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How one district solved its special education dropout problem

Sarah Butrymowicz

November 18, 2017 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Covina, California

The Covina-Valley School District in California reduced high school drop-out rates and chronic absenteeism among special education students by providing a more engaging environment and curriculum for students. Students are divided into three levels based on their levels of cognitive competence, and educators rewrote textbooks and curriculum to fit the varying needs and capabilities of students within each level, as opposed to putting all special students in one level. Another successful approach has been to combine general and special education staff meetings and increase curricular collaboration.

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Trauma and transitions: How San Diego grapples with educating refugees.

Megan Wood Mandy McLaren

August 28, 2017 |

Investigative Reporting Workshop |

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Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

San Diego County public schools have a large number of refugee students and changes such as lowering noise levels (such as school bells) that triggered post-traumatic stress, reducing class sizes, providing daily teacher consistency, and integrating language and academic instruction has helped them feel more comfortable and fill the gaps in their education. Not all of the interventions have led to academic success, but schools are juggling very limited budgets to address the specific needs of refugee students, including extra English language instruction and counseling services.

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Feelif technology: Feeling life under your fingers

Maja Prijatelj Videmšek

June 24, 2017 |

AzerNews |

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Response Location: Slovenia, Ljubljana

A new tablet, called the Feelif multimedia device, allows blind children to learn braille and geometry and play interactive learning games with their fingers. The device allows children to create drawings and write on a tablet and then feel what they've created in a 3 dimensional way.

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For children who have faced serious trauma, a place to learn

Henry Gass

June 14, 2017 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is home to a high number of teens with severe trauma and emotional disturbance, who are underserved in regular school settings. Alternative programs that focus more on 'behavior than academics' are offering these students a new place to learn.

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In high school, finding new 'people, places and things'

Jim McCormick

May 04, 2017 |

Temple University |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

When mother Rebecca Bonner's daughter had to seek treatment for an opioid addiction after her freshman year of high school, Bonner was worried about her daughter returning to the high school where her daughter's addiction began. After two relapses, Bonner decided to open Philadelphia's first recovery high school. There are several recovery high schools nationwide that accept sober students to help keep them in recovery.

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Chronically Absent: Is Quality Education in Juvenile Detention Possible in Mississippi?

Sierra Mannie

July 27, 2016 |

Jackson Free Press |

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Response Location: United States, Pelahatchie, Mississippi

Many years of work to improve juvenile-detention centers in Mississippi may curb recidivism rates by increasing the quality of life in detention. Despite those efforts, however, centers might still be unable to give detained students what they need the most—a quality education.

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Schools work to aid children of domestic violence

Krista M. Torralva

April 23, 2016 |

Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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Response Location: United States, Brockton, Massachusetts

Massachusetts’ Brockton Public School district has trained the entire staff at three elementary schools to recognize signs of trauma in children. Inspired by the book, “Helping Traumatized Children Learn,” by Eliana Gil, the district’s initiative has now inspired another text and has spread to school districts around the world. Core to the initiative is trying to work more proactively toward social emotional health.

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To improve lifelong health, Memphis tries rooting out childhood trauma

Sarah Varney

April 20, 2016 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

Childhood trauma such as abuse, neighborhood violence or the death of a parent has been found to lead to dire health and social problems later in life. How can communities intervene to spare future generations the same pain and illness? Special correspondent Sarah Varney reports in collaboration with Kaiser Health News on how the city of Memphis, Tennessee, is tackling the problem.

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How are Special Needs Teens Being Prepared for Workforce?

Don Hudson

April 11, 2016 |

KTVX-TV |

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Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

Camp K in Utah provides job counseling and training for teens with special needs, helping them to bridge the gap between high school and the professional work force.

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For Goldman, Success in Social Impact Bond That Aids Schoolchildren

Nathaniel Popper

October 07, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Utah

In Utah, Goldman Sachs funded the education of preschoolers and was reimbursed by the state once it was shown that the kids would not need special education. Social impact investments, like this one in Utah, can help social programs in the U.S. which are often affected by government cuts.

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