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Survival rates for extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW) infants are improving as neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) rates stay stable, thereby increasing the overall number of infants with NDI. Although there are many determinants of NDI in this population, nutritional factors are of interest because they are readily modifiable in the clinical setting. Nurses can influence nutritional factors such as improving access to human milk feeding, using growth monitoring, establishing feeding policies, implementing oral care with colostrum, facilitating kangaroo care, and providing lactation education for the mother. All of these measures assist in leading to a decrease in NDI rates among ELBW infants.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experiences and strategies related to using social media to showcase her school's culture, build trust, promote inclusiveness, and highlight equity.

The article focuses on the impact leadership traits for women to help them accomplish their roles. Topics discussed including understanding how to lead confidently in spite of negative stereotypes, how empathy informs the way in which women do their jobs, and taking risks in providing instruction using new and more effective strategies and best practices.

An interview with Jackie Wilson, the executive director of the National Policy Board for Educational Administration is presented. She talks about the importance of building her own capacity as an educator in order to effectively build the capacity of others. She further discusses how sharing goals and passions with her family has helped her navigate the challenges and receive their support.

The article offers information about four important leadership traits that help women in school leadership including confidence, empathy, risk-taking, and emotional intelligence. It provides insights and examples from female principals who have honed these skills to become successful school leaders.

The Keystone XL Pipeline has drawn tremendous media attention over the past seven years as the U.S. Department of State has assessed the Project's environmental impacts through the NEPA review process. Despite the lengthy process, the Keystone XL Pipeline environmental reviews fail to adequately assess the Project's impacts in the Bakken region, where increased pipeline transport capacity is likely to cause increased levels of hydraulic fracturing for oil production. These environmental reviews did not adequately assess the cumulative effects of the Keystone XL Pipeline or its connected actions, which could result in serious and far-reaching environmental consequences if the Pipeline is approved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses some important issues that women in leadership should consider when dealing with imposter syndrome. Topics mentioned include the definition of imposter syndrome according to author Pauline Rose Clance, the book "The Imposter Cure: How to Stop Feeling Like a Fraud and Escape the Mind-Trap of Imposter Syndrome," by Jessamy Hibberd, and differences in how the syndrome affects men and women.

Background/Context Performance character consists of the qualities that allow individuals to regulate their thoughts and actions in ways that support achievement in a particular endeavor. Moral character consists of the qualities relevant to striving for ethical behavior in one's relationships with other individuals and communities. A sizable body of research has demonstrated correlations between student achievement and performance character strengths such as self-discipline, while the relationship between achievement, conduct, and moral character strengths such as integrity is more ambiguous. For both types of character, however, the majority of the extant research literature has focused on relatively small samples of elementary school children, university students, and high-achieving students.Setting This study took place at three “No Excuses” charter middle schools in a large northeastern city. Charter schools are publicly funded schools that are supervised by state boards of education rather than a local superintendent or school committee. “No Excuses” is a term used to describe high-poverty public schools featuring a strict disciplinary environment, extended school day and year, college preparatory mission, and an intensive focus on traditional reading and mathematics skills.Participants This study considered the relationship between achievement, conduct, and several character strengths among 488 early adolescents attending three urban charter schools in a large northeastern city. More than 90% of these students identified as African American, Latino, or multi-racial, and two thirds qualified for free or reduced price lunch (a proxy for low socioeconomic status).Research Design This study combines self-reported survey data on participating students’ character strengths with student-level data on grade point average and demerits collected from participants’ schools. We fit quantile regression models to consider the relationships between participating students’ character strengths, academic achievement, and conduct while controlling for select demographic characteristics.Results Analyses revealed that students’ perseverance, school connectedness and grade level were positive predictors of academic achievement while integrity and demerits were negative predictors of academic achievement. Student conduct was significantly predicted by grade level, grade point average, gender, race/ethnicity and commitment to integrity. In short, both performance and moral character strengths were unique predictors of key student outcomes.Conclusions/Recommendations In recent years, a number of high-profile charter management organizations have identified cultivating students’ performance character as a key level in promoting student success. Our findings suggest that these organizations would do well to expand their character education programming to include students’ moral character strengths as well.