Story Search Results

Advanced Search

There are so many ways to search the solutions journalism stories in this database. Explore our searchable fields:

Search Results

You searched for: -

There are 485 results for your search. View and Refine Your Search Terms

Advancing Girl Child Education in Oyo Community

Adeyemi Okediran

October 10, 2022 |

BONews |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Oyo State

The Wonderland Gifted Girls Academy provides free education to girls in Oyo State, Nigeria, to increase educational opportunities for girls and give them a foundation to build their future on.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Community Schools Offer More Than Just Teaching

Alina Tugend

October 06, 2022 |

The New York Times |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

Michael D. Fox elementary school is a community school, a school that coordinates with nonprofits, businesses, and other organizations to offer on-site services for families, such as a food and clothes pantry, a physician assistant, and a dental hygienist.

Read More
Go to Original Story
‘This is the place for him': A bilingual preschool's effect on one Memphis community

Samantha West

September 30, 2022 |

Chalkbeat Tennessee |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

At Su Casa Preschool in Memphis students are taught the usual curriculum plus second language development. The program focuses on helping Spanish-speaking immigrant children access quality education.

Read More
Go to Original Story
State Leaders Are Turning to Students to Shape Education Policy

Lilah Burke

September 29, 2022 |

EdSurge News |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

More students than ever are now providing input on education policies through state boards and councils, with 33 states offering opportunities for student engagement in the policymaking process. Student representatives serving in these positions say the experience has bolstered their interest in politics and given them the chance to weigh in on important issues, and some have successfully lobbied for official voting rights on their boards.

Read More
Go to Original Story
For A Small Rural Texas Town, the Solution to a Teacher Shortage Is a Motel

Bekah McNeel

September 29, 2022 |

The 74 |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Fort Stockton, Texas

The Fort Stockton Independent School District in Texas is attracting qualified teachers with high pay and cheap rent at school-owned housing.

Read More
Go to Original Story
‘The Mary Lyon way': A Boston inclusion school's successful approach to re-engagement

Christopher Huffaker

September 27, 2022 |

The Boston Globe |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

The Mary Lyon School is a “full-inclusion school” designed to give students — especially those with special needs, including emotional and behavioral disabilities — the necessary resources and supports to see positive outcomes with their education. The Mary Lyon School uses community-based approaches and philosophies rooted in inclusion to stay connected with students and their families to help guide them toward their graduation day.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Indianapolis Students Get ‘Leg Up' On Careers With European-Style Apprenticeships

Patrick O’Donnell

September 26, 2022 |

The 74 |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

Europen-inspired apprenticeship programs in Indianapolis, Indiana, pay students to work and train for jobs allowing them to gain career experience and pay part, or all, of their college tuition before graduation.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Report: More States Are Giving Students a Say in Education Policy

Asher Lehrer-Small

September 19, 2022 |

The 74 |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

At least 33 states now involve students in education policymaking through formal advisory roles or positions on state boards, and these youth have helped spearhead changes, such as a Massachusetts rule requiring student feedback to be considered in the teacher evaluation process and a Washington bill creating school-based liaisons to coordinate homelessness services.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Here's how an NGO is offering hope to children with down syndrome, other disabilities in Sokoto

Abdulrasheed Hammad

September 17, 2022 |

International Centre for Investigative Reporting |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto

The Handicap Opportunity for Positive Engagement Society is a nonprofit in Nigeria that provides free, specialized education for children with disabilities. Since the teaching is specific to their needs, students tend to improve in areas they’ve had difficulty with at other schools while here.

Read More
Go to Original Story
District buy-in crucial to making Fredericktown latchkey program work

Grant Pepper

September 03, 2022 |

Richland Source |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Fredericktown, Ohio

A latchkey program made possible by a variety of community support provides a place for elementary students to be cared for before and after school if their parents cannot drop them off or pick them up at the designated times.

Read More
Go to Original Story