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Vocational boom: Enrollment surges at career technical schools as students seek skills, jobs, financial stability

Emilee Klein

November 07, 2025 |

Daily Hampshire Gazette |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

Vocational and technical education programs offer students the best of both worlds, giving them hands-on experience in career fields of interest while also requiring academic rigor in the classroom. In Massachusetts, which is currently expanding funding for schools to upgrade their facilities, enrollment in technical schools rose 24 percent over 15 years, with many schools requiring a waitlist for interested students.

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The Rustic Farms Where French Prisoners Wrap Up Their Sentences

Juliette Fekkar

November 03, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: France, Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique

The Moyembrie farm program allows French inmates to spend their final 9-12 months of incarceration working on a farm with social worker support rather than in traditional prison. This strategy has resulted in only 1 in 10 being sent back to prison and over half finding employment or training within three months of release—compared to France's national recidivism rate of over 60% within five years.

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To protect angel sharks, a Libyan biologist collaborates with fishing communities

Ibtisam Agfeer

November 03, 2025 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: Libya

A Libyan marine biologist built trust with fishing communities through dialogue and education about endangered angel sharks. This led fishers to stop deliberately targeting the species and voluntarily release caught sharks, while researchers identified a vital breeding ground.

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Fab Youth Philly gives teens first-time job experiences otherwise in short supply

Khysir Carter

October 28, 2025 |

Kensington Voice |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fab Youth Philly’s Play Captains program hires teens in the summer to lead play groups on multiple streets throughout the city, leading games and activities like science experiments and storytime. Since 2017, the group has supported over 500 teens, providing many of them with their first jobs. Data shows that participating in the program leads to more on-time high school graduations, better work habits, reduced summer slide and improved employability and family finances.

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Memphis' response to youth mental health needs? Free, flexible therapy outside school

Bri Hatch

October 21, 2025 |

Chalkbeat Tennessee |

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Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

Through the Youth Connect program, Memphis teens can access up to 12 sessions with an out-of-school therapist, helping to fill gaps in school-based mental health services and give students more choice in who they see. So far, nearly 350 students have taken advantage of the program.

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Maryland needs teachers. It's filling classrooms with laid-off federal workers.

Ira Porter

October 15, 2025 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Maryland

Feds to Eds recruits laid-off federal workers to help fill teaching shortages, leveraging these candidates’ specialized experience and helping them convert their skills for the classroom. Participants can complete an alternative certification program at one of five area campuses, and 16 of the 18 students who’ve finished the program so far are now teaching in classrooms.

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Small farmers are more squeezed than ever. A California grant program offers a lifeline.

Frida Garza

October 03, 2025 |

Grist |

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Response Location: United States, California

California's farm-to-school grant program, launched in 2021, has successfully directed 100% of its funding to small and disadvantaged farmers. This has helped them expand their businesses through investments like refrigerated vans and partnerships with food hubs, enabling fresh local produce delivery to schools across the state.

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Las dos caras de la IA: cómo se usa para ejercer violencia digital contra menores y cómo puede ser parte de la solución (aunque aún tiene limitaciones)

Alicia Hermoso

September 22, 2025 |

Maldita.es |

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Response Location: Spain

Chatbots de IA como Sof-IA y programas educativos como E-tic están ayudando a menores españoles a gestionar el malestar emocional derivado de la violencia digital y a desarrollar pensamiento crítico para identificar y responder ante contenidos manipulados con inteligencia artificial.

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Cross Adapts To Phone-Free School

Maya McFadden

September 19, 2025 |

New Haven Independent |

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Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

Since instituting Yondr pouches, which keep phones locked away during the school day, students at Wilbur Cross High School say they feel more present and social with each other, and the library is even reporting an increase in books checked out compared to years past. But some concerns linger about equity when it comes to completing web-based assignments, particularly for students who don’t have laptops.

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How Do We Keep Children Safe from Online Violence and the Challenges of AI

Viktoriia Hubareva, Venera Dimulescu, Andra Muresan, Maryna Smahina, Magdalena Torga, Carmen Martinez Vidal

September 18, 2025 |

Scena9 |

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Response Location: Romania

In an effort to address online violence children face in the digital age, initiatives across several countries, including Spain, Romania, and Ukraine, are getting creative using theatre, media literacy training on AI and algorithms, anonymous reporting hotlines and classroom phone bans, among other strategies to help youth cope. The various initiatives have proven successful. For example, the school-wide phone ban in one Spain region resulted in a 27.42% decrease in cyberharassment cases between 2023-2024.

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