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  • How faculty mentors can help first-generation students succeed

    May 15, 2018 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, California

    University of California schools pair first-generation professors with first-generation students. The mentoring program aims to increase the 40 percent college completion rate for first-generation students nationwide.

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  • How Being Part of a 'House' Within a School Helps Students Gain A Sense of Belonging

    May 14, 2018 |

    KQED |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Galt, California

    Assigning students to Harry-Potter-style "houses" in primary and secondary schools dissolves differences and decreases disciplinary rates, according to a school in California that successfully launched the system. Administrators say "residential colleges" breed built in mentorships between grades, promote inclusion and a sense of belonging, and decrease suspensions.

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  • Debate Clubs Catch on at Arab Universities

    May 14, 2018 |

    Al-Fanar Media |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Qatar, Doha

    Across the Arab world countries like Bahrain, Egypt, and Jordan, are fostering university debate clubs, which in turn are helping students develop their communication and critical thinking skills. “Now, I am more receptive to new ideas, even those that go against the beliefs I’ve held for a long time. My communication and public-speaking skills also got exponentially better because of debating.”

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  • National program brings American Indian culture to Native students

    May 11, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Through the Title VII federal grant program, schools in Utah incorporate American Indian cultural curriculum such as history and dance into the school day and offer additional academic supports specifically for American Indian students. "The program helps the parents in passing down traditions by providing culture classes that they may not have the knowledge to teach their own kids," explains one assistant coordinator.

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  • Redefining Success

    May 10, 2018 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    While Hawaii's Kamalani Academy tries to improve the school experience for and academic achievements of immigrant students from the Marshall Islands, it is looking to an unlikely place for inspiration: Springdale, Arkansas.

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  • An Arkansas School District Goes All-In Welcoming Marshallese Students

    May 10, 2018 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Springdale, Arkansas

    How is the small town of Springdale, Arkansas handling a growing influx of students from the Marshall Islands? Schools are organizing home visits and building parent communities through after-school Micronesian basketball leagues, English language courses for parents, and more.

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  • Dogs help students beyond play

    May 09, 2018 |

    KMGH-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    In one Colorado classroom, the teacher's pet, a dog named Buster, is teaching students lessons about patience, responsibility, and confidence.

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  • Special delivery: Text messages bring courses to disconnected students

    May 09, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Yemen

    A group of college students has developed a text-message based entrepreneurship course designed for students in locations where "phones are common, but internet access is not," including in Yemen. The founders hope that their curriculum will help to close the persistent "social-capital gap" in business education.

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  • LACMA and Arizona State University Team Up for a New Grad Program Aimed at Diversifying Museum Leadership

    May 09, 2018 |

    Artnet |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Arizona State University have teamed up to provide graduate students with a scholarship, an opportunity to work at LACMA, and a salary for that work. Furthermore, the program is aimed at people of color and has a goal of helping to diversify the curatorial profession.

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  • One Ohio School's Quest to Rethink Bad Behavior

    May 08, 2018 |

    The Atlantic |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    At Ohio Avenue Elementary School, where many students live below the poverty line, all teachers receive training on the science of trauma and how it impacts the children in their classrooms. What teachers do with this knowledge is up to them - Katherine Reynolds Lewis asks, "What if the most effective way to help kids learn self-control is for adults to stop being so controlling?" The school has seen many students gain the ability to "self-calm," a coping mechanism that is hard to teach students who have experienced domestic or police violence or periods in the foster care system.

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