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  • An Artificial Limb Can Bring Hope — But Who's Going To Make It?

    July 23, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka

    Prosthetics can change lives, but in some countries there aren't enough people trained to make the needed limbs, braces and splints. To address the shortage in Bangladesh, the Center for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed is partnering with Red Cross and international donors to offer free training for local clinicians, and free treatment for patients.

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  • No Child Left Behind's One Big Achievement?

    July 23, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Congress’s proposed rewrites of the law now known as No Child Left Behind, including the Senate’s widely touted Every Child Achieves Act, would weaken federal provisions meant to track the academic progress of students with disabilities. Those who fight for the disabled population are pushing back, saying the law's main strength was helping those with disabilities.

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  • Wanted: Bilingual teachers. And here's how one school is filling the gap

    July 20, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Giddings, Texas

    Laws make it mandatory for schools with more than twenty English Language Learners (ELLs) in a single grade to have bilingual teachers to support them. One Texas school takes an initiative to find more bilingual teachers for their students as the non-English speaker becomes a more common student in their classroom.

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  • Facing decline, Catholic schools form a charter-like network

    July 20, 2015 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The private Catholic schools in East Harlem and the South Bronx experienced the plummeting of enrollment, funds lacking for upgrading facilities and technology, while still charging high tuition. Now these six Catholic schools comprise a charter school network and serve low-income children. The results of the new system have enabled teachers to devote more time to academics, students to become disciplined for character development, and technology has improved.

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  • D.C.'s Education in School Reform

    July 16, 2015 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    The ecosystem of D.C. charter schools that has evolved over the last two decades represents a cornucopia of creative and nontraditional approaches to education, in addition to fairly traditional college-prep schools, and is now producing some of the highest graduation rates, college acceptance rates, and average test scores in public schools in the nation.

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  • A low-income Brooklyn high school where 100 percent of black male students graduate

    July 14, 2015 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The overall graduation rate for black male students in New York City was 58 percent in 2014 - student retention rates are equally poor. But one school achieved a 100% on-time graduation rate last year, motivating their students with a student-founded, student-sustained 'fraternity'.

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  • Books Around the Block

    July 14, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Want to ensure that Philadelphia children can read? Let’s do what they did in Minneapolis: Get books into their homes.

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  • Outdoor Afro: Busting Stereotypes That Black People Don't Hike Or Camp

    July 12, 2015 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    In 2009, a woman in Oakland, California realized that there was a lack of African Americans in the outdoors. Tired of being the "only one," she created an online social space via blogging and Facebook called Outdoor Afro to connect African-Americans with other African-Americans that wanted to enhance their time in nature. Six years later, this group has grown to international status with 7,000 members and 30 trained leaders that join together to get out in nature.

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  • Disaster training in Bangladesh: What to do when the earth starts shaking

    July 12, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka

    Disaster drills save lives. A UN program is bringing earthquake preparedness training to 4,600 teachers in Bangladesh who are expected to relay the information to administrators, students, parents, and fellow teachers. Similar efforts are happening in schools across Asia to spread practical knowledge about what to do when disaster strikes

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  • A Peek into Silicon Valley's Newest Bet: AltSchool

    July 01, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    AltSchools use a completely different education system - interconnecting technology and hands on experiments - to help students achieve a higher degree of learning. Students are grouped into small, personalized cohorts so they can be both mentors and mentees for their fellow peers, creating a collaborative learning space for all.

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