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  • DOGE abruptly cut a program for teens with disabilities. This student is 'devastated'

    April 14, 2025 |

    KPBS Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Newton, Massachusetts

    Before DOGE cut the program’s funding, Charting My Path for Future Success was helping students with disabilities learn ways to successfully transition from high school to college or the working world with greater self-sufficiency. Before it was canceled, 1,600 high school juniors enrolled in the program, learning how to set goals, take care of themselves and build their confidence and self-determination skills.

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  • Massachusetts welcomed migrant families with open arms. But is the state prepared to teach their children?

    April 10, 2025 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    In dual-language instruction, classes are delivered partly in English and partly in English learners’ home language, allowing them to improve their English skills while also maintaining their mother tongue. Massachusetts added 16 new dual-language programs between 2018 and 2020, but the state is currently struggling to serve an influx of English learners, with only 4 percent of those students enrolled in dual-language programs.

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  • Knitting, cheerleading, fishing: This is what a cellphone ban looks like in one school district

    April 08, 2025 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Spokane, Washington

    When Spokane Public Schools banned cellphones in classrooms and at recess, it also paired the new rules with an engagement program designed to get more students involved in clubs and extracurricular activities. Since removing cell phones, expanding activity options, and hiring “engagement navigators” to help match students to activities, the number of students participating in extracurriculars increased by 19 percent and principals began reporting fewer phone confiscations.

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  • USAID enabled 208 Afghan women to defy the Taliban ban on college — until now

    April 08, 2025 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Afghanistan

    A scholarship endowment from the U.S. Agency of International Development supports the American University of Afghanistan, which provides courses to Afghan women who are not allowed to pursue education in their home country. In all, 208 scholarships have been awarded, including funds for 120 women to relocate and attend college in person, but the future of the program is uncertain due to federal cuts to USAID’s programs.

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  • Why Steubenville, Ohio, Might Be the Best School District in America

    April 01, 2025 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Steubenville, Ohio

    Despite having less money and staff than similar districts, Steubenville schools excel at teaching youth to read, consistently getting 95% to 99% of its third graders over the proficiency level. The schools achieve this with various strategies, including offering subsidized preschool starting at age three, prioritizing reading time across all school subjects and allowing students to work with their peers to read aloud and practice their fluency skills.

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  • Schools face a shortage of social workers – but Howard University has a plan that helps

    March 31, 2025 |

    Capital News Service Maryland |

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    Response Location: United States, District of Columbia

    Project PRESS, which stands for Preparing Responsive and Effective School Social Workers, addresses the social worker shortage in schools by motivating social work students to pursue careers as school social workers providing them with the proper training to do so. It’s a year-long program that focuses on staffing historically Black and low-income areas, and has placed 22 social workers in schools in its first year.

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  • A La Reliure du Limousin, les aides gouvernementales sont indispensables au succès de l'apprentissage

    March 26, 2025 |

    Le Monde |

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    Response Location: France, Malemort

    Chez La Reliure du Limousin, entreprise de reliure et de restauration de documents anciens, les financements publics soutiennent un programme d’apprentissage qui allie formation technique et cours théoriques. L’entreprise accueille 10 apprentis par an et a jusqu’à présent embauché une douzaine pour des postes permanents.

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  • The Fifth Vital Sign: Atlanta Doctors Are Talking Climate Change With Patients

    March 25, 2025 |

    The Xylom |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Doctors are leveraging trust built over time with patients to combat misinformation around climate change. The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health and its affiliates, including Georgia Clinicians for Climate Action, train healthcare providers on climate communication through fellowships, advocacy work, and educational materials to better equip them for these conversations.

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  • This school is empowering Almajiris in Katsina  with skills to stop them from begging

    March 24, 2025 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Katsina

    Save Humanity is a mobile vocational school that serves Almijiris, or those on a pilgrimage for Islamic knowledge, as well as other students without adequate access to education. The organization provides tutors that visit area schools twice a week to lead training in mobile phone repairs, leather working, and satellite dish installation so that Almijiris can earn a living, with 134 participants trained in 2024.

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  • Community colleges are providing new opportunities for learning on the job in logging and oystering

    March 19, 2025 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Shingletown, California

    Shasta College partners with timber companies to help train apprentices for the industry, providing pre-apprenticeship coursework and helping to facilitate state and federal funding that offsets the cost of on-the-job training. So far, about 50 people have completed the pre-apprenticeship program, while 15 have completed the full apprenticeship.

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