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LA policy shift yields decline in school suspensions

Christine Armario

January 10, 2015 |

LA Daily News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Huge numbers of students were getting suspension as punishment - until there was a nationwide push to rollback zero-tolerance policies instituted after the deadly Columbine High School shootings that emphasize harsh discipline for even minor misbehavior in favor of support-focused alternatives. The idea: Cultivate communication between teachers and students by gathering in weekly circles to discuss concerns and form one-on-one “harm circles” between students, parents and counselors when conflicts arise.

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Illinois falls short in $20 million effort to develop 1,000 teachers

Diane Rado

January 09, 2015 |

Chicago Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Illinois

To address the low diversity in the teacher workforce, in 2005, Illinois committed $20 million to a Grown Your Own Teacher Initiative to develop 1,000 teachers. The program provided a pathway for parents, community leaders, or other school staff to become teachers. However, by 2015, only 80 graduates of the program were hired in local schools - many dropped out after borrowing tuition money with no requirement that they repay loans. Proponents highlight individual success stories and say the program needs more time to create meaningful change, while critics point to the program's discouraging statistics.

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Go Small!

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

January 06, 2015 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Large one-size-fits-all high schools are failing. In New York City, an experiment in small schools seems to be working.

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At Grabiarz School of Excellence in Buffalo, high expectations and rigor breed success

Tiffany Lankes

December 21, 2014 |

The Buffalo News |

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Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

Grabiarz School of Excellence has a highly motivated principal and a model of support that squeezes in learning at every opportunity. So far, it’s working as teachers make sure to maximize instruction time.

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Big Ideas in Social Change, 2014

Tina Rosenberg

December 11, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Charleston, South Carolina

A overview of 2014's Fixes columns - connecting the dots between 60 or so ways that people are trying to change the world.

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Suspending kids doesn't fix bad behavior; schools look for answers

Claudia Rowe

December 05, 2014 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Kent, Washington

It stands to reason: Kick troubled students out of school and they often come back even worse. The Kent School District is trying to tackle this national problem by overhauling the way it handles discipline. But its answers spark even more questions.

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Generation Citizen College Volunteers Teach About Political Action

Kathleen O'Brien

December 05, 2014 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States

Generation Citizen is a nonprofit that places college students in high school and middle schools to teach students about civic engagement. Each college volunteer, known as a Democracy Coach, teaches a semester-long class and gets students to identify and develop a plan to solve a local issue of their choosing, including topics like bullying, unemployment, and public transit. As of 2014, the nonprofit, which was started by Scott Warren, included around 10,000 students and over 500 college volunteers in New York City, San Francisco, Boston, and Providence.

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How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps

Stephen J. Dubner

December 04, 2014 |

Freakonomics |

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Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

Fixing the education system in the country requires addressing the problem of student motivation to endure and succeed in school. Pathways to Education is a Toronto-based program designed to keep at-risk kids in school. It offers four different kinds of support: counseling, academic, social and financial, all of which contribute to a 46 percent decrease in the student drop-out rate.

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UW, WSU give future engineers a ‘redshirt season'”

Katherine Long

November 29, 2014 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

In an idea borrowed from college athletics called redshirting, STARS enrolls promising engineering students — many of them women and minorities — to give them an additional year of collegiate academic work before they’re ready for the big time. A similar program is in its second year at Washington State University.

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America's Tiniest Innovators: Report from Pittsburgh

Deborah Fallows

November 15, 2014 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

In a Pittsburgh elementary school, kids grapple with electricity and circuits, breeding a familiarity with technology that founders of the “Children’s Innovation Project” hope equips them for a better future. This partnership between Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh public schools, and the CREATE Lab (Community, Robotics, Education, Technology, Empowerment) is helping kids incorporate a passion for technology into their lives and their futures.

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