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Mass. city, similar to Providence, widely recognized as a success story after state takeover

Linda Borg

July 30, 2019 |

Providence Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Lawrence, Massachusetts

A state takeover of a failing Massachusetts school district was defined by listening, collaboration, and a new merit-based teacher compensation system. Six years later, dropout rates are down and graduation rates are up. What can Providence's schools learn from the Lawrence model?

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An imaginative space that helps kids believe in stories – and themselves

Simon Montlake

July 29, 2019 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: England, Rotherham

Grimm & Co.'s Apothecary to the Magical is boosting child literacy skills in a former steel and coal town with a large low-income population. By offering an imaginative space and free writing workshops, the nonprofit hopes to transform the town of Rotherham in England into a "storytelling capitol" and give "young people the narrative tools to reshape their world."

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America's youngest kids need good teachers. Why is it so difficult to find them?

Annabelle Timsit

July 29, 2019 |

Quartz |

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Response Location: United States

Educators working full-time in Bright Horizons private child care centers get free tuition for an early child care education bachelor's degree, provided that they work for the company for at least 18 months following the completion of their courses. While the model has offered an incredible and unprecedented path for some, Quartz's Annabelle Timsit questions whether this corporate solution is the right answer to the widespread public education problem of underpaid preschool teachers and raises common concerns about discrepancies in the quality of degree programs.

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How Do You Stop Abusive Relationships? Teach Teens How to Be Respectful Partners

Alison Kotch

July 29, 2019 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A program called RAPP (Relationship Abuse Prevention Program) uses safe spaces for teens to talk about their romantic relationships with both peer and adult leaders as a way to prevent abusive relationships through education. It is supported by New York City's Human Resources Administration, the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, Day One, and Steps to End Violence and Urban Resource Institute (URI). The program is now in 94 schools across the city, and participants / peer leaders testify to how much it changed their lives.

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Kenya tackles youth unemployment with education shift

Lizan Nijkrake

July 29, 2019 |

News Decoder |

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Response Location: Kenya

Since the passage of a new law in 2013 that called for "closer coordination between academic institutions and industry" in response to a high unemployment rate, Kenya has shifted dramatically from its theory-based higher education approach to coursework that delivers technical education. So far, the initiatives are up against outdated equipment and a negative perception of the program among young people.

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‘Basically I'm their teacher': Washington has big plans for its 25,500 school paraeducators

Neal Morton

July 28, 2019 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

Washington state is providing additional instruction and in some cases a path to teacher credentials for its 25,500 paraeducators who have stepped up to play roles sometimes equivalent or beyond that of credentialed teachers amidst a teacher shortage statewide. Paraeducators are often from the neighborhoods in which they teach and often comprise a more diverse pool of instructors than other educators.

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Yoyo Baby Care Facility Restores Hope To Refugee Mothers

Agwere Sarah

July 27, 2019 |

Things That Work Uganda |

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Response Location: Uganda, Bidibidi

The Yoyo Vocational Institute was established in one of the largest refugee camps in the world, Bidibidi, to help refugees and migrants learn vocational skills that can then be used for employment. The Institute also offers a baby care facility on site so that mothers can concentrate on their studies knowing that their children are being taken care of. This improves the refugee rates of school attainment that will increase their income over time.

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How this Durham summer camp is helping refugee children, one talking stick at a time

Shelbi Polk

July 26, 2019 |

The News & Observer |

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Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

World Relief Durham hosts a summer program for kids. Like other summer programs, it is meant to reduce summer learning loss—but this is specifically for children from forcibly displaced families. The kids face unique challenges in school and in society, often having been witness to traumatic experiences, so in this program they take lessons, play games, and work with community volunteers to let them just be kids. The program started with 25 participants in 2017 and grew to serve 150 children in 2019.

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Vocational training center skills refugee youth in Bidibidi settlement

Absolom Ochieng

July 26, 2019 |

Things That Work Uganda |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Bidibidi

YOYO Youth Vocational Training and Recreational Center is a vocational school in Zone 3 of Bidibidi, the largest refugee settlement in the world. The school is a product of a partnership amongst organizations such as UNHCR and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency in order to help refugees obtain additional education and learn skills to be able to sustain themselves one day. Students testify to how the institute has changed their lives.

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Doctors in Debt: These Physicians Gladly Struck a Deal With California

Emily S. Rueb Karen Zraick

July 25, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, California

California is offering up to $300,000 of debt relief to doctors who accept Medi-Cal, the state’s version of Medicaid, in an attempt to incentivize physicians to move to the state and serve low-income communities. The program is funded through revenue from the state's tax on tobacco products and has helped 247 physicians and 4o dentists so far.

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