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  • What a Texas school district can teach others about virtual education

    March 16, 2021 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Grapevine, Texas

    iUniversity Prep, part of the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District, has consistently outperformed the state in student outcomes in Texas. The school has existed for over a decade and has found success by creating a collaborative, adaptable, and flexible learning environment for its students while also providing high levels of support to its teachers.

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  • As teacher morale fell, two Alabama districts found a way to ease workload

    March 16, 2021 |

    AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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    Response Location: United States, Alabama

    During the coronavirus pandemic, schools in Alabama were asked to provide both in-person and remote options for learning. Two districts segmented their teaching workforce so that teachers either taught remote students or in-person students, not both. Baldwin and Talladega counties report that teachers, while still worn out from the stress and demands of the pandemic, describe higher morale, being less burnt out, and feel more positive about the year’s learning model than other teachers. Teachers also report that their students learned better than if they were juggling both modes of instruction.

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  • Spaulding still changing lives after 150 years

    March 15, 2021 |

    The Laconia Daily Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Northfield, New Hampshire

    The Spaulding Academy and Family Services is a residential school for children and young adults with autism and other neurological issues. It also serves young people with histories of severe trauma or who are in crisis without a stable home. The care they receive is based on love and listening, to make neglected or deeply troubled children feel valued. Some students have restored healthier relationships with their families, while others have found new homes in foster families or adoptions.

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  • How Texas is trying to reverse falling college enrollments

    March 14, 2021 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, Texas

    Future Focused Texas is a new initiatiative aiming to assist college-bound seniors and college students by providing assistance through a suite of resources and making it available to counselors and mentors. The initiative works as a collaboration between schools and partners who establish guidelines, and resources, like a bot called ADVi, to answer students' most common questions. Over 730 "college-access professionals" are taking part in the program.

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  • Indigenous-focused podcast connects students, teachers, community leaders

    March 12, 2021 |

    TimminsToday |

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    Response Location: Canada, Ontario

    Word Up is an Indigenous-focused podcast that connects students, teachers, and community leaders for an opportunity to learn and explore social issues. The podcast began as a way to diversify how indigenous literature was taught but expanded to incorporate other topics. For each episode, teachers select a student to interview public figures. The student learns to conduct background research and design interview questions, allowing them to feel reflected in the topics. To date, the podcast’s five episodes have had 266 unique listeners and 384 downloads, and several more episodes are being planned.

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  • How Jersey City Middle Schoolers Stopped a Flood

    March 12, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Jersey City, New Jersey

    In a science class in a local New Jersey school, students came up with a green solution to a storm water management and flooding problem in their parking lot when it rained. With help from the Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program out of Rutgers University and funding from city agencies, they were able to build planters and install concrete to absorb the runoff. The project galvanized the community, encouraging the school to expand their STEM curriculum.

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  • Closing Haiti's Science and Technology Gap with Bioscience

    March 11, 2021 |

    Haitian Times |

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    Response Location: Haiti, Hinche

    The science and technology gap in Haiti is being bridged through the establishment of the Haitian Bioscience Initiative, which is a full science lab. The program has successfully trained students that have gone on to find gainful employment in the field. “The more people trained in basic science sills, the better it will be for the country.”

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  • How COVID Impacts Education — Prison Literature Club Adapts During COVID Lockdowns

    March 11, 2021 |

    Rafu Shimpo |

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    Response Location: United States, San Quentin, California

    An educational program called ROOTS (Restoring Our Original True Selves) taught at San Quentin prison in Marin County, California, has transformed into the Literature Club due to the pandemic and has reached other nearby prisons. The Literature Club, started by the Asian Prisoner Support Committee in Oakland, pairs people who are incarcerated with people outside, and they exchange emails to update each other on their reading progress and reflections. "More than a reading group, it’s a supportive space where emotions are openly discussed."

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  • The radical idea to reduce crime by policing less, not more

    March 10, 2021 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: England, Durham

    Using the tools of medical research can help transform policing from an arbitrary and often-damaging practice ruled by gut instinct into a carefully calibrated approach to reducing crime without causing so much collateral damage. In one of dozens of randomized controlled trials, researchers discovered how much more effective it is to provide counseling and other non-punitive treatments to people charged with lower-level crimes and considered at moderate risk of committing more of the same. Knowing what actually works can make policing more effective while reducing its footprint.

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  • What Can Biden's Plan Do for Poverty? Look to Bangladesh.

    March 10, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Bangladesh has made huge strides in reducing poverty by investing in women experiencing the most economic hardships. As a result, children have lower rates of malnutrition, fewer child marriages, higher rates of completing elementary school, and women have more job opportunities. Over the course of 15 years, 25 million Bangladeshis have been able to break out of poverty. Progress in Bangladesh is a model of success that could be possible in America with Biden's American Rescue Plan which has provisions that would mitigate childhood poverty in America.

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