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National organization repurposes summer camps, combating ‘summer slide' in reading and math

Catenya McHenry

December 14, 2020 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

As summer programs across the country shut down to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School summer program in Austin tried was forced to quickly pivot to virtual learning. They had to make large technological purchases, hire a help desk staff, reached out to volunteers, and had to figure out how to get students to log on.

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Remote Learning Progress Report: Special needs students, parents struggled in spring

Kelly Burch

December 08, 2020 |

Concord Monitor |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

Across the state of New Hampshire, school districts found themselves adjusting to the meet the particular needs of special needs students. Outside tents, remote games, and equipping paraprofessionals with Chromebooks, where just some of the things different school districts implemented.

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While mainland America struggles with covid apps, tiny Guam has made them work

Cat Ferguson

November 30, 2020 |

MIT Technology Review |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Guam

To raise awareness and encourage downloads of a contact tracing app, the team of volunteers who were built the app partnered with the Guam Visitors Bureau to collaborate on a grassroots outreach campaign. Using Zoom and WhatsApp groups to create public trust with "organizations, schools, and cultural groups across the island," the effort culminated in "a rate of adoption that outstrips states with far more resources."

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How translators in the Netherlands are making Covid-19 information more accessible

Laís Martins

November 27, 2020 |

The Local |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Netherlands, Utrecht

To help students and others internationals who are living in the Netherlands during the coronavirus pandemic, a Facebook group was formed that translates news reports into English. Although messaging from the government is readily available in English, the ten university students who run the page are translating news broadcasts as a means of offering "contextual information about the crisis." One of the students explains, ""It is more about how expats navigate through society, whose society they don't really know, and I think that proper journalism is highly important for understanding the bigger picture."

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‘Life-altering for everyone': Kindering bridges the virtual gap to help kids with special needs

Sandi Doughton

November 26, 2020 |

The Seattle Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington

When the coronavirus pandemic caused businesses and organizations to stop in-person offerings, a non-profit in Washington that specializes in services for children with special needs quickly shifted operations to an online format. Although this new online business model isn't financially feasible in the longterm, it has helped bridge the gap in care for many families and "the data so far suggest that most children are doing just as well as with in-person services."

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Seattle's tuition-free community college program comes to the rescue during the pandemic

Joy Resmovits

November 22, 2020 |

The Seattle Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

In Seattle, voters approved to fund a program that gives public high-school graduates two years of free community college. Then, the pandemic hit the year it was supposed to begin. Educators and school officials quickly pivoted to accommodate students. Flexibility, student surveys, and tech-upgrades, are some of the things they did, and it worked. The program surpassed its enrollment projections, with 846 enrolled students. “That represents about one-third of Seattle Public Schools’ class of 2020. And 62% are students of color.”

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Richmond art studio helps people with disabilities stay connected

Isabella Bloom

November 20, 2020 |

Richmond Confidential |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Nurturing Independence through Artistic Development provides classes and studio space for artists with disabilities. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organization now offers six hours of daily virtual services to the 67 artists it serves, including sculpting, drawing, ceramics, and fashion making classes. Social activities, like bingo, cooking, meditation, and movement classes, are also offered online. The programming keeps the artists connected during the isolation of the pandemic and staff regularly text and call the artists who opt out of the virtual programming to maintain that connection.

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Know anyone applying to college during COVID-19? This program gets good results in Fresno

Ashleigh Panoo

November 17, 2020 |

The Fresno Bee |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

In the central San Joaquin Valley, guidance counselors are using CaliforniaColleges.edu to help oversee their students' college-application process. Within the program, the counselors are able to manage every step of each application, which helps them determine whether they need to make interventions. Twenty-five schools have implemented the system.

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Covid Superspreader Risk Is Linked to Restaurants, Gyms, Hotels

Kristen V. Brown

November 10, 2020 |

Bloomberg |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Data from mobile phones was used to create infection models that present how COVID-19 is spreading. Researchers plotted where people went, where they were coming from, how crowded those places were, and how long they stayed there alongside the number of cases in those neighborhoods to show that the three most common places of catching the virus are restaurants, gyms, and hotels. The research can inform public policy decisions to keep people safe by implementing effective and limited lockdowns which can prevent the spread of the virus as well as limit the financial fallout for businesses.

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Students meet in Austin churches for free, virtual learning pods during pandemic

Erin Cargile

November 09, 2020 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

In Austin, some families pay upwards of $1,300 a month to place their children in learning pods, an option not all families can afford. To help working families an organization launched Community Pods, which offers the same learning pod service for free. Teachers with Community Pods help students with their virtual classes. Students also receive meals and snacks. Around 45 students are participating, but the goal is to serve 100.

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