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Another Chance for Teens

David L. Kirp

May 02, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Since the 1960s, New York City has run the nation’s largest publicly managed summer jobs program. Nearly 50,000 14- to 24-four-year-olds spend six weeks working, not only in publicly funded day care centers, summer camps, hospitals and city agencies, but also high-tech firms and Fortune 500 companies. The summer jobs help at-risk kids keep from dropping out of school.

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Behind Prison Walls, This Program Demonstrates That It's Never Too Late to Learn

Spencer Parts

April 30, 2015 |

NationSwell |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Princeton, New Jersey

The Petey Greene program, which has students tutor prison inmates, is helping to create positive impact and change in the lives of both the university student tutors and the inmates they mentor. It provides prisoners with better opportunities once they are released, and the tutors with a renewed appreciation of the power of education.

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The Future Project How Two Young Social Entrepreneurs Are Trying To Close The Inspiration Gap In Schools

Jaweed Kaleem

April 14, 2015 |

The Huffington Post |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

The Future Project aims to give students the resources needed to define and fulfill their dreams and re-engage students in school. Dream Directors get teens motivated to act on their ideas and expand their abilities.

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Bringing a Charter School Approach to college

Amy Crawford

March 28, 2015 |

The Boston Globe |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

There are many reasons why a student might leave university without graduating. Match Beyond helps students who dropped out of college finally receive their degree through personal counselors who make sure that the students are fulfilling all the necessary things in order to graduate.

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The Excitement of Learning From Profit and Loss

David Bornstein

March 06, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

500,000 young people drop out of high school each year; they feel disengaged and uninspired; they fail to see how school is relevant in their lives. An educational program called Build makes it possible for low-income students, as part of their high school studies, to work in teams, conceiving, testing, and ultimately operating their own small businesses. In the process, they discover — often to their surprise — their potential to deal with unexpected problems, persist through failure, and create something that the world values.

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A Town Where a School Bus Is More Than a Bus

Sam Chaltain

February 27, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Hartsville, South Carolina

There are many other adults beyond teachers who regularly interact with children — and who are often overlooked as potential contributors to the educational mission. Hartsville, South Carolina, uses school bus drivers as a resource and extra set of eyes to observe how students are doing.

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Only 1 in 5 NYC students graduates from college. This nonprofit is going to change that

Chris Peak

February 20, 2015 |

NationSwell |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Educational nonprofit OneGoal has proven that its model of education helps provide low-income students in Chicago and Houston with the tools needed to pursue a college degree. Now, the nonprofit hopes to improve the college graduation rate in New York City by assisting high school students in understanding the basic techniques to achieve success.

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Go Small!

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

January 06, 2015 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Large one-size-fits-all high schools are failing. In New York City, an experiment in small schools seems to be working.

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How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps

Stephen J. Dubner

December 04, 2014 |

Freakonomics |

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Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

Fixing the education system in the country requires addressing the problem of student motivation to endure and succeed in school. Pathways to Education is a Toronto-based program designed to keep at-risk kids in school. It offers four different kinds of support: counseling, academic, social and financial, all of which contribute to a 46 percent decrease in the student drop-out rate.

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Teaching Parents to Help Stop the 'Summer Slide'

Tina Rosenberg

September 25, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Middle-class children don’t regress as readers during the summer, because they go to the library, do educational activities, take classes - poor children, however, lose between one and two months in reading achievement. Springboard trains teachers for a summer enrichment program, and has now started to help them coach parents to help their children during the school year.

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