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  • Ypsi-based program partners with formerly incarcerated writers to help youth heal through creativity

    Telling It, a Ypsilanti, Michigan based organization, uses creative writing, spoken word, and other forms of self-expression as a method of healing and mental health care for area youth. It hires people with similar life experiences and backgrounds as teachers and mentors, so that the young participants feel safe and welcome to share their experiences and feel understood. The program started as a literacy program but has since placed more emphasis on healing, even having social workers on its staff.

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  • Amador County builds community college pipeline for mental health workers

    To increase the number of mental health professionals in Amador County, California, the county has created an online program that culminates in a certificate or associate degree in human services. Preference to this small program is offered first to those that have personal experience with mental health issues, which adds an element of peer support to their skillset.

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  • Canceled NC high school diversity lesson points to challenge for educators

    Teachers in North Carolina are struggling to find the best way to get students to talk about the intersections of diversity and identity. When a lesson at Heritage High School in Wake County was canceled due to parent concerns, the school dedicated itself to figuring out how to better discuss intersectionality while balancing privacy concerns of the students. This article cites the expertise of a counselor who specializes in identity and examines how the lesson can be taught better in the future.

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  • Welcome to Spanish Week: The promise of dual language education

    A school district in New Mexico is finding success with a dual language education program. A regular school day for an elementary school student in a Gadsen school district school might entail reviewing their math or history in Spanish or English, depending on the assigned language that week. “Our bilingual programs are not just for English learners, they’re for all of our students," Mayra Valtierrez, the director of language and culture at the New Mexico Public Education Department, said. "That’s something that’s unique to our state."

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  • Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive

    As enrollments decline and finances increasingly pose problems, institutions of higher education are taking a number of creative approaches, chief among them, merging with other schools and accelerating degree program timelines.

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  • How can children be taught about death and serious illness? Audio icon

    At a German preschool, an intergenerational mentoring program pairs community members with young children to productively talk about complex life concepts such as illness and death. Studies have shown that such programs can promote prosocial behavior and encourage empathy in kids.

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  • This Top Gifted and Talented School Is Integrated. Is It the Future?

    Amidst controversy over gifted programs in New York City, a school in Harlem believes it can offer an alternative model with an admissions policy that bakes in diversity. The school has designated almost half of the spots in its incoming kindergarten class to disadvantaged students, and “the parent-teacher association encourages local East Harlem parents to apply.” But these policies may not work for other gifted schools, who see the diversity of its student body drop lower and lower every year.

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  • Where 4-Year Schools Find a Pool of Applicants: 2-Year Schools

    Four-year colleges are increasingly tapping into community college populations to recruit driven and diverse students. This process also helps students who ultimately transfer to four-year institutions significantly cut down on higher education costs.

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  • For Some Colleges, the Best Move Is to Merge

    Over 100 American colleges have merged since 2000. As more colleges look to this method to weather financial strains resulting from declining enrollments, some have navigated the transition better than others and offer lessons about bringing together two distinct faculties and cultures.

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  • Helping Low-Income Students Navigate College

    A number of elite college prep programs are offering wraparound academic support to low-income students for up to eight years in an effort to replicate the built-in support provided by schools in wealthier districts.

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