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  • Don't call it summer school: Battling the COVID slide in math, science, reading with summer programs

    March 10, 2021 |

    AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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    Response Location: United States, Alabama

    Summer Adventures in Learning (SAIL) provides funding for summer programs that mix academic learning and fun enrichment activities. The “COVID slide,” where students fell behind in math, science, and reading, had a greater impact on children of color and those in low-income families, who are the majority of students in SAIL-funded programs. High-quality academics, taught by certified teachers, are paired with fun activities and personal enrichment provided by community partners. Students in SAIL's virtual 2020 summer programs showed average learning gains of 2.3 months in reading and 1.6 months in math.

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  • Colorado District Uses High School Apprentices to Grow Its Own More Diverse Teacher Workforce

    March 09, 2021 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    The Cherry Creek School district is using apprenticeships to create a more racially diverse pipeline of K-12 educators in Colorado. High school juniors and seniors are paid to participate in the apprenticeship, and are able to earn college credit as well. This is one of the ways the district is working on having its workforce reflect its student bodies more accurately. Currently 85% of teachers are white, and half of its student body is kids of color. Now in its second year, the program has grown from an initial cohort of 12 youth apprentices to 26,

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  • In San Antonio, teachers hit the streets in search of students disappearing from online learning

    March 03, 2021 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Middle school teachers in San Antonio, Texas, have resorted to home visits and "nudging," meaning they leave notices for parents at the door with information about consequences, at the first sign of students disengaging from classes or schoolwork. Two teachers go door-to-door to interact with students, and their parents or guardians, to find out why students are not logging on to their remote classes or completing their homework. They also help deliver groceries, or other essential supplies depending on the student's need. The approach has paid off and the teacher has averaged 99% attendance in class.

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  • Boost Almajiri pupils in Kwara

    March 02, 2021 |

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ilorin, Kwara

    The Federation of Muslim Women’s Association of Nigeria enrolled 200 children living in Koro Afoju in a primary school near their homes. They covered the families' costs for Parents/Teachers Association levies and they provided the students with uniforms, textbooks, and other learning materials. The children live in a settlement that was established for people who are blind and have largely met their daily subsistence needs by begging on the street. Parents expressed optimism for their children’s opportunity to redefine their futures rather than joining their parents on the street.

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  • Amid pandemic and 'new math,' kids aren't the only ones anxious about arithmetic

    February 27, 2021 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

    Among the chief concerns of parents and guardians whose children are navigating remote schooling, is keeping up with different methods of learning—especially when it comes to math. In New Hampshire, students and their parents and/or guardians are learning how to best support learning math, specifically when it involves methods unfamiliar to them. Parents and students can access teachers during virtual office hours, rely on support websites like Khan Academy, and attend school-wide meetings where they review the course material ahead of time.

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  • How this Queens community built $1,000 college savings accounts for all its kids

    February 25, 2021 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A nonprofit in New York is helping communities provide economically disadvantaged children with a financial pathway to college. Kids in school district 30 are given $1000 each in a college-saving fund with initial money invested by the nonprofit and much of it raised through community members and businesses. The initiative was started to help bridge the racial wealth gap in the city.

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  • DIY-style school helps educate Indian migrants facing eviction

    February 19, 2021 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: India, Delhi

    Evictions can have devastating effects on a student’s access to education, forcing some to drop out of school. In Delhi, a city in India, a school was built by students, community members, and volunteers using locally-sourced materials. The community had been forcibly removed from their homes, and the students were left without a school.

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  • Outdoor preschools grow in popularity but most serve middle class white kids

    February 19, 2021 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Outdoor schools are growing in popularity, but don't often reflect the diverse communities they serve. Two outdoor schools, one in New Mexico and the other in Washington state, are implementing programs and strategies to address the root of this systemic issue. Tiny Trees Preschool in Seattle has found success through its Redefining The Outdoors program, which gets more families of color involved in the outdoors, and by offering tuition assistance to families of color and those facing economic hardships.

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  • Integration Starts in the Village

    February 18, 2021 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Georgia

    Ethnic Azeri students face disproportionate barriers in achieving university education compared to Georgians. One of those reasons is due to language barriers. Isolated from Georgian society, it's not uncommon for Azeri communities to not speak Georgian fluently. The center has now expanded into a network of multiple centers. One center serves as many as 160 children. It’s working. Some of the centers had a 100% success rate in helping Azeri students enter college.

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  • A College Program for Disadvantaged Teens Could Shake Up Elite Admissions

    February 18, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    About “1,500 (High School) students from 75 of the nation’s poorest schools in 35 cities,” are enrolling in college courses in elite universities like Harvard and Columbia through an initiative started by a nonprofit—and succeeding. The aim of the program is to prepare underprivileged students for the rigors of college education, and give them a confidence boost before they enter college. They complete the same coursework as the college students and get a grade. “All of these schools talk this game, ‘We want diversity, but we can’t find these kids,’ and this proves they can build a pipeline."

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