June 1, 2020 | Article
Originally published by Ensia on March 17, 2020 As habitat and biodiversity loss increase globally, the novel coronavirus outbreak may be just the beginning of mass pandemics. Mayibout 2 is not a healthy place. The 150 or so people who live in the village, which sits on the south bank…...
Read MoreMarch 11, 2024 | Article
Measuring PopEd’s Impact: Results From Our Biennial Evaluation Now in its 50th year, the PopEd program continues to build relationships with new and veteran teachers across the U.S. and Canada through workshops and webinars led by our staff and members of our Teacher Training Network. Last summer, we surveyed participants…...
Read MoreDecember 13, 2021 | Article
Assessing performance is integral to a teacher’s job. Every other year, we ask those educators who have participated in our PopEd workshops to appraise our work. How do they rate the quality of our teaching materials and overall presentation? How have they used the materials since their PopEd training? How…...
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September 3, 2021 | Article
PopEd’s volunteer trainers are the backbone of our program. They are K-12 teachers, pre-service professors, non-formal educators, and education administrators who are passionate about population issues and share PopEd resources with educators in their communities. When our workshops transitioned online in March 2020 due to the pandemic, we weren’t sure…...
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April 13, 2021 | Post
Human caused environmental changes, while felt everywhere, manifest differently by location. A forest you once explored on the periphery of New York State’s Adirondack Park may have large clearings from decreased fracking regulations—a relic from the Trump administration. You may have been ordered to evacuate your coastal home on the…...
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March 2, 2020 | Article
Each year, close to 13,000 teachers and future teachers participate in PopEd workshops. While our staff and volunteer trainers get some instant feedback at these events, we continue our conversations with the attendees to find out how they appraise their workshop experience and, perhaps more importantly, how our resources are…...
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August 27, 2024 | Post
Most Americans don’t have a will or estate plan. Why? Simple procrastination! August is National Make-a-Will Month and the perfect reminder to create or update your will. To help get you started, we wanted to share a few tips on the basics of planned giving (what does that mean exactly??),…...
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2022 | Article
On World Population Day, July 11, 2022, the United Nations Population Division released updated population estimates and projections for the world and all countries. This article describes some of the main findings, based primarily on the summary report of World Population Prospects 2022. According to the new assessment, the world’s…...
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February 14, 2023 | Post
Through our Global Partners program, Population Connection supports a growing number of grassroots organizations around the world working to increase access to education, public health and family planning services. Their efforts make a vital difference in their local communities and represent the “final step” in our shared work to make…...
Read MoreDecember 11, 2023 | Article
Culture Wars, Crises, and Chaos: The U.S. House Melts Down House Republicans have been using the Appropriations process—the annual moving of bills to fund all government programs and agencies—to promote their extreme ideological agenda. For example, on September 28, the House passed the 2024 State Department and Foreign Operations spending…...
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