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  • Distrito Escolar usa tecnología para ayudar a familias que hablan español

    December 14, 2020 |

    KXAN-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Springdale, Arkansas

    Las escuelas públicas de Springdale, en Arkansas (Estados Unidos), han invertido mucho en mejoras en las comunicaciones para ayudar al 47% de los estudiantes hispanos y al 13% de los estudiantes de origegn marshalés del distrito, muchos de los cuales están aprendiendo inglés como segundo idioma. El distrito ha contratado a miembros del personal bilingües para crear contenido en varios idiomas y transmitirlo en una variedad de plataformas, además de haber aumentado un 20% su presupuesto de comunicación.

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  • As Harlem Children's Zone moves to export its model nationwide, Obama's Promise Neighborhoods offer cautionary tales

    December 11, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    Under the Obama administration, the Promise Neighborhoods initiative was launched. It granted over $430 million in multiyear grants to nonprofits across 17 cities. The success of these grants have been difficult to measure. Two of the programs that were awarded grants highlight the differences in communities, and how success can’t be measured one way, but across a spectrum. “These first five years are like finding yourself,” said Lepore. “It’s an opportunity to find out what’s working, what isn’t and what we need to invest in.”

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  • Plans Tweaked For Campus Return

    December 11, 2020 |

    New Haven Independent |

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    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    Five New Haven universities and colleges are taking different approaches to re-opening their campuses. Administration at the University of New Haven is ramping up Covid testing to test 20% of in-person students weekly, an increase from as little as 5% before, along with adding a 20-minute break between classes to decrease crowd densities during passing periods. Other campuses, like Yale, are skipping the spring break period and only allow around 75% of its student population to live on-campus.

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  • Faculty of color underrepresented at CSULB

    December 09, 2020 |

    Daily Forty-Niner |

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    Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

    Nationally and historically, faculty of color have been underrepresented at most universities. At California State University Long Beach, the president proposed the “diversity training initiative,” in order to hire more faculty of color. The initiative requires “equity advocates” to be placed at each college, who “assess job descriptions and work with search committees to make sure the hiring process is done from an “equity-minded foundation.” The biggest jump amongst faculty of color happened in the College of Liberal Arts. Similar efforts are being undertaken by colleges around the country.

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  • Remote Learning Progress Report: Special needs students, parents struggled in spring

    December 08, 2020 |

    Concord Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Across the state of New Hampshire, school districts found themselves adjusting to the meet the particular needs of special needs students. Outside tents, remote games, and equipping paraprofessionals with Chromebooks, where just some of the things different school districts implemented.

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  • Kibera ropes project keeps children out of mischief, supplements families' income

    December 07, 2020 |

    Impacthub Media |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kibera, Nairobi Area

    Concerned with a rise in misbehavior by students who were staying home much more due to the coronavirus pandemic, a resident of Kibera started a rope-making project that both engages and employs the children. "I felt the need come up with a project to keep the children busy and also generate a little income for the families to shield them from the effects of the pandemic,” the founder of the program explains.

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  • Could community collaboration be the key to a better child care system?

    December 05, 2020 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Swanzey, New Hampshire

    Building on an early-childhood initiative, the Monadnock district was able to quickly respond and provide childcare services for employees of the Monadnock district by partnering with the YMCA. The response was an effort to prevent employees from missing work during the pandemic due to lack of childcare. 32 children enrolled in the program. “I think of Impact Monadnock as a real beacon of the way a community can come together around early childhood [education].”

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  • À Bukavu, la réinsertion des enfants marginalisés

    December 05, 2020 |

    Solidarum |

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    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

    En République Démocratique du Congo, des enfants, parce qu’ils sont différents, sont marginalisés voire ostracisés. Deux organismes de la ville de Bukavu les accueillent. Le centre Heri Kwetu s’occupe d’environ 200 enfants par an en situation de handicap, physique ou psychique. Depuis sa création, en 2003, l’école a déjà encadré autour de 2000 élèves. Le foyer social Eka’Bana, prend soin quotidiennement d'enfants accusés de sorcellerie. 500 enfants ont été encadrés depuis la création du centre en 2002.

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  • As cases rise, college students take COVID-19 prevention into their own hands

    December 04, 2020 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    From zoom workshops that teach people about the misconceptions of COVID 19, to Google docs, to Instagram profiles that shame people who are partying during the pandemic, university students are holding their communities accountable. Across the country a myriad of student-led efforts have sprung up in response to careless behavior by college students. “I just thought it would be a good idea to sort of hold each other accountable and then be safe.”

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  • This teen tutor turns computer science into kids' stuff

    December 02, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    CS Remastered is a nonprofit that provides free individualized coding classes to students. The kind of one-on-one tutoring they might not get at school. The nonprofit was started by 17-year-old, Samvit Agarwal, who got the idea after he started tutoring kids from his neighborhood. “The entire idea is to make it as flexible or as adaptable to each student as possible,” Samvit says. Since its launch, the nonprofit has expanded to include 250 volunteers who service 300 students. “CS Remastered has opened four chapters in the U.S., one in India, and one in China.”

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