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  • Getting Student Power Into the Voting Booth

    July 04, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    The ALL IN challenge implores leaders at colleges across the United States to better incorporate civic engagement education into curriculum and use non-partisan tactics to encourage students to register to vote. The recent push is in part a response to the discouraging results published by Tufts University in 2014 - during that year's midterm election, only 12 percent of college students voted, and for the 2016 presidential election, less than half cast their vote.

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  • Two Seattle tech-training programs — why did one succeed, one fail?

    July 02, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Two federally-funded Seattle tech training programs tasked with increasing diversity in the industry returned dramatically different results over the course of one year. Experts credit Apprenti's employer-driven nature, use of an online screening tool, and close ties with the local tech community with its relative success in placing 220 people in apprenticeships in its first 18 months. 94 percent of applicants to Aprenti's program were women, veterans, or persons of color, with only 55 percent holding a post-secondary degree.

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  • Personalized learning is the new education reform hiding in plain sight

    July 02, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Journalist Laura Pappano travels to Texas to examine how one school is enacting "personalized learning," a trend she suspects may be "more revolutionary than we think." At Dan D. Rogers Elementary School in Dallas, students are taught to lead their own learning starting in their first days of kindergarten. Pappano weighs the pros and cons of the approach, looking at technology and educational equity in these increasingly popular schools.

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  • After Decades of Reform, Has Chicago Finally Learned How to Fix Education?

    July 01, 2018 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    In 2017, researchers found that Chicago elementary and middle school students were improving their test scores at a faster pace than almost all of their peers nationwide. Reflecting on this surprising statistic and lessons learned from 30 years of education reform experimentation, CPS points to its emphasis on high quality principal development and teacher mentoring programs as one of the most crucial factors in the turnaround.

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  • How an Unknown Reformer Rescued One of America's Most Troubled School Districts

    June 30, 2018 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

    In his five years as superintendent of Camden public schools, Paymon Rouhanifard shepherded in a new era of increasing graduation and decreasing suspension rates. Rouhanifard "avoided the extremes of zigzagging educational trends" and combined his background as both a politician and an educator to offer up a long term path to improvement, one that took into consideration the fate of public and charter schools alike. As Rouhanifard moves on, he leaves a unique legacy, one he hopes will prove resistant to the whims of short-term education reform trends.

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  • Brazil's audacious plan to fight poverty using neuroscience and parents' love

    June 29, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    Criança Feliz (Happy Child), is a parent-coaching program that was launched in Brazil in 2017 to help parents and children build healthier relationships. The program works by sending skilled social workers to the most financially disadvantaged regions of Brazil to help parents learn the importance of play, emotional interaction and well-being, and how to stimulate intellectual development through interactive activities. The program has already reached 300,000 families.

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  • The Rise of College ‘Grade Forgiveness'

    June 29, 2018 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Universities around the country are participating in a policy called grade forgiveness, which allows students to retake a course they failed. Around 91 percent of universities allow this practice. Nationally, grade forgiveness has been working “In 2015, 42 percent of grades were top marks, compared to 31 percent in 1988.” Ultimately, the policy can lead to student retention and higher graduation rates. “We see students achieve more success because they retake a course and do better in subsequent courses or master the content that allows them to graduate on time.”

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  • Big Tech's Hot New Talent Incubator: Community College

    June 29, 2018 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Disappointed with the talent and skills coming out of traditional four year liberal arts colleges, high-profile tech companies, such as Amazon and Google, are turning to community colleges as a new source of desperately-needed tech talent. Companies are offering their own curricula and apprenticeships to ensure students are prepared for the workplaces they will graduate into.

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  • 1 Neighborhood. 24 Kindergarten Classes. 40 Languages. (Some Miming Helps.)

    June 29, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto

    At Toronto's Fraser Mustard Early Learning Academy, the immigrant-heavy kindergarten class enters speaking over 40 different languages. Most students are from low-income backgrounds, with many needing individualized special education. Through miming, pictures, and a longer school day, Mustard Academy works to reach and prepare all kindergarten-age children before they begin elementary classes.

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  • The People Behind Your Tech Addiction Are Now Trying to Curb It

    June 28, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Teaching people about the harmful impacts of social media and tech addiction are a crucial first step in mitigating its consequences. The Center for Human Technology (CHT) has partnered with Common Sense Media to launch the Truth About Tech campaign, which calls for a shift in values surrounding technology and tech companies. The organizations accomplish this through a curricula designed to teach awareness and mindfulness about tech use beginning at an early age. By high school, students are introduced to ethical design principles.

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