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  • Backlash over anti-trans rhetoric brings new energy to NYC's parent council elections

    May 09, 2025 |

    Chalkbeat New York |

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    Response Location: United States, Bronx, New York

    In response to growing political polarization and controversial policies on local NYC school councils, grassroots community groups such as "the Aunties" have mobilized parent engagement through organized protests, canvassing and digital activism. Their efforts have notably raised community awareness, significantly increased parent participation at public council meetings, and compelled influential groups to reconsider key candidate endorsements.

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  • Schools can screen students for behavioral health issues – but many are reluctant to do so

    April 28, 2025 |

    Capital News Service Maryland |

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    Response Location: United States, Alexandria, Virginia

    Facing a youth mental health crisis, some schools are using digital screening tools like BIMAS-2 and DESSA to identify students needing behavioral support. Districts in Green Bay and Alexandria report positive results, but widespread adoption meets resistance due to costs, parent concerns, and limited capacity for follow-up support.

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  • 'Playworks' reinvents recess as a learning experience

    April 21, 2025 |

    Capital News Service Maryland |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Playworks helps schools use recess as a tool for learning, with structured games and set expectations that teach students how to respect and include others, resolve conflicts, and manage their emotions. Studies show that the program helps reduce bullying while also helping students build skills that make them more successful in the classroom.

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  • One of the Most Effective Programs to Reduce Child Hunger Is Caught in DOGE Limbo

    April 15, 2025 |

    Texas Monthly |

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    Response Location: United States, Log Cabin, Texas

    The USDA’s Meals-to-You program helped school districts deliver food boxes straight to low-income households during the summer months, a game changer for families who face transportation barriers trying to get to conventional summer meal programs held on school grounds. During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the program delivered roughly 40 million meals to students in 42 states, but administrative shakeups have left the program’s future in jeopardy in places like Texas.

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  • Knitting, cheerleading, fishing: This is what a cellphone ban looks like in one school district

    April 08, 2025 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Spokane, Washington

    When Spokane Public Schools banned cellphones in classrooms and at recess, it also paired the new rules with an engagement program designed to get more students involved in clubs and extracurricular activities. Since removing cell phones, expanding activity options, and hiring “engagement navigators” to help match students to activities, the number of students participating in extracurriculars increased by 19 percent and principals began reporting fewer phone confiscations.

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  • Why Steubenville, Ohio, Might Be the Best School District in America

    April 01, 2025 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Steubenville, Ohio

    Despite having less money and staff than similar districts, Steubenville schools excel at teaching youth to read, consistently getting 95% to 99% of its third graders over the proficiency level. The schools achieve this with various strategies, including offering subsidized preschool starting at age three, prioritizing reading time across all school subjects and allowing students to work with their peers to read aloud and practice their fluency skills.

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  • NKY by the numbers: What we can learn from Boone County Schools

    March 31, 2025 |

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    Response Location: United States, Boone County, Kentucky

    To curb academic backsliding as students returned to the classroom following the COVID-19 pandemic, Boone County Schools tried various initiatives, such as encouraging teachers to keep students on track by not trying to catch them up on everything they missed during remote learning. This ensures students are learning the material relevant to their grade level, and has yielded significant improvements in academic performance.

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  • Trump Cuts Research Lab That Helped Nurture 'Mississippi Miracle'

    February 20, 2025 |

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    Response Location: United States, Mississippi

    Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) are research centers that support states and school districts as they implement new practices, such as in Mississippi, where an REL helped the state train its teachers in the science of reading and successfully bring its fourth-grade reading proficiency scores from 49th in the nation to 29th. However, the federal government recently terminated all of its contracts with RELs, jeopardizing the future of programs already in progress.

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  • How Government Buses Are Transforming Girl Child Education in Kano

    December 20, 2024 |

    Nigeria Info FM |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    To help address low school attendance and retention among girls, Kano’s state government launched a transportation initiative with buses that bring students to and from school for N50 per trip, a much lower cost than arriving by commercial rickshaw. Both students and teachers report that the program has made it easier and less costly to arrive at school on time.

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  • TaRL: A program transforming learning for Borno's school children

    November 19, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri, Borno State

    The Teaching at the Right Level program, or TaRL, provides tailored lessons in reading and math to primary students in Borno, grouping them by their level rather than their grade or age for engaging activities designed to build their literacy and numeracy skills. When it was first piloted, the number of students able to read a simple paragraph grew from 14 percent to 45 percent, while the number of students able to complete subtraction problems grew from 11 percent to 59 percent.

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