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State Leaders Are Turning to Students to Shape Education Policy

Lilah Burke

September 29, 2022 |

EdSurge News |

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Response Location: United States

More students than ever are now providing input on education policies through state boards and councils, with 33 states offering opportunities for student engagement in the policymaking process. Student representatives serving in these positions say the experience has bolstered their interest in politics and given them the chance to weigh in on important issues, and some have successfully lobbied for official voting rights on their boards.

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How this Texas university helps farmworkers' kids through college

Valeria Olivares

September 28, 2022 |

Dallas Morning News |

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Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) is a federal program that was developed as a result of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Higher Education Act of 1965, which was aimed at helping students living in poverty navigate the education process. More than 2,890 students — mostly from low-income, Hispanic families who do seasonal farm work — have gone through the program over the past five decades.

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‘The Mary Lyon way': A Boston inclusion school's successful approach to re-engagement

Christopher Huffaker

September 27, 2022 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

The Mary Lyon School is a “full-inclusion school” designed to give students — especially those with special needs, including emotional and behavioral disabilities — the necessary resources and supports to see positive outcomes with their education. The Mary Lyon School uses community-based approaches and philosophies rooted in inclusion to stay connected with students and their families to help guide them toward their graduation day.

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Indianapolis Students Get ‘Leg Up' On Careers With European-Style Apprenticeships

Patrick O’Donnell

September 26, 2022 |

The 74 |

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Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

Europen-inspired apprenticeship programs in Indianapolis, Indiana, pay students to work and train for jobs allowing them to gain career experience and pay part, or all, of their college tuition before graduation.

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Report: More States Are Giving Students a Say in Education Policy

Asher Lehrer-Small

September 19, 2022 |

The 74 |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

At least 33 states now involve students in education policymaking through formal advisory roles or positions on state boards, and these youth have helped spearhead changes, such as a Massachusetts rule requiring student feedback to be considered in the teacher evaluation process and a Washington bill creating school-based liaisons to coordinate homelessness services.

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Here's how an NGO is offering hope to children with down syndrome, other disabilities in Sokoto

Abdulrasheed Hammad

September 17, 2022 |

International Centre for Investigative Reporting |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto

The Handicap Opportunity for Positive Engagement Society is a nonprofit in Nigeria that provides free, specialized education for children with disabilities. Since the teaching is specific to their needs, students tend to improve in areas they’ve had difficulty with at other schools while here.

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Hydroponics Help Urban Schools Grow Food Year-Round

Lisa Held

September 13, 2022 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Middle and high schools around the country are embracing hydroponic farming. Hydroponics serves as an appealing, interdisciplinary teaching tool and a way to produce fresh, healthy food for students at school and within their communities. Several companies and startups, like Freight Farms, provide the resources for hydroponics farming to schools, with 16 K-12 schools currently using the technology.

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They lost their chance at education once. Then it came knocking on their doors

Ishaka Mohammed Farid Suleiman

September 09, 2022 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Rafin-Guza, Kaduna

The Yasmin El-rufai Foundation's Women Literacy Programme offers training and instruction to women who have not had the opportunity to pursue a formal education. Each cohort completes 13 months of coursework to support literacy, numeracy, oral English, public speaking, civics, and information and computer technology.

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A university initiative plants 33,000 trees to fight climate change, COVID-19 poses a threat

Wisdom Onwunmelu

September 08, 2022 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Achoro-Ndiagu, Ebonyi

Over 33,000 trees have been planted through the Campus Green Initiative at a Nigerian university. By planting the trees, they are able to mitigate the effects of strong winds that destroy buildings on campus. Funding the initiative can be difficult, but they are planning to grow the program to plant more trees.

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What It's Like To Make A Film Almost Entirely In Prison

Ryan M. Moser

September 07, 2022 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

Inmates taking a credit-bearing film course through Miami Dade College created a short film while inside Everglades Correctional Institution in Florida. The program helps incarcerated students get credits towards degrees and gain skills they could use for employment when they leave.

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