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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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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 mental health care in schools became the norm in Minnesota

Andy Steiner

September 17, 2025 |

MinnPost |

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Response Location: United States, Hennepin County, Minnesota

In the early 2000s, Minnesota implemented a systematic approach to address inadequate mental health access for students by contracting with outside agencies to place licensed mental health providers directly in public schools. The state expanded funding from $4.7 million in 2008 to over $20 million today, growing from therapists in just five schools to now serving 82% of the state's public school districts.

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How to build a food sovereignty lab

B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster

September 15, 2025 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, Humboldt County, California

Cal Poly Humboldt's Native American Studies Department created an Indigenous food sovereignty research lab through a student-led, community-driven process that now supports Indigenous students' cultural connections, advances traditional ecological knowledge research, and demonstrates how Indigenous knowledge can be valued in higher education.

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From rain-drenched mountains to Arctic permafrost, Alaska landslides pose hazards

Yereth Rosen

September 12, 2025 |

Alaska Beacon |

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Response Location: United States, Alaska

Alaska agencies are coordinating landslide monitoring through multi-agency programs, tribal partnerships, and citizen science apps, which has successfully prevented infrastructure damage (like the $25 million Dalton Highway rerouting that avoided landslide destruction) but faces limitations from funding uncertainty and the vast geographic scale requiring public education as the primary protective measure.

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« Il faut des mois pour que le palais des enfants s'habitue au fait maison » : la ferme municipale, une nouvelle conception du service public

Emilie Brouze

September 11, 2025 |

Le Nouvel Obs |

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Response Location: France

Afin d'introduire davantage de produits bio dans les cantines scolaires, les crèches, les épiceries sociales et les restaurants d’Ehpad, certaines communes créent des fermes publiques pour les approvisionner. À Mouans-Sartoux, dans les Alpes-Maritimes, 90 % des légumes servis dans les écoles sont cultivés par la ville.

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The Anarchic Playgrounds Where Putting Kids At Risk Is The Point

Peter Yeung

September 04, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Germany, Berlin

Adventure playgrounds such as Berlin’s Kolle 37 put kids in charge of play, giving them the space, tools, and freedom to solve conflicts, learn new skills, and even build their own play structures as adults monitor for hazards from a distance. Research shows that this type of “risky play” can help children mature and learn to navigate complex psychosocial situations.

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Lessons From New Orleans' Experience as a Charter School Laboratory

Erik W. Robelen, Thomas Toch

September 04, 2025 |

Governing |

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Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans gave control of its schools to a Recovery School District that replaced the majority of the city’s existing schools with public charter schools. Following the reforms, research showed improvements in student achievement, graduation rates, and college matriculation, though the gains have slowed in recent years.

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