimes never leaves the house. facebook.com/teacheratpoint

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Red 'til I'm Dead

Many "mental health problems" are not mental health problems and have non-psychological roots: poverty, insecurity, isolation...many would be fixed simply by investing in jobs, housing, libraries...in society and community. Therapy culture places burden and blame on individual.

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@carlosonhousing

Disasters Aren't Flukes—We Help Cause Them, and We Can Prevent Them

Disasters Aren't Flukes—We Help Cause Them, and We Can Prevent Them

Floods like the one that devastated Ellicott City on Sunday are not “natural” disasters outside our control—we can reduce the impacts and risks if we resolve to.

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California map shows hot spots of homeless students edsource.org/?page_id=588165 via

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Kirsten Gillibrand

On this day in 1851, abolitionist Sojourner Truth stood up to demand equal rights for all women and for black Americans in her famous ‘Ain’t I A Woman’ speech, showing this generation of activists that a single voice has the power to make a difference.

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@conway_maureen

Nearly half of all female college graduates are underemployed in their first jobs, compared to 37% of male graduates...

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Strada Education Network

@stradaeducation

· May 30, 2018

"This Common First Job Mistake Can Cost You $10,000 a Year for Life" writes @MONEY @KristenBahler. Check out her story and download Strada Institute's new report "The Permanent Detour" now: ti.me/2KQzjtr #FutureOfWork #WomenWhoWork #HigherEd

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Anderson Advocates

The president of the Chilean Catholic Church’s Commission for the Prevention of Abuses has resigned after acknowledging he was slow to investigate allegations of misconduct in his diocese. bit.ly/2L118zd

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@conway_maureen

We shouldn't have too much confidence in the education solution to the #Millennials economic woes #futureofwork Why #Education alone won't end income #inequality ti.me/1crgkVr?utm_so

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Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid

This is repugnant. Dragging screaming, terrified children out of their mothers’ arms to *punish* asylum seekers is fundamentally un-American. And yet, it’s the policy of the Trump administration. May God have mercy on our souls.

Must watch: Chris Hayes on 'despicable' new Trump policy

The United States government is now systematically taking children as young as 53 weeks old away from their parents at the border, thanks to new directives issued by the Trump administration.

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Tim Tebow kneels in prayer and is praised. Husain Abdullah kneels in prayer and is penalized 15 yards. Today’s decision by the NFL isn’t about respect for the flag...it’s about silencing the people they don’t want talking.

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Cameron Lopez/Avs in 6

Hi I’m not going to stop tweeting about the ICE capturing 7,000 kids and losing 1,500 of them ever because holy crap it is one of the worst things I’ve ever heard about a government doing

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Sarnata Reynolds

@SarnataReynolds

A US citizen was strip searched and forced to submit to pelvic and rectal exams. No search warrant, no probable cause, no drugs. Wake-up America.

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· May 24, 2018

U.S. citizen detained at the border. Agents thought she had drugs so they: - Pat down search. No drugs. - Dog sniff. No drugs. - Strip search. No drugs. - X-rays. No drugs. - Pelvic exam. No drugs. - Rectal exam. No drugs. Finally, they concluded she had no drugs and let her go.

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Maliq Matthew, PhD

The NFL showed in real time just how systems of oppression operate. The privileged group saw collective action by a subordinated group that it disliked, created rules to disallow it, and now will pretend that hands are tied by these policies as though the rules fell from the sky.

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@conway_maureen

Vast majority of net new jobs created since recession are parttime

#inclusive #economy

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"For too long we as a country have tried to address inequities with race-neutral language and race-neutral policies that ignore the reality that people in this country do not have a race-neutral experience."

chicagoreader.com

Chicago's civic and business elite put on epic display of wokeness, roll out racial equity plan -...

The Metropolitan Planning Council unveils a strategic response to its own "cost of segregation" report

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