ACT Brief: Community Engagement for Enrollment, Plausible Mechanism Framework Essentials, and AI Scaling Foundations
In today's ACT Brief, we explore practical community engagement strategies that drive representative enrollment, how sponsors ...
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Engaging New Community Collaborators
Engaging a new community collaborator takes time and energy. Being mindful and intentional about your community engagement will allow you to put forth your best tools and efforts for successful ...
Democrats seek to pause Texas’ social studies revamp over $70K grant from conservative think tank
Never miss a story with The Brief, our free newsletter. We redesigned this tool with more timely data and context to help Texans interpret information about our schools. Independent Texas reporting ...
CVCS teacher named Outstanding Social Studies Supervisor
The state Council of Social Studies has named Tina Richir of Cassadaga Valley Central School as the 2026 Outstanding Social Studies Supervisor. The award reco
Oklahoma Board approves revised social studies standards
The Oklahoma State Board of Education approved new Social Studies Standards on Thursday, replacing a previous version that was struck down by the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The decision comes months ...
Divorcing from usual process, Oklahoma Board of Education rewrites dozens of social studies standards
Some educators are raising concerns about content in the newly approved, proposed 2026 academic standards for social studies — and the process by which the standards were revised.
Portland Public Library Delivers Almost 50% Increase In User Engagement with New Web Redesign
Digital Silk, an award-winning agency focused on creating brand strategies, custom websites, and digital marketing campaigns, announces the launch of a redesigned website for Portland Public Library, a public institution serving the education, community services, and nonprofit sector. The project focuses on improving user experience, content discoverability, and engagement while introducing a scalable CMS to support ongoing updates. The new platform is now live at https://www.portlandlibrary.org
Stepherson Inc. Expands Loyalty and Digital Engagement Across Superlo Foods with RSA America
Independent grocery retailer rolls out integrated loyalty, digital coupons, and mobile engagement platform across all 11 locations ...
Stepherson Inc., Superlo Foods Expands Loyalty, Digital Engagement With RSA America
Stepherson Inc. has deployed RSA America's loyalty and digital engagement platform across all 11 Superlo Foods stores.
Wayne State University and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute researchers establish new digital engagement and cancer outcomes center with ACS grant
Wayne State University and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute researchers have secured a substantial grant from the American Cancer Society (ACS) to establish the Digital Engagement and Cancer ...
Houston’s KHCB Names New Community Engagement Director
KHCB Media named Ivette Zamora as Director of Community Engagement. She joins from Hope Media Group, where she served as Vida Unida Digital Content Manager.
The Right Way to Build an Online Community Around Your Brand
Public online communities are risky for your brand. Here's an alternative that gives you the benefits of online communication while avoiding some of its biggest pitfalls.
Show HN: FeralHq – The funniest AI driven content generation engine
So I really love building apps. If you dig through my post history, you’ll find a small graveyard of launches to prove it.Marketing(or marketers) and I, however, have never gotten along. I can build the product. Writing the "look at me, I made a thing" post has always felt stressful and a little nauseating.So I built FeralHq.Feral is an agentic system for generating social media content for brands, but with a very specific goal: make the output actually funny. I built it primarily to s
Study Finds Isolated Killer Whale Populations Depend on “Social Interaction” for Survival
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of well-studied orcas known as Southern Resident orcas are endangered and face multiple threats to survival. New research ...
Social isolation scares: 4 signs your city is triggering agoraphobic tendencies
Most people assume agoraphobia is simply a fear of open spaces. In reality, the condition is far more layered. Although often ...
Discursive Constructions of Identity and Experience on Social Media
Social media platforms have become important spaces where people narrate the self, negotiate belonging, and make sense of lived experience. In contemporary d...
I Quit Using Social Media — Here's What I Do Instead (It's Been Almost a Year!)
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Rob Culpepper / Getty Images For years, I’d spend several hours a day scrolling through social media on my phone — while ...
Problematic social media use predicts higher depressive symptoms in adolescents under 16
Problematic use of social media—characterized by loss of control and compulsive engagement—may significantly increase depressive symptoms in adolescents under the age of 16, according to a new study ...
Is Social Media Addiction Real?
Two years ago, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, called for warning labels on social media platforms, citing concerns about the potential mental health risks associated with heavy use, especially ...
What happens when men don't feel 'man enough'?
A research team led by Lea Lorenz of the RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau and Sven Kachel of the University of Kassel ...