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International High: A Haven for Immigrant Students

Golda Arthur

August 21, 2015 |

Latino USA |

Podcast |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Students who learn English as a second language often struggle in school, but at International High, diversity is the model. Out of its 350 students, 40 countries are represented. Founded in 2005, the high school curriculum was modeled for ELL students who were struggling in traditional classrooms. It seems their strategy is working, their graduation rate was 61 percent for ELL learners, twice the rate than the rest of New York.

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Why are low income students not showing up to college, even though they have been accepted?

Meredith Kolodner

August 14, 2015 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Forty percent of low-income students accepted to college never start school because of a fear of debt and feelings they don't belong. A New York college access organization is using peer-mentoring to help perspective students jump over the hurtles.

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The Problem We All Live With

Nikole Hannah-Jones

July 31, 2015 |

This American Life |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

At the height of desegregation, the achievement gap between white and black students decreased to 18 percent, compared to 49 percent. Evidence suggests integrating schools works, because it gives students of color access to the same resources as white students. Yet, schools remain largely segregated along class and racial lines. In Missouri, after Normandy School District in Normandy lost its accreditation, black students were given an opportunity to transfer into the much more affluent, and mostly white school district, Frances Howell. This episode shows the challenges of integrating schools.

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No Child Left Behind's One Big Achievement?

Carly Berwick

July 23, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Congress’s proposed rewrites of the law now known as No Child Left Behind, including the Senate’s widely touted Every Child Achieves Act, would weaken federal provisions meant to track the academic progress of students with disabilities. Those who fight for the disabled population are pushing back, saying the law's main strength was helping those with disabilities.

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D.C.'s Education in School Reform

Debra Bruno

July 16, 2015 |

Politico |

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Over 3000 Words

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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Language is the great equalizer at this school in Louisiana

Nina Porzucki

June 30, 2015 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

A program at a public school in Baton Rouge is using bilingual education to attract middle class families back into the public school system to increase diversity among the student population.

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Doodle Den is tackling inequality after school in Limerick

Carl O'Brien

June 20, 2015 |

The Irish Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Ireland, Limerick

Children in low-income households may lag about 18 months behind their better-off peers in language development, vocabulary and communication skills. Doodle Den in Ireland aims to bridge that gap with a big emphasis on learning through fun activities for five- and six-year-olds outside regular school hours.

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Where Dreams Come True

Saundra Amrhein

June 18, 2015 |

Politico |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Orlando, Florida

Community colleges were originally designed to be affordable and accessible, yet the myriad pressures on students means that the best intentions often don’t lead to positive results. But the University of Central Florida and its partners are proving a new model called DirectConnect—heavy on individual attention and clear academic goals—that paves a surer path.

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How a school is transforming not only its students, but its community

Amy Scott

June 16, 2015 |

PBS NewsHour |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is making efforts to close the achievement gap between poor children and more advantaged students by fighting the effects of poverty. Lower Price Hill’s Oyler School is part of a growing national movement to help poor children succeed by meeting their basic health, social, and nutritional needs at school.

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