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  • For Nigerians hoping to study abroad, there are many hurdles to scale

    Gbadegesin Adeyanju

    September 05, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The i-Scholar Initiative is one of a growing number of individual and organizational efforts to support Nigerian students looking to study abroad. The initiative helps fund the cost of international graduate examinations, provides scholarships to fund their education, and connects students to peer mentors who can guide them through the application and admission process.

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  • Czech School Pioneers Peer-to-Peer Instruction

    Zuzana Hronova

    September 01, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Czech Republic, Roudnice nad Labem

    To enhance learning, Smart Primary School has integrated peer-mentoring in its curriculum through the Buddy program. Each student in the first grade is paired with a fifth grader who tutors and guides the younger one with lessons and activities for the next four years. The program has not just helped them improve their language, communication, and mathematics skills, but also helped enhance the school atmosphere through the trust and bonding students build in the process.

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  • One at a Time: Male-Led NGO Helping Female Students Gain Admission in Sokoto

    Abdullah Tijani

    August 31, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto, Sokoto State

    The Kanwurin Daku Education Support Foundation provides free additional classes on weekends to prepare young women to apply to tertiary educational institutions.

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  • ‘Too Good to Be True': NH Gives Students $1,000 for Tutoring — Yet Sign-Ups Lag

    Asher Lehrer-Small

    August 29, 2022 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    To stem pandemic-related learning loss, New Hampshire allocated $2.5 million in COVID-19 relief funding to offer $1,000 scholarships to any student in need of private tutoring. But less than a third of the fund has been used, with only 724 students receiving scholarships for this year, leading experts to posit that the state has failed to adequately advertise the opportunity to the families most in need of aid or remove other barriers to accessing tutoring.

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  • How fintechs, nonprofits engage students during incessant ASUU strikes 

    Olanshile Ogunrinu

    August 24, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo State

    TeqProject provides free training for Nigerian students interested in developing skills for the growing tech industry.

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  • School on Wheels delivers tutoring – and hope – for homeless students

    Magda Hernandez

    July 19, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The nonprofit School on Wheels pairs students experiencing homelessness with tutors to help them catch up, and stay caught up, in school.

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  • Blackburn Middle Schoolers Grow, Sell Produce at Own Farmers Market

    Aliyah Veal

    May 20, 2022 |

    Mississippi Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    In Blackburn Middle School's Learning Garden, students get hands-on experience with planting, cultivating, and selling their own crops. The school also hosts a student-led farmers market and collard greens cook-off where they can show off the fruits of their labor.

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  • Helping First-Generation Students Reach College — and Build Community on the Way

    Asher Lehrer-Small

    May 09, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Yonkers, New York

    Yonkers Partners in Education is a nonprofit making college more accessible for low-income students of color through mentorship and tutoring.

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  • Could Utah children help shape the destiny of the ailing Great Salt Lake?

    Amy Joi O'Donoghue

    April 20, 2022 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    The Nature Conservancy's Wings & Water program allows fourth graders to explore Utah's Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve with educators in an effort to teach them the value of protecting nature.

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  • Improving Literacy Rates with Free Summer Books

    Kayla Green Elle Jacobsson

    April 18, 2022 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Books for Keeps works to increase the literacy rate of students by providing them with books to read during the summer when they aren’t at school. Since 2009, Books for Keeps has given away almost 800,000 books. A study by the nonprofit found that students gained almost 17% of a grade level more over the summer than students who didn't participate in Books for Keeps.

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