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Hope Starts Here effort works to boost early childhood education in Detroit

Patrick Dunn

June 17, 2024 |

Chalkbeat Detroit |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Hope Starts Here is a sweeping child care initiative designed to improve early childhood outcomes for Detroit children by targeting different areas such as public outreach, program quality, and funding streams. Since it began, the initiative has helped open a new early childhood education center, helped thousands of families to access child care subsidies, and reached more than 5,000 people through education and outreach events.

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For child care workers, state aid for their own kids' care is 'life-changing'

Elaine S. Povich

June 17, 2024 |

Stateline |

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Response Location: United States, Smithfield, Rhode Island

To help address staffing shortages, states such as Rhode Island have launched pilot programs leveraging federal funding to subsidize child care costs for early childhood education workers. Child care centers say the programs have helped them attract and retain staff while making care more affordable for employees, but some states are struggling to make the funding permanent.

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A small rural town needed more Spanish-language child care. Here's what it took.

Lauren Wagner

June 15, 2024 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Lexington, Nebraska

In partnership with other local organizations and advocacy groups, Communities for Kids trains providers to offer Spanish-language childcare, as the state lacks sufficient access to culturally responsive, bilingual care. The training is free and has already licensed several individuals who now run their own Spanish-speaking childcare centers.

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Volleyball Was for Girls. Now It's Booming With Boys.

Rachel Bachman

June 11, 2024 |

Wall Street Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Minnesota

Accelerated by the First Point Foundation, a growing movement is working to increase the number of high school and college men's volleyball programs, a sport dominated by women's programs.

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Inside the Hausa edtech platform bridging the language divide for Africans

Yahuza Bawage

June 11, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria

The online education platform Flowdiary is bridging a language gap in the industry by offering training courses in Hausa, so young people in Hausa-speaking communities across Africa can learn the necessary skills for a career in technology.

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Keene Lions Club screenings help kids envision healthy future

Olivia Casey

June 09, 2024 |

Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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Response Location: United States, Swanzey, New Hampshire

The KidSight program offers free vision screenings to catch and correct eyesight problems early. The local Keene Lions Club offers these screenings throughout the year with the help of trained volunteers. Beyond screenings, the Lions Club can also fully cover the costs of any further care needed, such as glasses or more exams, for families living below 200% of the federal poverty level. The group screened 3,394 this past school year.

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This Birmingham group points children to careers in sports: 'Hope and purpose'

Alaina Bookman

June 08, 2024 |

AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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Response Location: United States, Birmingham, Alabama

The ZeroZero Foundation works to support youth with an interest in sports through athletic training, summer programming, counseling, field trips, scholarship opportunities, and connections to internships and job opportunities in the sports industry. The organization currently serves more than 100 children in the Birmingham area.

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The cafeteria as classroom

Bridget Huber

June 06, 2024 |

Food and Environment Reporting Network |

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Response Location: United States, Lawrence, Georgia

The nonprofit World Wildlife Fund is working with elementary schools in the United States to develop programs that teach students about food waste in hopes of encouraging environmental responsibility. They practice ways to reduce their waste at lunch, learn how to compost and sort garbage, and keep track of the amount of waste they’ve reduced.

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Adult education finds home at a closed elementary school

Steffi Puerto

June 04, 2024 |

KALW |

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Response Location: United States, East Oakland, California

The Oakland Adult Education Center offers a variety of classes, such as ESL courses, GED preparation, computer literacy, and career development, and participants say the East Oakland location in a former elementary school has made the programs much easier to access. However, some in the neighborhood say the loss of the elementary school has been a difficult adjustment for local children and families.

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Against all odds: Educating Nigeria's Fulani children amidst adversity

Yahuza Bawage

June 03, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Jabi, Adamawa

Founded to address the root causes of cattle rustling in Nigeria, such as lack of access to education, as well as raise awareness of Fulani culture, the Fulani Care and Support Foundation set up makeshift classrooms to provide formal education for children aged 7 to 12. By relying on volunteer teachers, one of the foundation’s schools offers lessons for about 50 students three times a week.

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