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This Bronx summer jobs program for undocumented youth also helps migrant families

Eliana Perozo

August 07, 2023 |

Chalkbeat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Beyond Rising provides internship opportunities to undocumented high school students who are often ineligible for public programs such as New York City’s Summer Youth Employment Program. Participants receive a $2,500 stipend for the five-week internship and also have access to mentorship, skills training, resume preparation, and field trips tailored to their interests.

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STEM girls: Ukrainian initiative overcomes gender stereotypes in science and technology studies specialties

Alice Smahina

August 04, 2023 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ukraine

Girls STEM encourages female students in Ukraine to consider fields in the sciences through mentorship from women in STEM professions, team hackathons, and interactive excursions. As of 2022, the initiative had more than 100 branches based at schools and universities with more than 10,000 girls participating.

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Period poverty, reusable pads and the quest to keep Nigerian girls in school

Risikat Ramoni

August 03, 2023 |

HealthNews.ng |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Oyo State

Pad a Queen distributes reusable menstrual products to girls in schools, orphanages, and correctional facilities in Oyo State and provides education about menstrual health and hygiene. The organization has handed out more than 5,000 reusable pads, which has resulted in a significant drop in absences among girls during their menstrual cycles.

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Reinventing a terror-free Borno State through child education

Innocent Eteng

August 01, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri, Borno State

The Future Prowess Islamic Foundation provides free education to roughly 2,000 students who have been affected by the violence of Boko Haram, including the children of Boko Haram insurgents. The organization also offers training and micro-loans to local widows to help them start their own businesses.

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Au Bangladesh, l'éducation des filles passe par la lutte contre le mariage précoce

Robin Tutenges

July 31, 2023 |

Slate |

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Response Location: Bangladesh

Pour encourager les filles à rester à l’école, le programme « The right to be a girl » enseigne aux filles les dangers des mariage de mineures et leurs droits légaux. Les participants reçoivent également de la formation et des fournitures pour offrir des services tels que la couture et les soins de beauté, ce qui aide à compenser les coûts de scolarité qui peuvent peser sur les familles. Le programme a bénéficié à près de 3 000 filles, dont aucune n’a été mariée avant l’âge légal.

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Chicago gave 20 schools more funding to become community hubs. Can the city scale up the model?

Mila Koumpilova

July 31, 2023 |

Chalkbeat |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago’s Sustainable Community Schools initiative provides additional funding to high-poverty campuses to support after-school and summer programs, improve parent and student engagement, and provide better access to social support. National studies show that the model can help improve attendance, academic performance, and students’ sense of belonging, though some Chicago schools have struggled to work effectively with nonprofit partners.

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One solution to Minnesota's teacher shortage: alternative training

Becky Z. Dernbach

July 28, 2023 |

Sahan Journal |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Minnesota

Teach Minnesota is a six-week alternative licensure program that provides hands-on classroom experience and intensive training in topics such as literacy and culturally-responsive education, allowing future teachers to earn their license more quickly and at a lower cost than in traditional degree programs. The New Teachers Project, which facilitates Teach Minnesota, has trained 37,000 teachers in 25 states and Washington, D.C.

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How NYC's Harbor School is trying to reduce summer school stigma

Michael Elsen-Rooney

July 24, 2023 |

Chalkbeat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School on Governors Island offers a summer school program that provides a low-pressure environment for students to complete coursework they may struggle with during the traditional school year. Students benefit from flexible scheduling that allows many to work part-time, as well as more individualized academic attention thanks to lower student-teacher ratios.

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'Achieve your dreams at home'

Nora Mabie

July 22, 2023 |

Indian Country Today |

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Response Location: Blackfeet Nation, United States, Browning, Montana

In 2019, Montana’s Blackfeet Community College launched its first four-year bachelor’s in nursing degree program with the goal of helping to address care shortages in the local Indigenous community. The program’s first graduate, who received her degree in 2023 and is now working as a long-term care nurse, said the college’s relationship-based approach helped her stick with her studies even through the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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One college finds a way to get students to degrees more quickly, simply and cheaply

Jon Marcus

July 20, 2023 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: England, Coventry

At CU Coventry, students take just one course at a time for four hours each day, which allows them to finish a bachelor’s degree within three years. The fixed schedule and “no frills” tuition is often more convenient for nontraditional students who may have children or full-time careers outside of school.

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