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How Brooklyn Center schools halved suspensions and absenteeism

Becky Z. Dernbach

January 17, 2023 |

Sahan Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

To help combat a decline in attendance after returning to in-person classes during the pandemic, Brooklyn Center School District focused on improving student engagement and making courses culturally relevant. Since the district added an enrichment block with activities driven by student input, attendance has improved and suspensions have gone down.

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Project Zero, an Initiative that's reducing the number of out-of-school children in Lagos

Blessing Oladunjoye Onochie Edward

January 16, 2023 |

BONews |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos State

Lagos' Project Zero program worked with teachers, youth organizations, and other groups in the education space to reach out to parents of students who had dropped out of school during the pandemic. The program provided them with school kits including everything they needed to re-enroll, such as books, uniforms, shoes, and other supplies.

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Students, schools agree NV tuition waiver program for Native Americans is off to a promising start

Jeniffer Solis

January 13, 2023 |

Nevada Current |

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Response Location: Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, United States, Nevada

A new law in Nevada prohibits the state system of higher education from charging tuition to Native American students who are members of tribes in Nevada.

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California campuses try to lower college costs with free transit

Carmen González

January 06, 2023 |

Boyle Heights Beat |

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Response Location: United States, California

Colleges in California are providing reduced or free public transit to full-time students in an effort to remove cost barriers for low-income students.

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The Black Graduation Gap

Julie Watts

December 31, 2022 |

KOVR-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

In an attempt to close a gap in graduation rates for Black students, campuses in the California State University system, including San Diego State University and Sacramento State University, have shifted hiring practices to improve diversity among faculty and staff, opened resource centers, and implemented new career development programs for Black students. Between 2016 and 2022, Sacramento State's Black graduation rate improved from 21st out of 22 campuses in the system to ninth in the system, though Black students there still graduate at lower rates than average.

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At this Texas school, every student is a teen mother

Angelica Casas

December 29, 2022 |

BBC |

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Response Location: United States, Brownsville, Texas

Lincoln Park High School is one of the only schools in the U.S. that provides education and services exclusively for teenage mothers. The school has served teen mothers aged between 14 and 19 since 2005. There are currently about 70 students enrolled in the school but the number often fluctuates. Along with providing teen mothers with education and needed resources for their children, the school also helps to encourage the teens to go to college, something that often isn’t a reality for teen moms.

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WA schools want more students to be bilingual; is that goal possible?

Jeanie Lindsay

December 27, 2022 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, SeaTac, Washington

Dual-language programs, which offer instruction in both English and a second language for subjects such as science, math, and social studies, improve English acquisition while allowing multilingual students to stay connected to their culture. In one Washington school district, most dual-language students outperformed non-dual-language students on state language arts exams.

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Deaf in Tech: How Data Lead Africa is actioning inclusiveness of PLWDs in the workplace

Gabriel Oke

December 22, 2022 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Data Lead Africa offers a training program specifically designed to help prepare Deaf people for careers in technology and data analysis. Students are provided laptops with assistive technology and sign language interpreters who facilitate the training.

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Women earn unique master's in ministry behind Tennessee prison bars

Ted Parks

December 21, 2022 |

The Christian Chronicle |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

Lipscomb University's LIFE Program provides educational opportunities to women incarcerated at the Debra Johnson Rehabilitation Center, including a master's degree in Christian ministry. The courses are also offered to non-incarcerated people who learn alongside their incarcerated peers, and 13 students graduated from the program in 2022.

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Credit Where Credit is Needed

Melanie Lenart

December 19, 2022 |

Native Science Report |

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Response Location: United States, South Dakota

South Dakota State University's Expanding the Circle program provides online graduate courses and tuition support to help faculty at tribal colleges update their credentials in line with new accreditation requirements. Since the program was rolled out, the retention rate for online graduate coursework has risen by roughly 30 percent.

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