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  • The Excitement of Learning From Profit and Loss

    March 06, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    500,000 young people drop out of high school each year; they feel disengaged and uninspired; they fail to see how school is relevant in their lives. An educational program called Build makes it possible for low-income students, as part of their high school studies, to work in teams, conceiving, testing, and ultimately operating their own small businesses. In the process, they discover — often to their surprise — their potential to deal with unexpected problems, persist through failure, and create something that the world values.

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  • Changing the world with new teaching?

    March 06, 2015 |

    San Diego Union-Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, La Jolla, California

    The idea of changing the world by teaching children how to get along in a classroom might sound broad, overly ambitious and even a little “touchy-feely” to skeptics or traditionalists who question whether schools are straying too far from their mission of education. Teachers who have used it in their classrooms, however, say the program is successful, and researchers who developed the curriculum at National University’s Sanford Education Center say results include improved grades and more time for teaching.

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  • Judging Schools Based on Inspections—Not Test Scores

    March 04, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    In England, schools are evaluated by actual visits to schools by a group of professional educators, rather than simply by test scores.

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  • Make School a Democracy

    February 28, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Armenia

    In Colombia, students in classrooms make decisions democratically. The result has been higher rates of student involvement and achievement.

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  • A Town Where a School Bus Is More Than a Bus

    February 27, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Hartsville, South Carolina

    There are many other adults beyond teachers who regularly interact with children — and who are often overlooked as potential contributors to the educational mission. Hartsville, South Carolina, uses school bus drivers as a resource and extra set of eyes to observe how students are doing.

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  • Classroom observers using new tools to make teachers better

    February 22, 2015 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Throughout Washington, administrators have rolled out new preschool teacher evaluation methodology. Called "CLASS", instructors are observed at length and judged on their interactions in categories including emotional, social, and intellectual growth. The model, which moves away from principal evaluation, has been shown to improve both teaching and student performance. Now the state is piloting similar programs in K-12 classes. One researcher writes of the importance of the right assessment tool, “People say that teaching isn’t rocket science and I would argue that it's actually more complicated..."

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  • Empathy, not Expulsion, for Preschoolers at Risk

    February 20, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Preschoolers in the U.S. who misbehave are increasingly being expelled. In Connecticut, trained counselors educated teachers about how to deal with emotionally traumatized kids which reduced expulsions.

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  • Only 1 in 5 NYC students graduates from college. This nonprofit is going to change that

    February 20, 2015 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Educational nonprofit OneGoal has proven that its model of education helps provide low-income students in Chicago and Houston with the tools needed to pursue a college degree. Now, the nonprofit hopes to improve the college graduation rate in New York City by assisting high school students in understanding the basic techniques to achieve success.

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  • Principal in the Classroom: Can New Orleans make it work?

    February 18, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    When a New Orleans school principal prioritizes and structures her day to maximizing opportunities to empower her staff and provide targeted professional development so that the teachers can best serve under-performing students and ensure they receive the best education possible.

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  • Asia Art Archive's Mobile Library travels to Myanmar

    February 10, 2015 |

    South China Morning Post |

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    Response Location: Myanmar, Yangon

    After decades of government repression and censorship, Myanmar’s civilian government has allowed for freer creative expression. The Hong Kong based Asia Art Archive is helping to develop the infrastructure of an arts community through workshops, meetings, and their “Mobile Library” of art books.

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