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Why School Should Start Later in the Morning

Emily Richmond

August 17, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Research shows that adolescents' grades are suffering due to lack of sleep and early start times of schools. As a result, the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention is asking schools to reconsider their schedules.

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Facing decline, Catholic schools form a charter-like network

Eliza Shapiro

July 20, 2015 |

Politico |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The private Catholic schools in East Harlem and the South Bronx experienced the plummeting of enrollment, funds lacking for upgrading facilities and technology, while still charging high tuition. Now these six Catholic schools comprise a charter school network and serve low-income children. The results of the new system have enabled teachers to devote more time to academics, students to become disciplined for character development, and technology has improved.

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D.C.'s Education in School Reform

Debra Bruno

July 16, 2015 |

Politico |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

The ecosystem of D.C. charter schools that has evolved over the last two decades represents a cornucopia of creative and nontraditional approaches to education, in addition to fairly traditional college-prep schools, and is now producing some of the highest graduation rates, college acceptance rates, and average test scores in public schools in the nation.

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A low-income Brooklyn high school where 100 percent of black male students graduate

Meredith Kolodner

July 14, 2015 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The overall graduation rate for black male students in New York City was 58 percent in 2014 - student retention rates are equally poor. But one school achieved a 100% on-time graduation rate last year, motivating their students with a student-founded, student-sustained 'fraternity'.

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Books Around the Block

Emma Eisenberg

July 14, 2015 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Want to ensure that Philadelphia children can read? Let’s do what they did in Minneapolis: Get books into their homes.

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Everything you think you know about disciplining kids is wrong

Katherine Reynolds Lewis

July 01, 2015 |

Mother Jones |

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Response Location: United States, South Berwick, Maine

Disciplining schoolchildren has led many students down the “school-to-prison-pipeline” because teachers have focused on controlling students rather than instilling problem solving skills. Ross Greene has developed Collaborative Proactive Solutions (CPS), which is a method that trains staff at schools to develop relationships with disruptive kids and help them problem solve. With the CPS method in practice in 2012, Central School has reported fewer students sent to the principal’s office and no suspensions.

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A Peek into Silicon Valley's Newest Bet: AltSchool

Mary Jo Madda

July 01, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

AltSchools use a completely different education system - interconnecting technology and hands on experiments - to help students achieve a higher degree of learning. Students are grouped into small, personalized cohorts so they can be both mentors and mentees for their fellow peers, creating a collaborative learning space for all.

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A College in Maine That Tackles Climate Change, One Class at a Time

Diane Cardwell

June 30, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Bar Harbor, Maine

As institutions look for ways to fight climate change, the College of the Atlantic has made the search for solutions a central part of its curriculum.

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How Seattle Got Its (Arts) Groove Back

Robyn Jordan

June 29, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

Illustrations |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Arts education programs in the United States are subjected to cutting for maintaining tight school budgets. Technology sectors in Seattle seek professionals who have been trained in problem solving skills and innovative idea generation. In response, Seattle Public Schools and the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture collaborate to promote equity in students’ access to the arts.

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The Case Against Isolating English Learners

Mario Koran

June 22, 2015 |

Voice of San Diego |

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Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

School districts across the country struggle with helping their “English-learner” students learn English and academic content at the same time. Kearny High School in San Diego does not isolate these special students, instead using the school-within-a-school model to help place their non-English speakers in content areas that interest them. This model has shown to put the English learners at Kearny in the top API scores in the San Diego district.

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