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How an innovative preschool in Qatar teaches empathy

Annabelle Timsit

September 11, 2019 |

Quartz |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Qatar

In the Academyati model used in Qatar, teachers reject the traditional memorization model and personalize "academic journeys" for students that emphasize the development of empathy and relationships.

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How a North Dakota town embraced online learning to try to save its school

April McCullum

August 22, 2019 |

USA Today |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Wolford, North Dakota

In response to a shortage of teachers, North Dakota's public schools are experimenting with online learning alternatives. "Rural areas have a chance that they’ve never had before," the executive director of the North Dakota Center for Distance Education said.

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Phoenix's Champion schools reimagine the relationship between sports and education

Brendon Kleen

August 22, 2019 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

Champion Schools in Arizona put sports at the center of their curriculum, not to cultivate the next generation of professionals, but to build community and encourage active habits in its majority low-income student body. Coupled with a healthy meals program, the physical and skills training provides sports opportunities to low-income students, who are far less likely than their affluent peers to play a team sport.

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ASU hopes new team model of teaching offsets teacher shortage in Arizona

Kristine Harrington

August 21, 2019 |

KPHO-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Arizona

To address the teacher shortage in Arizona, teachers are partnering with associate teachers enrolled at Arizona State University to team-teach. "The idea is to think of education as we do health care, and support the teacher as we do the doctor -- with a team of nurses, residents, and interns," said Carole Basile, dean of ASU's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.

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Austin parents create safe options for families in a dangerous digital landscape

Chris Nelson Arezow Doost

August 18, 2019 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

Concerned about their children's mental health as a result of excessive and unmonitored screen time, several parents in Austin are taking district-wide pacts to not buy their children smartphones before a certain grade and offering alternate activities or more controlled gaming environments.

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Mental health consultants helping California teachers in the classroom

Erin Cargile Juan Salinas

August 18, 2019 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, California

In a preschool outside of San Francisco, mental health consultants are sitting in on classes and meeting one on one with teachers to help them build strong relationships with their students.

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Charter Schools Come to Montgomery, Alabama

Rachel Zohn

August 14, 2019 |

U.S. News & World Report |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

Charter schools are part of a new effort to change the public perception of Montgomery's underfunded schools. But the community wonders how they will fit in and affect the performance of existing public schools and neighborhood institutions.

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How One City Saved $5 Million by Routing School Buses with an Algorithm

Emma Coleman

August 12, 2019 |

Route Fifty |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

A well-designed algorithm can help increase the efficiency of complex, and troublesome, transportation systems. In 2017, Boston Public Schools hosted a competition to redesign its complicated bussing system. The selected proposal, an algorithm created by PhD students, increased efficiency by 20% overall, helping BPD cut tons of carbon emissions and ease budget constraints. The savings will allow BPD to reinvest in its schools.

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School on Wheels Program Turns Bus Into School for Asylum-Seeking Children

Chloe Kellison

August 11, 2019 |

NowThis News |

Video |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

School on Wheels is a program serving children in a refugee camp along the U.S.-Mexico border by transforming an old school bus into a space for learning. The school can fit up to 80 children, all of whom are waiting for asylum in the U.S. It is run by the California-based nonprofit, Yes We Can, and it currently has 3 teachers and over 30 students. The school aims to teach the children values like love, happiness, and being a good person while they are at a particularly tumultuous time in their lives.

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How this Durham summer camp is helping refugee children, one talking stick at a time

Shelbi Polk

July 26, 2019 |

The News & Observer |

Multi-Media |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

World Relief Durham hosts a summer program for kids. Like other summer programs, it is meant to reduce summer learning loss—but this is specifically for children from forcibly displaced families. The kids face unique challenges in school and in society, often having been witness to traumatic experiences, so in this program they take lessons, play games, and work with community volunteers to let them just be kids. The program started with 25 participants in 2017 and grew to serve 150 children in 2019.

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