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Teaching parents how to teach their toddlers: Seattle-area program yields lasting benefits

Neal Morton

December 21, 2016 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

The Parent-Child Home Program in the Seattle area is helping close the achievement gap in poor and at-risk families by giving 2 and 3 year-olds a jump start in early education. By pairing parents with a trained educator, the program is helping children in low-income and immigrant families perform on par with their white and wealthier peers years later, improving graduation rates and potentially even salary and healthy lifestyles in the long term.

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Life After Timber

Sarah Gilman

December 20, 2016 |

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Response Location: United States, Alaska

When Alaska's largest Tlingit village faced a future without forests after years of clearcutting efforts, community members, organizations and corporations alike came together to look for solutions. After years of efforts and unwavering resiliency, the habitat is on the pathway to restoration.

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Did free college save this city?

Simon Montlake

December 17, 2016 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

In 2005, anonymous donors announced they would cover college tuition for most students in all future Kalamazoo, Michigan classes: "Other cities declare themselves open for business or tourism. Kalamazoo wants you to know that it’s funding knowledge." While the culture around college has changed dramatically since the program's inception and more students are attending college, the program hasn't come without challenges: many get to college but don't necessarily have the preparation to make it to graduation. As other cities start similar programs, Kalamazoo's long-standing initiative offers important lessons.

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What Keeps Women Out of Career Programs — and What Will Make Them Stay

Johnny Magdaleno

December 16, 2016 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Newport, Kentucky

Research is recognizing that to help women graduate from career programs additional supports and services are needed such as child care, domestic violence aid and emergency cash assistance. Programs, such as The Brighton Center, provide systems of support where students can list additional supports they need and receive the help they need to graduate.

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Colorful maps and wooden blocks have lured some skeptical parents — but can free public Montessori survive in Detroit?

Erin Einhorn

December 14, 2016 |

Chalkbeat Detroit |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Detroit implemented the Montessori Method at several public schools, despite funding constraints. The program has attracted families that might otherwise look to the suburbs and private schools for education. It has resulted in more diverse classrooms and more opportunities for students.

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The Lone Peak story: What you didn't know about affluence and teen suicide

Jesse Hyde

December 14, 2016 |

Deseret News |

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Response Location: United States, Highland, Utah

Young adult suicide rates are at record highs, and where issues such as trauma and poverty were once believed to be the primary causes, more and more affluent communities like Alpine, Utah are facing another factor: the high pressure on students to conform to a narrow and rigorous definition of success. By teaching parents and students to recognize early warning signs, establishing peer "Hope Groups," providing comprehensive counseling and treatment plans, and eliminating cultural taboos that prevent dialogue, communities like Lone Peak are starting to curb teen depression and suicide.

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How Ontario's vision of equity for schools contrasts starkly with Pennsylvania's

Kevin McCorry

December 13, 2016 |

Keystone Crossroads |

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Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

Part 1 of the "Equity or Bust: Are Ontario's Public Schools a Model for Pennsylvania" Series: Ontario has become widely lauded for its education system, celebrated for both high performance and relatively smaller achievement gaps between wealthy and poor students, thanks to the concept of "equity." This manifests, in essence, as more funding per-pupil to the school boards that serve students who face the greatest obstacles. The model contrasts starkly to the school system in Pennsylvania, regarded as "the most inequitable in the nation.”

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Reflexión sobre un genocidio: “¿Por qué nos pasó?”

Lola García-Ajofrín

December 13, 2016 |

El País |

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Response Location: Cambodia, Phnom Penh

En Camboya, una obra de teatro que se presenta en las escuelas aborda uno de los episodios más crueles de la historia del país y del siglo XX en general, en el que murieron alrededor de 1,7 millones de camboyanos —un cuarto de la población del país—. Luego de cada función, a la que asisten sobrevivientes, se promueve un diálogo intergeneracional con las y los estudiantes que permite mostrar cómo el teatro escolar puede transformarse en una gran herramienta para luchar contra el olvido.

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Dominicans' hostel supports college students in Vietnam

Joachim Pham

December 12, 2016 |

Global Sisters Report |

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Response Location: Vietnam, Da lat, Lam Dong

It is rare for ethnic minority women from rural villages in Vietnam to pursue education. At the Dominican Sisters' Huong Duong Dormitory they are providing women with accommodations, scholarships, and support systems to aid their pursuit of higher education.

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As Other Districts Grapple With Segregation, This One Makes Integration Work

Kyle Spencer

December 12, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Morristown, New Jersey

The Morris district in Northern New Jersey has long championed diversity, even as its student body has changed and nearby schools remain deeply segregated. Each elementary school in the district draws from multiple neighborhoods, with a constant open zone at the center (where the poorest families live) where students are assigned to schools in order to maintain racial and economic diversity.

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