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  • Impossibly United

    November 27, 2018 |

    KUER Radio |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Students at East High School in Salt Lake City took matters into their own hands when they were confronted with the realities of segregation and separatist attitudes at their school. After 43 students had some hard conversations about privilege, cliques, and inequity, they greatly improved representation in the student governing body and started to break down the social (segregated) barriers of cliques in the lunchroom. Students and teachers still consider a lot of work to be done but can also testify to how much the experience has changed their perspective on things.

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  • With growing mental-health needs, colleges look to professors for suicide prevention

    November 27, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Faculty and staff at Philadelphia’s LaSalle University are being given crisis training to recognize, engage, and refer students with suicide ideation. With the number of students seeking mental health care increasing, this program expands the safety net of people students can reach out to in a time of need.

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  • Beating violence with education: How Education City in Dantewada is showing the way

    November 26, 2018 |

    Citizen Matters |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

    In 2011, authorities in Education City set about to combat the Naxal violence by offering education to children who have lost one or both parents to the violence. Today Education City houses 18 institutions and enrolls 5,500 students over 170 acres. In 2013 they managed to bring down the dropout rate from 50% to 13%, and the success of the school has spread excitement and inspiration throughout the city and especially in the children.

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  • PTO Fundraising Benefits Schools With Rich Families the Most. In Some Districts, Parents Are Sharing the Wealth.

    November 26, 2018 |

    Slate |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    School districts in Chicago and Portland have developed systems to ensure parent fundraising dollars are more evenly distributed among affluent schools with strong PTA infrastructure and schools where a majority of the population qualifies for reduced price lunch.

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  • La fórmula de Finlandia para combatir el ‘bullying'

    November 26, 2018 |

    El País |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Finland

    El Ministerio de Educación y Cultura de Finlandia encargó a un grupo de investigadores desarrollar un programa global contra el acoso escolar o bullying que involucrara tanto la prevención como la intervención y que pudiera implantarse en cada colegio de Finlandia durante la enseñanza básica. Así nació KiVa, que trabaja las emociones de la clase con lecciones mensuales y juegos de ordenador. Centrándose en el público y no solo en el matón o la víctima, lograron acabar con el acoso en un 79,4% de casos y se redujo en un 18,5% de las ocasiones.

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  • How Outdoor Programs Are Empowering Transgender Youth

    November 24, 2018 |

    Outside |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Northampton, Massachusetts

    The Venture Out Project hosts outdoor camps and wilderness adventures for transgender children to help them feel a sense of community, confidence, and self-worth. In the midst of controversial political environments across the country, transgender children who partake in these camps find avenues for friendship and alliance.

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  • A school figures out how to educate foster youth

    November 24, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A South Bronx charter school is trying an innovative approach to educating all students, including the one third of its student body in foster care. By adding teachers, behavioral specialists, and extra academic support and relying on a trauma-informed and repetitive structure, Mott Haven Charter School has gradually seen improvement, with its foster youth outperforming other children in the welfare system.

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  • Alaska Native students pursue STEM, with great success

    November 19, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    Middle and high school students of Alaska Native descent enrolled in the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program at the University of Alaska, Anchorage outperform most of their peers in the rest of the country on math and science standards. The program encourages collaboration, hands-on learning, and community building and fights back against negative stereotypes of Alaska Natives that have been shaped by generations of repeated trauma.

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  • This Nonprofit Wants to Save Butterflies From Trump's Border Wall

    November 19, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Monarch butterfly populations, having declined around 90 percent over roughly 20 years, are getting a helping hand from cities like San Antonio. By providing crucial habitat and hosting butterfly-centered festivals, cities along the Monarch's route are aiding migration while boosting conservation awareness.

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  • Meet the Young Alaska Natives Pursuing a Successful Career in the STEM Fields

    November 19, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Anchorage

    The Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program is working to provide full scholarships, a strong STEM background, and most importantly, a sense of community, to the majority Alaska-Native group of students in the program. The program's results are impressive - ANSEP students "outperform students of all backgrounds in math and science" and groups around the country are trying to emulate those results for other disadvantaged and negatively stereotyped groups.

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