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MIT via community college? Transfer students find a new path to a degree.

Ira Porter

December 06, 2023 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States

The Transfer Scholars Network partners with community colleges and elite universities to help high-achieving students complete their four-year degree at a top school. Alongside mentorship throughout the application process, students who are accepted to partner institutions receive a financial aid package and ongoing support.

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In France, zero-waste experiments tackle a tough problem: People's habits

Joseph Winters

December 06, 2023 |

Grist |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: France, Roubaix

Local governments in France are educating residents about waste reduction and finding ways to incentivize the behavior change necessary to meet the country’s ambitious zero-waste goals. Roubaix, for example, teaches residents simple lifestyle changes that will also save them money. Whereas, Smicval transitioned from door-to-door waste collection to a central collection point where residents drop off trash themselves.

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95% of public schools conduct active shooter drills. Are students safer?

Isidoro Rodriguez

December 05, 2023 |

Juvenile Justice Information Exchange |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Despite being a largely divided issue, studies show that students at schools that participate in lockdown drills and training report being less fearful of school shootings over time. Currently, 95% of kindergarten through 12th-grade schools across the country participate in some form of mandatory lockdown drill or training that is designed to teach students and staff what to do if there’s an active shooter in the building.

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Mansfield City wins districtwide honor for PBIS implementation

Katie Ellington Serrao

December 04, 2023 |

Richland Source |

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Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an approach to student behavior that focuses on how well students embody five standards — respect, responsibility, readiness, safety and pride — and awards points based on their behaviors that can be redeemed for rewards. PBIS offers an alternative to the “zero tolerance” student behavior policies that have been known to hurt academic achievement, particularly among students of color. Studies show that schools with a PBIS approach saw classroom removals decrease by 58% and out-of-school suspensions decreased by about half.

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A free community library wants to reduce child street hawking and social vices in Ajegunle

Toyeeb Abdulquadri

December 04, 2023 |

Ikeja Record |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Ajegunle, Lagos

The Transforming Lives and Communities Initiative converted an office space into a free library and resource center for local youth during the pandemic, providing them with internet access, books, games and other educational materials, including a Reading Clinic to teach local youth how to read. The Initiative continued and expanded from what started as a small venture with less than 10 participants, to over 1,000 registered users.

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Does Mandatory Civic Education Increase Voter Turnout?

Jenna Spinelle Michael Berkman Chris Beem

December 04, 2023 |

Democracy Works |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Since 2015, 18 states have adopted the Civic Education Initiative, which requires high school students to take an exam modeled on the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Civics test. However, researchers have determined that voter turnout rates did not increase among the target age group in states that adopted the policy.

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University students across Chicago influence schools to stock period products

Annabel Rocha

December 01, 2023 |

ILLatinoNews.com (Illinois Latino News) |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Blood Buds is a university student-led organization that works to fight period poverty by contacting student advisors to ensure period product dispensers across campus are consistently filled. The group also pushed the university to add a contact number to dispensers to students can call or text to let someone know the machine is empty. Currently, the university has 34 dispensers across campus.

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At Utah State, women climbers are ascending on their own terms

Hannah Teasdale

November 30, 2023 |

Amplify Utah |

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Response Location: United States, Logan, Utah

Utah State University’s Women’s Climb Night is a designated two-and-a-half hours per week when the climbing walls are cleared for women to practice the male-dominated sport with other women. This way, they can spend time in an accessible, non-intimidating, and non-judgmental space.

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Inside the fight to add gender-affirming care to university health insurance plans

Phoebe Fuller

November 30, 2023 |

Xtra |

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Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

Insurance provider GreenShield, in collaboration with university insurance broker Studentcare, provides lifetime coverage of up to $10,000 for gender-affirming care procedures not covered by provincial health insurance. This insurance benefit provides care to more than 200,000 university students across 20 participating schools in the country.

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How Detroit community groups are helping schools chip away at chronic absenteeism

Ethan Bakuli

November 28, 2023 |

Chalkbeat Detroit |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

To help address high rates of chronic absenteeism in Detroit, community organizations like The Konnection offer holistic support for students, such as resource closets stocked with clothes and hygiene products, Uber gift cards, and an after-school club with enrichment programs. Collaboration with community groups contributed to a 12 percent drop in chronic absenteeism rates at one Detroit school last year.

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