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Med school free rides and loan repayments — California tries to boost its dwindling doctor supply

Elizabeth Aguilera

November 26, 2019 |

CalMatters |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

To counter a growing concern around doctor shortages, California has implemented a series of measures that aim to keep more doctors in the state, especially focusing on rural areas where they are most needed. From loan repayment plans to expansion and creation of new training programs, the state has already begun to see success in doctor recruitment and retention.

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San Diego Students Going To Mexico For College

Max Rivlin-Nadler

November 07, 2019 |

KPBS Public Media |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Tijuana, Baja California Sur

The cost of higher education in California has continued to rise, and some students close to the Southern border have found a lower-cost and academically competitive alternative at CETYS, a private Mexican university. From 2010 to 2019, the Mexican school saw American student enrollment increase from 50 to 337, most from Southern California. In order to accommodate that growth and compete educationally, the university sought and received American accreditation in 2012, and recently developed an all-English business degree program.

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Amador County builds community college pipeline for mental health workers

Sammy Caiola

October 15, 2019 |

CalMatters |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Amador County, California

To increase the number of mental health professionals in Amador County, California, the county has created an online program that culminates in a certificate or associate degree in human services. Preference to this small program is offered first to those that have personal experience with mental health issues, which adds an element of peer support to their skillset.

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How a teacher program uses scholarships to bring educators to rural towns

April McCullum

October 02, 2019 |

Burlington Free Press |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Willow Springs, Missouri

A scholarship program in Missouri encourages students to stay and teach in their hometowns or nearby areas. In return for funding for tuition, young teachers prepare to work in the rural schools that have faced challenges retaining a workforce in recent years.

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Immersion Program Seeks Next Generation Of Rural Doctors

Sebastián Martínez Valdivia

September 30, 2019 |

Side Effects Public Media |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Sedalia, Missouri

Rural areas are often underserved when it comes to medical access, but a town in Missouri is working on changing this by immersing medical students in rural life. Offering students a glimpse of small town life while working alongside local healthcare providers, the immersion program serves as a recruitment tool and is showing promise.

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This Is How a Good Teacher Teaches

Juraj Koník

September 17, 2019 |

Denník N |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Slovakia

A teacher, the product of Teach for Slovakia, is making positive changes in classrooms in which students are falling behind in reading, mathematics, and the natural sciences.

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Two Percent of Teachers Are Black Men. A City Is Trying to Recruit More.

Katy Reckdahl

September 10, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

The Brothers Empowered to Teach (BE2T) initiative recruits college-age people of color to teach in schools in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The fellowship program aims to build a workforce more representative of the races and backgrounds of students in local schools and provides a stipend to student-teachers as one additional way to help with the cost of college.

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Back to School: Closing The Minority Teacher Gap

Bill Sarno

August 28, 2019 |

The Connecticut Mirror |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Connecticut

To address the persistent lack of minority teachers in Connecticut classrooms, the Capital Region Education Council has developed a teacher residency program. Local minority college graduates are paid to teach for a year in a classroom while taking intense coursework in the summers before and after.

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Rural Western States Work Together to Tackle Physician Shortages

Casey Leins

August 21, 2019 |

U.S. News & World Report |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Laramie, Wyoming

Building networks of physicians in rural areas helps reduce shortages of healthcare specialists. A partnership between Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Idaho, and Montana, known collectively as WWAMI, brings doctors to the Northwestern states by offering tuition waivers to doctors who train and remain in rural communities. The program is based out of the University of Washington’s Medical School and connects students with clinics across the partnering states.

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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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