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  • Universal mental health screenings to be introduced in local middle schools

    Madison Miller

    August 31, 2018 |

    Kirkland Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    In response to a growing suicide rate, Washington State's King County school district is trying to take a proactive approach by incorporating a universal mental health screening through online surveys in seventh grade health classes.

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  • College Not for You? He Offers a Skills 'Boot Camp' Instead

    Keith Griffith

    August 30, 2018 |

    OZY |

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    Response Location: United States

    Since opening its doors in 2013, Praxis, an innovative higher education company, has placed 96 percent of its graduates in entry level jobs by graduation. Praxis accelerates the traditional college path, combining a six month boot camp with a six month apprenticeship.

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  • Schools Crack Down as More Students Cut Class

    Tawnell D. Hobbs

    August 30, 2018 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States

    Schools from Newark to Cleveland are trying new approaches to a longstanding problem - chronic absenteeism. Texas and Florida are offering incentives such as television and gift card raffles while Ohio is getting professional athletes to record reminders for students and New Jersey is installing washing machines on campus for use by homeless students. A Harvard professor who has studied the issue concludes, "There is no single solution."

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  • A little-known program has lifted 9th grade performance in virtually every type of school

    Tara Garcia Mathewson

    August 30, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) program sticks to a simple motto: “Same Students. Same Teachers. Better Results." With this low-key saying, BARR has transformed the performance of students at a wide range of schools - from low-income, low-performing schools to affluent institutions. The key to its success? To start, teachers gather periodically to share notes, concerns and plans about each individual ninth grader.

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  • Scotland to Provide Free Sanitary Products to Students

    Ceylan Yeginsu

    August 29, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Scotland

    Students in Scottish schools, colleges, and universities will now be able to access free sanitary products. This eliminates the indignity of “period poverty” and helps students avoid missing school due to being unable to afford sanitary products.

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  • Big Tech's Newest Experiment in Criminal-Justice Reform

    Alexis C. Madrigal

    August 29, 2018 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Building on the Last Mile program that teaches inmates to code in some California prisons, Slack launched an apprenticeship program for the formerly incarcerated. It's a small initiative compared to the vast need, but organizers hope other companies will join the effort. While Last Mile graduates have stayed out of prison, it's been challenging for them to find actual coding jobs and critics say the effort does not addresses systemic issues around incarceration.

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  • When School Is Based on What Kids Want to Learn

    Amanda Abrams

    August 28, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    Paralleling the rise of standardized-test centric learning has been the mainstream emergence of an opposite form of instruction - "self-directed education." One school administrator explains, "Self-directed education is about de-schooling yourself." Schools are seeing practical benefits from students across the income spectrum, but is our hypercompetitive culture ready and willing to embrace this approach?

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  • Making the preschool magic last as children get older

    Jackie Mader

    August 26, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Christopher House, a Chicago-based early childcare and elementary school, says it has found the key to reducing fade-out post-preschool: “You can’t teach a child without family,” Karen Ross-Williams, director of early childhood and youth development for Christopher House, says. Christopher House offers myriad support services to parents and is unique in that it offers both academics and help with basic needs at the same location.

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  • ‘You can't teach a child without family': It's the magic ingredient at one preschool

    Jackie Mader

    August 26, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Christopher House, a nonprofit organization in Boston, believes wraparound services and family support are key to running a successful preschool. “You can’t teach a child without family,” says Karen Ross-Williams, director of early-childhood and youth development for Christopher House. “This is what makes the difference, when you’re able to partner with the family." In return for free services such as trauma counseling and parenting classes, the nonprofit asks that parents stay as actively involved as possible in the school community.

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  • The prison-to-college pipeline

    Mel Jones

    August 26, 2018 |

    Washington Monthly |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    The "New Jersey-STEP" program enables inmates and formerly incarcerated individuals to use Pell Grant dollars towards a degree at several in-state schools. Unlike most other prison-to-college initiatives, STEP allows students to transfer credits earned during incarceration. And it's also a plus for universities - schools like Rutgers are benefiting from more tuition dollars at a time when many are experiencing decreasing enrollments.

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