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A Case Study in Lifting College Attendance

David Leonhardt

June 10, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Wilmington, Delaware

Delaware has been working to make sure that all college-ready graduates, regardless of socioeconomic status, make it to college. With financial reasons standing in the way of many qualified students, the state has worked on multiple levels to make this a possibility.

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A New Model of School Reform

Jeremy Adam Smith

May 21, 2014 |

Greater Good Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Social-emotional learning (SEL) is transforming educational systems in Oakland by forming mentor relationships between adults and students. Unlike other models, though, the adults are the ones held accountable.

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The Lady of the Mangroves

Wanjohi Kabukuru

May 18, 2014 |

Seychelles News Agency |

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Response Location: Seychelles, Roche Caiman, Bel Air

The 2004 tsunami that hit Asia caused significant damage in the islands of the Seychelles, destroying roads, homes, and shoreline. A teacher determined to restore her home through tangible action took a lead role in helping her students take conservation into their own hands by working to restore the mangroves that can protect their island from future storms.

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Fewer dropouts, more degrees: How Walla Walla Community College does it

Katherine Long

May 17, 2014 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Walla Walla, Washington

Individualized advice and counseling, boosted by software tools, is helping hundreds more students earn degrees and certificates each year at Walla Walla Community College in Washington.

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Who Gets to Graduate?

Paul Tough

May 15, 2014 |

The New York Times Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

Aware of the challenges low-income students face, University of Texas Austin is offering them extra hours of instruction, advisers, and peer mentors, aiming to create a new sense of identity for these high-achieving but high-risk students.

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A Pennsylvania district takes on cyber charters

Sarah Garland

May 13, 2014 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Quakertown, Pennsylvania

The small rural school district of Quakertown in Bucks County has become a national model for how to use technology to transform the public school experience. The majority of students in the district take at least one class online and all ninth graders are given laptops they can take to college when they graduate.

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MPS looks to Oakland model to work differently with African-American boys

Beth Hawkins

May 05, 2014 |

MinnPost |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

African American boys were being treated less-than-equally by the Oakland Unified School District – a change of culture was implemented and the playing field leveled. Now, Minnesota is looking to adopt the same system that was started in Oakland by creating schools that are exclusively for African American males in hopes to help them reach higher standards of achievement.

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Teach the Teachers Well

Suzanne Bouffard

April 30, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Rates of problem behaviors and emotional issues among students are high - over 3 million elementary and secondary school students are suspended a year. To remedy the problem, a new program for educators delivers lessons on how to help students navigate their emotional lives.

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High poverty, high test scores: Auburn school is a shouting success

Linda Shaw

April 27, 2014 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Auburn, Washington

As school poverty rates goes up, learning and test scores fall. At Gildo Ray elementary school in Washington state uses a teaching method called director or explicit instruction, in which children learn from a structured approach to teaching with teacher-guided practice. Gildo Ray’s test scores in math and reading are among the highest in the state.

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From slipping through the cracks to the college track

Claudia Rowe

April 14, 2014 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

The Rainier Scholars program in Seattle places fifth graders, who are all minorities, in special coursework through middle and high school, finally offering rigorous college coaching. In Oakland, CA, the National College Advising Corps directs recent graduates into schools to be role models and guides for at-risk students.

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