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  • NYC families rush to sign up for Summer Rising. Then kids often don't show up.

    Michael Elsen-Rooney

    July 29, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat New York |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Summer Rising program provides academic support alongside enrichment activities to help keep students connected to school during the summer while also attempting to address academic losses due to the pandemic. However, despite attracting enough families to fill a wait list, the program has seen only about 60% of enrolled students attend the academic offerings due to logistical issues, poor communication, a lack of field trips, and transportation barriers.

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  • Six months in, NYC's free online therapy platform for teens has seen 7,000 signups

    Michael Elsen-Rooney

    May 23, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat New York |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Teenspace is a free online therapy program that offers video and text-based mental health support. Nearly 7,000 teens have signed up for the program so far, and 65% of them have reported an improvement in their mental health since connecting to a licensed therapist through the platform.

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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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    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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  • Hope, healing, and the return of an annual camping trip for Brooklyn high-schoolers

    Michael Elsen-Rooney

    November 09, 2022 |

    Chalkbeat New York |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A public high school in Brooklyn, New York, hosts an annual camping trip for students to come out of their shells and get to know their peers and teachers over the course of several days of outdoor activities.

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  • What San Diego High School Faculty Learned After a Year of Personalized Learning

    Michael Elsen-Rooney

    August 08, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    A year after a San Diego high school was awarded $10 million to scale a successful personalized learning pilot model, administrators and teachers have seen improving attendance rates and certain academic positives and they have some takeaways to share. Changes run the gamut -- from furniture adjustments to the restructuring of students into smaller communities of houses to the addition of wellness courses. And from these, teachers emphasize two important characteristics essential to the success of personalized learning -- gradual implementation of changes and the right balance of technology.

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