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  • Improving Economic Diversity at the Better Colleges

    February 05, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

    Students with low-income that attend public schools can find themselves locked in a system that prevents them from getting into the best colleges, from being unable to afford tuition, to not having the ambition, to not knowing a school that would welcome them. Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA targets high-performing low-income students. The college provides outreach to high school students in poor communities, financial aid to low-income families, summer workshops, and on-site advising and academic support.

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  • School ditches rules and loses bullies

    January 26, 2014 |

    Stuff |

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    Response Location: New Zealand, Auckland, Auckland

    A school in New Zealand took the rules out of recess. They found that when the kids were mentally engaged during play time activities they were less likely to have problems, such as bullying within the classroom.

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  • Northfield program shrinks Latino achievement gap

    December 12, 2013 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Northfield, Minnesota

    Minnesota schools began a comprehensive program aimed at assisting children of minority groups to successfully navigate the college application process and push them towards higher education.

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  • In ‘Flipped' Classrooms, a Method for Mastery

    October 23, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Putnam, Connecticut

    Students have challenges retaining information, staying motivated, and keeping up with the pace of their classes. In a flipped mastery class, teachers make video lectures for students to watch at home, and at school students work on projects and problem solving activities related to the topics for the day. Instead of struggling alone, the flipped mastery class enables students to creatively work together and set individual goals.

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  • Improving School Lunch by Design

    October 16, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The San Francisco Unified School District is piloting a collaboration with the design firm IDEO to re-imagine the school food system and help combat childhood obesity by better designing the space and the experience of how children eat, as much as the type of food they consume.

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  • Why Prisoner Education Is Key to Reducing Crime

    September 09, 2013 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Inmates who get correctional education are less likely to become repeat offenders, but education costs money. An organization is funding educational opportunities for prisoners in various cities in the U.S. to improve their reentry into society.

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  • Home visiting programs are preschool in its earliest form

    May 13, 2013 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Manassas, Virginia

    Through programs across the country, nurses, social workers, or trained mentors offer support to new or expectant parents, imparting skills to help them become better teachers for their children. Through regular home visits with the families, these programs are working to close an achievement gap between rich and poor children that starts as early as just nine months into a child's life.

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  • Where Private School Is Not a Privilege

    May 08, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka

    Bangladesh schools had very low attendance because children were kept home to work and conditions were unsafe for girls, ethnic minorities, and those with disabilities. BRAC, one of the world's largest and most comprehensive NGOs, has built new schools addressing all the reasons, at home and school, that were preventing children from attending.

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  • Making Adult Literacy Learning Sustainable in Rural Communities

    May 08, 2013 |

    United Nations University |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Many of the issues facing underdeveloped rural communities stem from low rates of literacy. Researchers have found that cooperation between "formal and non-formal education systems" is an effective method in strengthening literacy programs in countries such as Kenya, Vietnam and Uganda. Collaboration between government and NGOs has led to increased and sustainable literacy progress in many rural communities where international development agencies, such as UNESCO, have intervened.

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  • Young Movers, With a Passion for Change

    May 01, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Young people are often viewed as needing protection or needing correction. However, a Boston organization is creating young peacemakers and powerful change makers by taking kids seriously and giving them the tools to act on their ideas.

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