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What happens when students are given a say in school budgets?

Caroline Preston

April 12, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

This year, New York City's Department of Education introduced participatory budgeting in 48 public schools to bolster civics education and create a more transparent budgeting process. At Veritas Academy in Queens, students conducted research, consulted teachers, and prepared pitches in pursuit of the $2,000 of the annual budget available; in the end it was a close race between a greenhouse, multi-purpose studio, and filtered water fountain.

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LeBron James Opened a School That Was Considered an Experiment. It's Showing Promise.

Erica Green

April 12, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

One year after LeBron James' I Promise School opened its doors, its students, picked for being some of the worst performing in Akron, Ohio, have shown significant improvement on district assessments. I Promise is funded like other public schools, but also benefits from an additional $600,000 from the James' foundation for more teaching staff, after-school programs, and a family resource center with G.E.D. preparation and career counseling. Teachers say these add-ons have been the key to the school's early success.

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Use of Safe2Tell, created in response to Columbine, is growing as front line tool in school safety

Kevin Simpson

April 11, 2019 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

What started as a telephone tip line, Colorado’s anonymous tip program, Safe2Tell has now become an app that is publicly funded and part of the Attorney General’s office. The program gives students a way to report potentially dangerous situations they hear about or read online. While Safe2Tell does receive some false reports, overall, it has bolstered a sense of trust and protection in schools across the state.

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Millions of dollars' worth of food ends up in school trash cans every day. What can we do?

Lela Nargi

April 09, 2019 |

Ensia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Fayetteville, Arkansas

Across the United States, schools, government agencies, and individuals are taking steps to reduce food waste in our schools’ cafeterias. There are collaborations that are trying to change the systemic processes by creating guides on how to conduct food waste audits, providing research frameworks for innovative change, and providing policy guidance. A large effort is underway to change how children think about food, which means bringing them to farms and into kitchens to bring them closer to the process.

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With business buy-in and property tax boost, Charlotte got on path to universal public pre-K

Sarah Garrecht Gassen

April 07, 2019 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

A comprehensive effort by civic and business leaders to expand access to preschool education in Charlotte-Mecklenburg county resulted in a property tax that pays for high-quality preschool. The program is now serving over 600 students in 33 pulic pre-K classrooms.

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New Jersey high school opens doors every Friday night to keep students off streets

CeFaan Kim

April 05, 2019 |

WABC-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

In Newark, NJ, kids are opting to stay late at school on Friday nights to hang out. This is possible because of West Side High School’s Lights On program, created to give students structured entertainment and to protect them from gun violence and crime.

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Trout lovers trek down to Río Grande for native cutthroat

Cody Hooks

April 04, 2019 |

The Taos News |

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Response Location: United States, Cerro, New Mexico

On New Mexico's public lands, volunteer effort can go a long way for wildlife restoration. Each year, nearly 200 volunteers hike around 10,000 cutthroat trout to the edge of the Río Grande del Norte National Monument Wild Rivers Recreation Area. For a fish occupying less than 10 percent of its historic range, sparking interest in conservation is an added benefit in helping the species.

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Perfectly good food was going in the trash, so an Indiana school turned it into take-home meals for hungry kids

David Williams

April 03, 2019 |

CNN |

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Response Location: United States, Elkhart, Indiana

A community organization in Indiana called Cultivate "rescues" food from local caterers, hospitals, casinos, and businesses to then be packaged into take-home meals for students at Woodland Elementary School that come from food-insecure homes. Cultivate is in its second year of existence, has three staff and 400 volunteers, and hopes to expand beyond their pilot program to reach all 21 schools in the district.

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School district turns unused cafeteria food into frozen, take-home meals for kids

Ashleigh Jackson

April 03, 2019 |

KPHO-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Elkhart, Indiana

Elkhart Community Schools in Indiana has teamed up with a nonprofit called Cultivate to provide meals for students who may go without food over the weekend. In this pilot program, 20 students will receive a backpack full of eight frozen meals made up of "rescued" food from the cafeteria that was made but never served. This initiative helps reduce food waste and ensure that students will not go hungry.

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When a laundromat becomes a library

Lisa Stark

April 02, 2019 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Librarians in New York City are attempting to "promote literacy in ordinary locations." By adding books and staff to laundromats in low-income communities, they are providing opportunities for children living in "book deserts."

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