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Providing Disabled Students With Skills and Support for Finding Work

Jule Pattison-Gordon

May 06, 2025 |

Governing |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

Pre-employment transition services are designed to support high school students with documented disabilities by helping them explore potential careers, gain valuable work experience, and develop crucial life skills they’ll need to succeed in the workplace. For one student in Utah, participating in the program helped him secure a job on the path to becoming a mechanic after graduation.

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Mental Health Monday: How ACS keeps students safe with AI

Emily Crabtree

May 05, 2025 |

WBIR-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Anderson County, Tennessee

Gaggle monitors student behaviors on school devices using AI software to identify keywords on the device that could indicate a mental health crisis. The AI alerts a Gaggle employee, who evaluates the situation and elevates it to the school and local law enforcement if necessary.

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Parents often struggle to find help for troubled youngsters — but this Maryland program can help

Katelynn Winebrenner

May 05, 2025 |

Capital News Service Maryland |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Hagerstown, Maryland

The Co-Location Internship Program between Salisbury University and Maryland’s child psychiatry access program places social work graduate students in pediatric offices to connect youth and their families with behavioral and mental health care for free. Since the program began in 2012, interns have conducted 12,160 family visits, with a 98.3% satisfaction rate.

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In Sri Lanka, 'the Ocean Is For Everyone'

Zinara Rathnayake

May 02, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Sri Lanka, Weligama

SeaSisters offers free swim and surf lessons to local women and girls, challenging social norms and fear that traditionally keep them from enjoying the ocean. The group has since trained 150 participants, helping them overcome their fears and find a newfound sense of freedom.

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De la exclusión al empleo: la formación digital que transforma vidas

Florencia Tuchin

April 28, 2025 |

Revista Haz |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Argentina

Potrero Digital es una iniciativa argentina que ofrece formación tecnológica gratuita e integral a jóvenes vulnerables, logrando que más del 60% acceda a empleos formales en la economía digital y mejore significativamente sus habilidades socioemocionales y autoestima.

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Colleges partnered with an EV battery factory to train students and ignite the economy. Trump's clean energy war complicates their plans

Kavitha Cardoza

April 28, 2025 |

The Hechinger Report |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Kansas

To quickly build a skilled workforce, two Kansas community colleges and Panasonic created an accelerated 8-week apprenticeship, funded by the company and featuring tailored classroom and practical training. The program aims to fast-track workers into Panasonic's new EV battery factory while providing clear career pathways through stackable credentials.

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Schools can screen students for behavioral health issues – but many are reluctant to do so

Alexander Taylor

April 28, 2025 |

Capital News Service Maryland |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Alexandria, Virginia

Facing a youth mental health crisis, some schools are using digital screening tools like BIMAS-2 and DESSA to identify students needing behavioral support. Districts in Green Bay and Alexandria report positive results, but widespread adoption meets resistance due to costs, parent concerns, and limited capacity for follow-up support.

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'Playworks' reinvents recess as a learning experience

Christina Walker

April 21, 2025 |

Capital News Service Maryland |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Playworks helps schools use recess as a tool for learning, with structured games and set expectations that teach students how to respect and include others, resolve conflicts, and manage their emotions. Studies show that the program helps reduce bullying while also helping students build skills that make them more successful in the classroom.

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Community Libraries Are Spreading Across Rural India

Geetanjali Krishna

April 21, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India

In rural areas of India that often have limited access to reading material, communities are banding together to form small libraries where residents can read, study, take classes, or just use the wi-fi. One library has grown to about 2,100 registered members and has helped about 50 students pass their competitive exams.

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One of the Most Effective Programs to Reduce Child Hunger Is Caught in DOGE Limbo

Bekah McNeel

April 15, 2025 |

Texas Monthly |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Log Cabin, Texas

The USDA’s Meals-to-You program helped school districts deliver food boxes straight to low-income households during the summer months, a game changer for families who face transportation barriers trying to get to conventional summer meal programs held on school grounds. During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the program delivered roughly 40 million meals to students in 42 states, but administrative shakeups have left the program’s future in jeopardy in places like Texas.

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