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  • Women earn unique master's in ministry behind Tennessee prison bars

    Ted Parks

    December 21, 2022 |

    The Christian Chronicle |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    Lipscomb University's LIFE Program provides educational opportunities to women incarcerated at the Debra Johnson Rehabilitation Center, including a master's degree in Christian ministry. The courses are also offered to non-incarcerated people who learn alongside their incarcerated peers, and 13 students graduated from the program in 2022.

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  • Wireless hot spots: A pandemic fix yielding lackluster results for rural students

    Reyes Mata III

    December 19, 2022 |

    Carlsbad Current-Argus |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Santa Teresa, New Mexico

    When the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to shift to remote learning, districts issued wireless hot spots to students as a cost-effective solution to help those living in homes without internet access their school work. While hot spots helped a large number of students, a present digital divide — specifically in rural areas — has made connecting harder for others, but government funding is ramping up to expand broadband access.

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  • Credit Where Credit is Needed

    Melanie Lenart

    December 19, 2022 |

    Native Science Report |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, South Dakota

    South Dakota State University's Expanding the Circle program provides online graduate courses and tuition support to help faculty at tribal colleges update their credentials in line with new accreditation requirements. Since the program was rolled out, the retention rate for online graduate coursework has risen by roughly 30 percent.

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  • UNICEF plans big expansion of program to educate Rohingya children in Bangladesh

    Sharif Khiam Abdur Rahman

    December 16, 2022 |

    BenarNews |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    The Myanmar Curriculum pilot project allows Rohingya children living in Bangladeshi refugee camps to be educated with the curriculum and language of their native country. The aim to make an eventual return to their home country easier. So far, 200,000 children have been enrolled, mostly in grades 1 through 4. UNICEF plans to scale the program to cover all 410,000 school-age children in the camps.

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  • The rate of out-school children in Nigeria is alarming, but one initiative is taking children off the streets in Gombe

    Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim

    December 14, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Gombe

    The founder of the Uncle Muhsin Education Support Initiative uses his own resources to offer in-person and virtual classes for free to young Nigerians who are out of school. He also offers classes for children in school who do not understand all of their subjects.

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  • Pods live on: School districts are using the pandemic-era invention to help kids recover from ‘learning loss'

    Nancy Walser

    December 14, 2022 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Central Falls, Rhode Island

    Originally developed to help students succeed academically during the pandemic, learning pods in a Rhode Island community continue to help students through in-person school. The pods create job opportunities for community members and give students a place for one-on-one help.

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  • Many schools find ways to solve absenteeism without suspensions

    Tara Garcia Mathewson Maria Polletta

    December 13, 2022 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    Arizona schools are tackling a rising lack of attendance after the pandemic by helping to address the problems keeping students from school instead of immediately suspending them for absences.

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  • Colorado community colleges doubled their graduation rate by better meeting student needs

    Jason Gonzales

    December 13, 2022 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Community colleges in Colorado increased graduation rates by reforming remedial class programs, making sure students' food and housing needs are met, and improving academic advising.

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  • Denver students benefited from 11 years of reforms, new study shows

    Melanie Asmar

    December 13, 2022 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Reforms that improved learning at Denver schools included easier paperwork for school of choice applications, an increased number of charter schools, and the closing of schools with low test scores.

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  • The City That Kicked Cops Out of Schools and Tried Restorative Practices Instead

    Andy Kopsa

    December 12, 2022 |

    In These Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Des Moines, Iowa

    Theodore Roosevelt Highschool in Des Moines, Iowa, transitioned from employing armed school resource officers to a restorative practices team to prevent and mediate violence with proactive support instead of immediate punishment.

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