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  • For Some Migrant Worker Children in College, a Free Sandwich Can Make All the Difference

    July 17, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

    At California University State-Fresno, 64 percent of students enrolled in a migrant support program graduate within six years, compared with 56 percent of first-generation students at the university. The College Assistance Migrant Program offers students lessons on topics ranging from how to cook meals to how to interact with professors. Since 1972, CAMP has helped these children of migrant workers go to college and its strategies have improved the odds for first-generation students to graduate.

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  • Getting low-income kids into jobs by getting them into career-themed high schools

    July 16, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    In San Antonio, career-themed schools are at the center “of a growing push to more closely match the skills students gather in high school with workforce needs.” The Center for Applied Science and Technology (CAST), described as akin to “an outpost of Google,” works with industry partners to connect students with local jobs and ensure lessons are up to date, all while emphasizing socioeconomic integration through an approach called “diversity by design.”

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  • Somaliland Uses Phones to Help Improve Schools

    July 16, 2018 |

    Al-Fanar Media |

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    Response Location: Somaliland

    Similar to other countries in Africa, Somaliland is using technology to better education. There, an estimated 150,000 parents use a free-mobile messaging tool to communicate about school conditions with the government. The capital of Somaliland engages in “community scorecards,” a mobile survey of thousands of students and their parents regarding their schooling.

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  • How New Orleans Is Helping Its Students Succeed

    July 15, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Calling New Orleans' post-Katrina school reform "the most ambitious education overhaul in modern America," journalist David Leonhardt outlines what he sees as the two main pillars holding up New Orleans' success -- autonomy and accountability. Leonhardt writes, "New Orleans is a great case study partly because it avoids many of the ambiguities of other education reform efforts. The charters here educate almost all public-school students, so they can’t cherry pick." Can other districts, who aren't starting from scratch, learn from the city's remarkable progress?

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  • Tiny Homes Are Baby Steps Toward Reversing the Housing Crisis

    July 14, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Tiny homes, proposed across the world as a solution to housing problems, come in many forms. Baltimore is trying its own model. A creative partnership under the non-profit Civic Works is connecting people who want affordable homes with youth who want to learn construction skills and get their GED. Though still in the prototype stage, this project will show the potential for collaboration between non-profit groups, developers, and the local government.

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  • How San Francisco sends less trash to the landfill than any other major U.S. city

    July 14, 2018 |

    CNBC |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    San Francisco is aiming to achieve zero waste by 2020. Thanks to the implementation of public policy that made recycling and composting mandatory and a focus on city-wide awareness, however, the Californian city has already been able to divert 80 percent of its waste from landfills. It diverts more waste from landfills than any major city.

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  • Door Step School Brings Education to Out-of-School Children in India

    July 14, 2018 |

    Borgen Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    The Door Step School group is making education accessible to disadvantaged communities across India. Part of that approach included its mobile classroom, School on Wheels, where a bus with a driver, instructor, and a supervisor head out to different communities and host up to 50 pupils at a time.

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  • Farmworkers Feed Us. How Do We Support Their Kids?

    July 13, 2018 |

    Wyoming Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Manvel, North Dakota

    Children of farmworker families, many of whom travel seasonally during the school year, often need help filling gaps in the curriculum. Since the 1960s, the Migrant Education Program has been providing states with access to federal education funds meant to assist the children of migrant families with meeting educational requirements.. The money is used to provide different levels of support, from summer instruction to specialized curricula, in the states that continue to accept funding.

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  • For these Philly black and Latino teens, the future lies in squash

    July 13, 2018 |

    The Undefeated |

    Photojournalism |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The nonprofit organization, SquashSmarts, works with Black and Latino youth on Philadelphia’s north and west sides to mentor them from middle school through the end of high school. The organization offers academic services like help with homework and college applications, and rounds out its services with athletic instruction in squash – all at no cost to kids and families. The program has helped students raise their GPAs, get into charter schools, and be accepted into high-standing universities like Morehouse College and Temple University.

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  • A curriculum to help students build healthy relationships

    July 13, 2018 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Seeley Lake, Montana

    Having a trusted network of adult mentors promotes social engagement and resilience in kids. The Kaleidoscope Connect program in Seeley Lake, Montana teaches seventh and eighth grade students the importance of trusted adult support and healthy decisions using colorful balloons, strings, and anchors as a metaphor. The two-year curriculum aims to address challenges ranging from rural isolation to student trauma by giving kids the tools to build healthy relationships with multiple adult mentors inside and outside of school.

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