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  • What Mindfulness Does for Urban Kids

    In Baltimore, the effects of poverty hamper student's educational experience. This article looks at one school's attempt to address these education and behavioral barriers through meditation.

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  • New school rules? Swotting up on ‘positive education'

    In an aim to alleviate depression in youth, the concept of "positive education" emerges. While teaching empathy and multilateral collaboration may not be a priority in most teachers' lesson plans, especially ones who rely on standardized test scores, they are necessary skills that students need. This "positive education" ideology should be a priority in curricula as it is valued heavily by future employers.

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  • A Program That Gives Undocumented Grandmas Childcare Credentials

    Providers Advancing Student Outcomes, or PASO, is run by Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition and helps early childcare providers learn critical skills to enhance children's socio-emotional skills. Many of the participants are undocumented and therefore work under the radar without special training.

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  • Teaching Teens Financial Literacy

    Students at Provine High School will soon be able to open up accounts with Hope Credit Union, right in their own hallway. The partnership is helping students realize that having a relationship with a financial institution can create a more stable financial future, breaking the cycle of poverty.

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  • How Forensics Are Boosting the Battle Against the Wildlife Trade

    In recent years, advances in technologies such as genetics testing, forensic sciences, and online database management have allowed governments and organizations to tackle poaching and the illegal trade of wildlife at a whole new level. Where before law enforcement generally focused on capturing poachers and traders red-handed - usually resulting in the arrest of players low down on the chain - technology is helping investigators target the ringleaders and instigate preventative, rather than reactionary, measures.

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  • Can Flint be reborn through its public schools?

    Ninety percent of students in Flint, Michigan are economically disadvantaged and the city has a $10 million deficit. Yet through local partners, the schools have been able to offer community education system including extracurriculars and health care for residents of all ages.

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  • How One University Used Big Data To Boost Graduation Rates

    Georgia State University in Atlanta is using a predictive analytics model to identify red flags that can stop students from graduation. With this system, the university advisors can intervene early on and help students graduate.

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  • The world would be $1.1 trillion richer if it treated its young people like Germany does

    Germany boasts a high youth unemployment level by running "dual educational systems" that incorporate vocational training into formal training. Other countries are now trying to follow suit in order to boost economic growth and decrease youth unemployment.

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  • The last word: protecting our vanishing languages

    The world is expecting to lose half its languages by the end of the century. People are preserving the ancestral languages by collecting and utilizing the vocabulary within their families and using apps and technologies to learn new languages.

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  • Supporting Women's Leadership for a Post-Conflict Syria

    “100 Syrian Women, 10,000 Syrian Lives,” is a scholarship program providing opportunities for Syrian women in higher education institutions. As a result of the Syrian war, the rate of women enrolled in universities and colleges dropped drastically and the nonprofit is helping to empower them to pursue their educational goals. The program is also hoping to expose Syrian women to conflict resolution techniques they can share in their communities.

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