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  • Reading, Writing, Evicted: How Austin, Texas, hopes to combat student turnover

    March 01, 2018 |

    Oregon Live |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    When families are priced out of their homes in hot housing markets because of increasing property values/rental prices, they often have to move to new educational districts, pulling children out of their schools in the middle of the year and stalling progress. In Austin, the Austin Independent School District is using a new tool, Mobility Blueprint, to help families find affordable housing within their educational district.

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  • Can schools help rid the world of sexual harassers and abusers?

    February 28, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Iceland, Reykjavík

    How do we combat gender violence? Gender inequality? Transphobia? Well, in school. “You want to start this conversation in kindergarten.” Across the world, a slew of schools, programs, and teachers are bringing gender to the classroom.

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  • Ohio Schools Start Thinking out of the Box to Stem School Shootings: Expanded Teacher Training Versus the 22 Safes With Loaded Guns

    February 27, 2018 |

    Eye On Ohio |

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    Response Location: United States, Licking Valley, Ohio

    Statewide, Ohio schools are debating the best methods to prevent school shootings. A seemingly bipartisan measure that is becoming increasingly popular is “red flag” laws, meaning individuals that show a potential threat can have their weapons temporarily taken away. Such laws have already been passed in California, Indiana, Connecticut, and other states. While the state weighs its options, issues like financial and practical viability present an underlying concern for everyone involved.

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  • Berlin hires migrant women to help families beyond social workers' reach

    February 21, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    In Neukölln, a district in south-Berlin, nearly half of the residents come from migrant backgrounds and 85% of students don't speak German as their first language. To help integrate these population, early childhood - kindergarten, preschool, daycares, etc. - are vital. To encourage parents to enroll their children, the district hires and trains unemployed mothers with migrant backgrounds on a multitude of topics so those women can mentor others.

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  • When the shooting stops: how US schools handle mass trauma

    February 21, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    Trauma is a growing problem for school children, particularly in the age of mass shootings. But trauma also comes from a variety of triggers, including losing a loved one, poverty, immigration status and witnessing violence. Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools has proven effective, especially for younger kids, at giving children tools to manage trauma but it has been a struggle to find funding for this program around the country.

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  • A Western town says ‘no' to guns in schools

    February 20, 2018 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Mancos, Colorado

    In Mancos, Colorado, the school board voted “no” to arming school staff in the traditionally Western town. Across the United States, the question of arming teachers is being brought up as a response to the increase in school shootings. The policy is highly contested, with some saying it provides students with a feeling of safety, but others saying the risks associated are too high. For the Mancos community, such a vote is a surprise given the town’s gun-friendly history, but is explained by the increase in new residents.

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  • Building minds: How Detroit grows mobility talent

    February 19, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Michigan is becoming a leader in the field of autonomous vehicles. Fifteen colleges and universities across the state have joined in an academic consortium to ensure students entering the workforce will have the necessary skills to advance mobility technology. Competitions in vehicle development and robotics are equipping students to become leaders in the field.

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  • NYC opens ‘supportive housing' units to shelter, educate homeless

    February 19, 2018 |

    New York Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has worked with countless non-profits to try to decrease homelessness in the city. Finally, one solution is showing positive effects. Supportive housing is a type of affordable housing that includes job training programs, access to healthcare, and financial literacy education, all with the aim of keeping residents housed. Within New York, 1,400 units of supportive housing are currently funded, and 2,803 units are in the development process.

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  • Whose nature? Colorado leads push to democratize the outdoors.

    February 16, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Those living in low-income neighborhoods and classified as economically disadvantaged are less likely to have the opportunity to spend time in the outdoors. A series of initiatives throughout the state of Colorado aim to change this by expanding access and help get minority and lower-income children into more nature.

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  • Uganda Attempts to Shut Down Controversial Silicon Valley-Funded Schools

    February 14, 2018 |

    Columbia Global Reports |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Well-known Silicon Valley companies started the Bridge International Academies in 2007, an experimental school model, across some East African countries in an attempt to increase the quality of education, while promising a cost of $6-7 monthly per student. Bridge has now opened over 520 schools, serves over 100,000 students, and consistently showed rising graduation rates and testing performance, but its system of tablet-centered education and standardized curriculum has received criticism from its own teachers and government officials, who are weary of releasing control of their country's education system.

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