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  • El modelo de escuelas comunitarias en Aurora sirve de ejemplo mientras el interés crece en el estado

    April 23, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Aurora, Colorado

    Las escuelas comunitarias se enfocan en usar a socios comunitarios para abordar las necesidades integrales de las familias; trabajan con organizaciones para evaluar la vista de los estudiantes en la escuela, ayudar a los padres para que aprendan cómo continuar las lecciones en sus hogares, y reunar a las familias para que compartan sus diversas culturas. El año pasado en Colorado, atendieron a más de 4,700 personas en los eventos, y líderes dicen que los estudiantes cuyas familias participan están demostrando mejores resultados en comparación con aquellos cuyas familias no participan.

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  • Plastic-choked rivers in Ecuador are being cleared with conveyor belts

    April 22, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Ecuador, Quito

    The startup Ichthion created a system that skims plastic off of rivers in Ecuador to prevent it from reaching the ocean. A floating barrier stretches across the river to catch the plastic without disrupting fish, and a person manually guides the pollution onto the shore where it’s sorted for recycling.

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  • Sustainable plastic recycling: Cleaner life for us, better livelihood for waste collectors

    April 22, 2024 |

    Bangladesh First |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Narayanganj

    The Recycling for the Environment by Strengthening Income and Livelihoods of Entrepreneurs (RESILIENT) Project helps support the economy of waste collectors and aggregators by providing training, safety equipment and mentorship on how to handle finances and operate a waste business. Waste collectors and aggregators who have participated in the RESILIENT Project earn increased profits and are able to collect and recycle more plastics and other materials.

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  • Got Broken Stuff? The Tool Library Has a Fix

    April 19, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    Dare to Repair helps people repair broken electronics, small appliances, and other items instead of throwing them away. Its Tool Library has diverted 7,779 pounds of waste from landfills and amassed a collection of nearly 5,000 tools available to community members. There are more than 3,000 repair cafes around the world and Buffalo’s Dare to Repair has nearly 1,500 members and processes more than 14,000 tool loans a year.

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  • Taking the classroom outside: How nature is teaching valuable lessons in Uganda

    April 18, 2024 |

    Farm Radio International |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kikandwa

    The residents of Kikandwa, Uganda, came together to create the Kikandwa Environmental Association to implement nature-based solutions in their community. The solutions are combatting climate change and generating more income than options with a negative environmental impact. For example, many people traded cutting trees to make charcoal for selling seedlings at the local tree nursery.

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  • Preschool enrollment is up — thanks in part to federal COVID aid

    April 18, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat National |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    A record number of children enrolled in preschool last year, thanks to COVID relief funding fueling the expansion of several state preschool programs. Some states also used the money to fund new programs like Michigan's Great Start Readiness program which offers free preschool to 4-year-olds from low-income families.

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  • As Climate Change Intensifies Wildfire Risk, Prescribed Burns Prove Their Worth in the Heat-Stressed Plains of the Texas Panhandle

    April 15, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Borger, Texas

    Private landowners in Borger, Texas, are hiring certified burn managers to do prescribed burns on their land that remove excess vegetation and help prevent wildfires. The landowners are legally liable for any issues that may arise and front the initial cost, but they can be reimbursed by the Texas A&M Forest Service, which is working to encourage adoption of the practice.

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  • How 2 Teachers Use AI Behind the Scenes to Build Lessons & Save Time

    April 15, 2024 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Franklin Square, New York

    Teachers at John Street School in Franklin Square, New York, are using artificial intelligence-powered tools to craft lesson plans that are tailored to the needs of each student, which they might not have the time to do otherwise. They can quickly adjust a lesson for different reading levels or write worksheets in multiple languages, for example.

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  • ULead Athens Supports Immigrant Students to Help Them Succeed And Much More

    April 13, 2024 |

    WUGA |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Through ULead Athens, Latino youth interested in pursuing higher education get access to mentorship, standardized test tutoring, college prep, and scholarship support. The organization also has a civic engagement initiative that focuses on voter registration and education within the Latino community. Since it was founded in 2014, ULead has helped roughly 98 percent of participants interested in attending college to get accepted.

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  • Transitional kindergarten is growing in Oakland to meet increased demand

    April 10, 2024 |

    The Oaklandside |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    In California, four-year-olds who don’t meet the traditional kindergarten cut-off requirement can attend transitional kindergarten, which can help improve their kindergarten readiness and help educators identify English language development and special education needs much earlier. Oakland Unified School District’s transitional kindergarten program has become so popular that it has added about 10 new classes each school year.

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