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  • Songs for saving

    June 28, 2024 |

    Asia Democracy Chronicles |

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    Response Location: Nepal

    A nonprofit conservation organization, Greenhod Nepal, works with local musicians to create songs inspired by traditional Nepali music about the consequences of poaching. The songs tell stories of real-life events or use the imagined perspectives of animals to educate the public in an accessible way.

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  • Help is On the Way: Filling the Gap for Black Teachers

    June 27, 2024 |

    Sapelo Square |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Center for Black Educator Development aims to attract more Black students to teaching careers through courses at career and technical education centers, summer apprenticeship programs for high school and college students, and paid fellowships for participants who go on to pursue education in college. The organization has awarded 55 fellowships since its inception and employs roughly 100 students each summer in its apprenticeship programs.

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  • Here's What $200 Billion in Covid Money Did for Students

    June 26, 2024 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States

    As COVID relief funding gets ready to end, studies show the funding has helped schools — particularly high-poverty schools — provide extra support to students to ensure they didn't fall behind, especially when it comes to math test scores.

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  • Homeschoolers Embrace AI, Even As Many Educators Keep It at Arms' Length

    June 25, 2024 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Homeschools and microschools are embracing artificial intelligence as a tool to help students explore advanced topics, tailor learning to the student, and make organizing a curriculum easier.

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  • At the independent schools in Boston, parents offer solutions

    June 20, 2024 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Community schools such as Paige Academy and Roxbury Roots build on a long legacy of independent schools that sprouted as a way to better serve Black students who were often left behind by the public school system. Families say their children are able to be more engaged and at ease in a culturally competent environment that pays close attention to students’ needs.

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  • Meet the 'New' Scientists Engineering Uganda's Future

    June 20, 2024 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Ntinda-Kampala

    Young Engineers is a STEM education program that helps children build technical skills and knowledge through hands-on activities with a focus on problem-solving. The organization is women-led, and the majority of its 800 participants are girls.

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  • The opportunity gap should close, so Boston schools seek answers

    June 20, 2024 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Dorchester, Massachusetts

    To help close achievement and opportunity gaps for marginalized students, schools like Joseph Lee K-8 School are trying to take a more holistic approach to education, offering services and supports that help address the barriers students face outside of the classroom. The school has a free store with essential goods, an occupational therapist, mental health counselors, and a coordinator from an organization called City Connects whose goal is to evaluate students’ needs and help them get access to support, from Medicaid benefits to stable housing.

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  • Hope Starts Here effort works to boost early childhood education in Detroit

    June 17, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Detroit |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Hope Starts Here is a sweeping child care initiative designed to improve early childhood outcomes for Detroit children by targeting different areas such as public outreach, program quality, and funding streams. Since it began, the initiative has helped open a new early childhood education center, helped thousands of families to access child care subsidies, and reached more than 5,000 people through education and outreach events.

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  • For child care workers, state aid for their own kids' care is 'life-changing'

    June 17, 2024 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Smithfield, Rhode Island

    To help address staffing shortages, states such as Rhode Island have launched pilot programs leveraging federal funding to subsidize child care costs for early childhood education workers. Child care centers say the programs have helped them attract and retain staff while making care more affordable for employees, but some states are struggling to make the funding permanent.

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  • A small rural town needed more Spanish-language child care. Here's what it took.

    June 15, 2024 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Lexington, Nebraska

    In partnership with other local organizations and advocacy groups, Communities for Kids trains providers to offer Spanish-language childcare, as the state lacks sufficient access to culturally responsive, bilingual care. The training is free and has already licensed several individuals who now run their own Spanish-speaking childcare centers.

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