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  • ‘Ruthless in our pursuit of equity:' Inside Denver's Black Student Success work

    April 29, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    To better serve Black students, Joe Shoemaker Elementary School uses “equity cohorts.” Teachers select four to seven students of color who are reading below grade level and then focus on building relationships with them, helping to nurture their social and academic skills. Over the past two years, they’ve seen improved test scores and reading levels among students who participated.

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  • 'Transformative': More college programs are slowly coming into prisons

    April 29, 2024 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States

    The United States Department of Education made federal Pell Grants available to college students who are incarcerated to help cover school expenses. This spurred the development of new prison education programs and partnerships with colleges.

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  • From Trash to Dirt: What To Do With Your Leftover Food

    April 26, 2024 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    The University of Georgia is working to make composting more accessible by offering various dropoff locations for compostable materials, such as the UGArden community farm. The university also offers UGA Campus Compost, which is a student-run program that uses e-bikes to collect compost bins around campus, making it easier for students to participate in in reducing their waste.

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  • A lifeline for orphaned children in Taraba

    April 26, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Jalingo, Taraba State

    The United Methodist Church in Nigeria Orphanage provides children who have lost their parents with a place to live, education, and healthcare.

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  • St. Paul partnership brings trust, opportunities to troubled Karen youth

    April 25, 2024 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    A partnership between the local school district, police and the nonprofits the Karen Organization of Minnesota and The Urban Village is helping fight addiction and gang influence among Karen youth. Since the partnership was formed, overdoses among youth have decreased significantly, and some students have begun forming supportive relationships with specialists from nonprofits and local police whom they can lean on when they need to.

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  • B-CU, church food distribution program benefits students and the community

    April 25, 2024 |

    Daytona Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Daytona Beach, Florida

    The mobile food distribution program by the Mind of Christ Ministries and Bethune-Cookman University has been feeding families since 2013. The program addresses local food insecurity while also providing university students with a meaningful way to give back to the community and earn required volunteer hours. The program estimates it reaches more than 200,000 people each year.

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  • For Gary Kids Struggling with Truancy, This Program Offers a Lifeline

    April 25, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Gary, Indiana

    To help address chronic absenteeism, Project Rebuild works with families to determine the root cause of school absences and connect them to needed resources and services. In the 2022-23 school year, 81 percent of families referred to the nonprofit completed the program, with a total of 61 families participating. Only one percent of families who participate have to be referred again for continued truancy concerns.

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  • Chicago student group organized "peace talk" forums for conversations on Israel and Gaza

    April 24, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Chicago |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Student organizers with Chi Youth 4 Justice facilitated PzTalks, a series of forums at Chicago high schools to encourage conversation around Israel and Gaza and build bridges between Jewish and Arab American students. The events were held at 10 public high schools around the city and were tailored to each school’s population and priorities, with some drawing on restorative justice techniques to encourage open, respectful dialogue.

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  • California to expand re-entry programs for formerly incarcerated individuals. Here's how they work

    April 24, 2024 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    California is shifting to expand programs that help give incarcerated people the skills and knowledge they need to effectively transition back into society. Various re-entry programs for men and women across the state that connect people with education and job resources helped dropped recidivism rates from 44.6% to 41.9%, based on the state’s most recent data, and also cost taxpayers less than the average cost of incarceration.

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  • More public colleges admit high schoolers even before they've applied

    April 24, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

    Some public universities are sending acceptance letters to students who meet certain academic criteria before they apply to college in an effort to fill college rosters in the face of declining high school populations. These “direct admissions programs proactively reach out to students to let them know what their next steps are if they want to attend college, eliminating the need for fees and complicated applications and helping make higher education more accessible.

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