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What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

Lawrence Lanahan

May 04, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States

A growing number of companies are eliminating the phrase "bachelor's degree required" from their job postings. The Hechinger Report explores how companies such as Houghton Mifflin have shifted their hiring practices in recent years to emphasize applicants' skills rather than degrees with help from organizations like Resilient Coders, which offer software engineering and web development bootcamps for people of color.

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In Indonesia, bigger catches for a fishing village protecting its mangroves

Aseanty Pahlevi

May 03, 2019 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Indonesia, Sungai Nibung

Offering ecosystems a short break from extractive practices can stave off environmental degradation and overfishing. In Indonesia, regions of the Nibung River are closed for several months to allow populations of fish and crabs to recover. The fishing moratoriums not only increase yields and ecosystem resilience, they also improve the quality of life of fishermen. Planet Indonesia, a nongovernmental organization, works enroll locals into the environmental reforms through literacy promotion and education.

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How California Is Making Up for 20 Years of English-Only Education

Sarah Jackson

May 03, 2019 |

Pacific Standard |

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Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

In California, half of school-aged children are the children of immigrants. Among many other initiatives in the city, a community-wide training project in Fresno aims to improve how adults in the city work with students of immigrant families. One of the challenges of the renewed push for a bilingual approach - finding sufficient bilingual teachers after years of the state's English-only education policies.

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Trading Pencils for Hammers: These Kids Are Learning Math and Getting Jobs Right Out of High School

Monica Humphries

May 02, 2019 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, Pflugerville, Texas

Hands-on experience can improve learning outcomes. By using the Geometry in Construction curriculum, developed by Contextual Learning Concepts, schools across the US are not only teaching kids geometry, they are also helping them gain valuable vocational skills. Several of the schools have even paired the program with service work by partnering with Habitat for Humanity.

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NMSU works to recruit, train needed bilingual teachers

Ximenia Tapia

May 02, 2019 |

New Mexico In Depth |

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Response Location: United States, New Mexico

Although many students in New Mexico enter kindergarten speaking two languages, a lack of bilingual and dual language classrooms means students often have trouble maintaining their Spanish or that English Language Learners don't receive appropriate instruction. New Mexico State University and Las Cruces Public Schools are working to break this cycle and recruit and train more bilingual teachers by offering degree programs and incentives and extra resources to teachers who choose this path.

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State of decay: How Maine's dentists get help to practice in underserved areas

David Singer

May 02, 2019 |

WGME-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

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Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

Rural areas of Maine were being underserved when it came to dental hygiene, so the state opened a dental college and a loan repayment program in order to increase the amount of industry professionals. Since opening, the amount of dentists serving these areas has increased and now the university is looking to scale even further by increasing the amount offered in the loan repayment program.

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An Unusual Way to Bridge the Town-Gown Divide

James Fallows

May 01, 2019 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Muncie, Indiana

Ball State University and Muncie, Indiana, are forging an inventive town-gown partnership. In 2018, the school became the first public university to assume responsibility for the city's public schools. The transition has involved intentional community engagement and sparked community enthusiasm that had waned in recent decades and resulted in a dramatically declining school population.

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St. Vrain, with a decade of momentum, is on a “high-tech high” that's gaining national attention for its students and teachers

Christopher Osher

April 30, 2019 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

At St. Vrain, a public school in Boulder County, Colorado's district, students work on projects for IBM and about 100 other industry partners, sometimes earning money and college credits in the process. Educators from across the country are flocking to the school to understand how its STEM curriculum and innovative partnerships are increasing the Latino graduation rate and dramatically decreasing the number of suspensions districtwide.

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What parents of dyslexic children are teaching schools about literacy

Lisa Stark

April 30, 2019 |

PBS NewsHour |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Arkansas

Only about 40 percent of students in the fourth and eighth grades in the U.S. are considered proficient in reading. A group of parents in Arkansas, whose students are dyslexic, are introducing new strategies informed by their children's experiences to change the way reading instruction is taught to all students statewide.

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From dozens of suspensions to one: How this Colorado school stopped removing young children

Ann Schimke

April 30, 2019 |

Chalkbeat Colorado |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Schools in Denver's suburbs are reducing out-of-school suspensions by training teachers to use restorative justice practices and teach students social-emotional skills. Now, a new bill proposes limiting out-of-school suspensions for students statewide.

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