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

    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

    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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  • Undocumented students at UC Davis find a safe haven

    October 31, 2014 |

    Latino USA |

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    Response Location: United States, Davis, California

    Undocumented students face unique legal hurdles and obstacles, as well as feelings of fear and shame. To help, the University of California Davis opened up a resource center that is just for undocumented students. They not only have a space for themselves, but also have professional and academic support. “I feel like there is a place for me here.” The director of the center is already getting inquiries from other universities that want to replicate the model.

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  • Demystifying the MOOC

    October 29, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Stanford, California

    The creators of online classes hoped to provide quality education to the disadvantaged but have instead created an international supplement to classroom learning and tool for professional development.

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  • Activists are trying to stop gang rape in India by talking about sex

    October 29, 2014 |

    Global Post |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi, Delhi

    Sex ed is surprisingly awkward in the land of the Kama Sutra, but one foundation is trying to change that with a modern version of the program, all in an effort to stop gang rape.

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  • When a Community College Transforms a City

    October 29, 2014 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    In recent years, Columbus, Ohio's community college has taken a leading role in citywide economic development efforts. This has involved bolstering "career pathways" by better aligning high schools, community colleges, and local employers.

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  • Does class size matter? Research reveals surprises

    October 28, 2014 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Research in the U.S. suggests that a small class size is not enough but in combination with teacher training it leads to a change in achievement.

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  • Putting students in charge to close the achievement gap

    October 24, 2014 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsfield, New Hampshire

    Students take responsibility for their own learning at Pittsfield Middle High School, where student-centered learning puts them in charge of leading discussions, creating group work goals and individual learning projects.

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  • In India, Revealing the Children Left Behind

    October 23, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Volunteers with the Annual Status of Education Report test children's math and reading skills in villages across India. While 96 percent of Indian children are in school, ASER reveals that many of them are not receiving a real education. "Learning camps", an initiative called Read India, and grouping children by ability, not age, are helping bridge the gap.

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  • How This Teen's Quest to Define 'Sustainability' Changed State Law

    October 17, 2014 |

    The Tyee |

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    Response Location: United States, Kaneohe, Hawaii

    Hawaii private school students were taught about ecological sustainability, but public school students were not. After losing a school essay contest about sustainability, a high school student convinced Hawaii’s legislature to pass a resolution requiring that every student learn the meaning of the concept. Due to this student’s advocacy, the state is also piloting a program to install solar panels on its public schools to teach children how to be more self-sustaining.

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