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  • Detroit Radical Childcare Collective: Not your typical babysitters

    September 18, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    A progressive childcare organization called the Detroit Radical Childcare Collective (DRCC) is filling a need for inclusive, socially-minded childcare options for working parents. The DRCC follows a set of guiding principles (called child-friendly activism), doesn't impose a gender binary, and promotes economic justice by offering their workers a living wage. The collaborative was started in December of 2016 and has since steadily increased in loyal clients and childcare applicants.

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  • Running and Singing to Improve Maths and English

    September 18, 2018 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Scotland, Edinburgh

    Two innovative solutions in Great Britain in education are proving to be highly successful in improving students' performances in math and reading. A school in Edinburgh uses the Daily Mile (spending 15 minutes a day running 6 laps around the school at each student's own pace) as a tool to get students physically fit and intellectually engaged. In Bradford, England, a failing school centered musical education (with a minimum of 3 hours a week in music class) as part of an overhaul of their curriculum, which has been successful in fulfilling students spiritually and strengthening key skills to use elsewhere.

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  • Colleges are starting to teach blockchain technology -- but its not enough for some

    September 17, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    While some universities have been hesitant to let blockchain technology into the traditional halls of academia, UC Berkeley has started offering blockchain entrepreneurship courses and student-run blockchain clubs and is actively looking for more ways to collaborate with industry partners. But UC Berkeley is also the first to admit the transition has challenges - those interviewed cited the lack of infrastructure, rapid rate of technological change, and uniquely multidisciplinary nature of the subject area as barriers to timely and enthusiastic adoption.

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  • From prison to college: Consortium puts inmates in a positive ‘pipeline'

    September 15, 2018 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Inmates who enroll in higher education programs during their sentence are 43 percent less likely to return to prison than their peers who don't, according to a study by the RAND Corporation. A consortium of Massachusetts colleges and state law enforcement agencies are taking action in light of this finding - 13 colleges will offer bachelor's degree programs to offenders either when they are in prison or once they have left.

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  • Bookstores are finding creative ways to survive and thrive in the age of Amazon

    September 14, 2018 |

    Crain's New York Business |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Despite the looming competition from Amazon, independent bookstores in New York are finding ways to innovate and create bookstore experiences that go beyond the books. The Lit. Bar is a bookshop-wine bar in the Bronx that hopes to instill a love of reading while customers shop and drink. By selling non-book products, new iterations of bookstores can increase their profit margin to remain sustainable. Many even succeed with creative financing, from crowdfunding to finding local investors.

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  • Can Teachers Stop Teens From Considering Suicide? New York State Thinks So.

    September 14, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    New York state now requires all public schools to incorporate mental health education into the standard K-12 curriculum. Proponents see this approach as a promising response to the national suicide epidemic, but some worry the ask is unrealistic when teachers don't receive specific training or the support to process their many students' mental health challenges.

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  • Rethinking What Gifted Education Means, and Whom It Should Serve

    September 13, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Silver Spring, Maryland

    Since Montgomery County instituted new admissions policies for its gifted elementary school magnet programs in 2016, the share of black and Hispanic students has increased from 23 percent to 31 percent. The County has changed the test, de-emphasized teacher recommendations, and automatically entered all students in the admissions pool, leveling the playing field for families with fewer resources and less inside knowledge of the process.

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  • Opioid-addicted students pose new challenges for colleges

    September 13, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, New Brunswick, New Jersey

    The opioid crisis has thrust colleges into a new role - recovery house. Compared to 2013, when only a couple dozen colleges had addiction recovery programs, today, there are close to 200. Of the students who enroll, one study found, only eight percent relapse. Although an increasing number of higher education institutions are rolling out similar programs, the stigma and cost of the approach remain significant barriers to more widespread adoption.

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  • Meet The School That Educates Children Hidden In India's Margins

    September 13, 2018 |

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    Response Location: India, Bengaluru

    According to some estimates, close to 8 million children in India are out of primary school. By offering small group learning and self-directed education opportunities, the Gubbachi Learning Community provides a necessarily flexible framework for migrant children in Bangalore to catch up on basic math and literacy skills so they can ultimately join the government-school system with their peers.

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  • Under Threat At Home, Refugee Scholars Find Academic Havens At U.S. Universities

    September 12, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Since the early 2000s, a growing number of universities and organizations worldwide have opened their doors to refugee academics, offering emergency placement services for scholars hoping to continue their work. Most recently, by convening 10 host universities for a series of workshops and conferences, the New School has made a push to connect these academics with each other: "We are trying to nurture intellectual capital, we are saving brains," said Arien Mack, a New School professor who oversees the initiative.

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