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In a global economy, Mass. lags in teaching foreign languages

James Vaznis

April 04, 2016 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Park City, Utah

In a global economy, helping students succeed means offering them the opportunity to become multilingual. States such as Utah, Indiana, and Delaware have stepped up their efforts with immersion programs for elementary students.

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Fenway High ‘test kitchen' cooking up districtwide menu changes

James Vaznis

April 04, 2016 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

A test kitchen set up at Fenway High School this year to try out new lunch items is slowly transforming cuisine across the school system, as part of an effort to expand more healthful food options for students.

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New App Helps Undocumented Immigrants Find College Scholarships

Mariela Patron

April 03, 2016 |

KQED |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Many undocumented students are often encumbered when seeking prosperous avenues to college affordability and DREAMer’s Roadmap app is changing that. The app, founded by Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca—an undocumented immigrant—works to help connect other undocumented students with scholarship opportunities by letting students search through a free database of scholarships, and sending users alerts via text, email or social media when new scholarships are added to the system.

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Engendering Equal Education

Zachary Silva

April 01, 2016 |

OR Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

A policy adopted in Eugene’s 4J School District has been creating safe spaces for transgender students from kindergarten through high school. Gender-inclusive programs at the University of Oregon have marked the school as a national leader in LGBTQ acceptance.

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'I owe them my life... they put me back on track'

Nick Beake

March 31, 2016 |

BBC |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United Kingdom, London

A new approach to youth justice in southeast Spain is turning lives around through agricultural labor and special education.

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What Changes When a School Embraces Mindfulness?

Katrina Schwartz

March 30, 2016 |

KQED |

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Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

Child trauma is a delicate issue to tackle. Taking the time to practice mindfulness, every day, several times a day, has made a big difference at a school trying to overcome trauma.

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Meet the Scraper Bike Team of East Oakland

Benjamin Michel

March 30, 2016 |

KQED |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

In Oakland, California, a group of elementary and middle school-aged kids have banded together to ride bikes together as a way to stay out of trouble. Although the practice has a positive influence on the kid's physical health, and is good for the environment, it is also positively impacts the student's academics since a the "team" requires a certain grade point average as well.

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Dormitory expansion in Tanzania is slow but keeps girls in school

Melanie Lidman

March 29, 2016 |

Global Sisters Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Tanzania, Morogoro

Everyone knows how to stop the epidemic of teen pregnancies in Tanzania, where one out of every four babies is born to a woman under the age of 18. It is one thing that politicians, teachers, sisters, priests, imams, police officers and activists all agree on. And its success has been proven by plummeting teen pregnancy rates everywhere it has been implemented.

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In D.C., a radical shift in parent involvement

Michael Levenson

March 29, 2016 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

The Washington, DC program is part of a radical shift in the way some schools are thinking about parent involvement. Rather than encourage parents to attend bake sales and spaghetti dinners — which have long been the domain of middle-class families and have no direct link to academic achievement — these schools are effectively training parents of all backgrounds to become informed and confident tutors at home.

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Half of This School's Students Are Homeless or in Foster Care. 82% Go to College.

Peter Slattery

March 28, 2016 |

Daily Beast |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Broome Street Academy uses a data-driven, mentoring, and community schooling approach to get over 80 percent of its student population, half of whom are homeless, into college. Broome distances itself from the typical charter school model - funding comes from independent fundraising, the state of New York, and a local nonprofit that doubles as the provider of free health services to students.

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