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Reinventing a terror-free Borno State through child education

Innocent Eteng

August 01, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri, Borno State

The Future Prowess Islamic Foundation provides free education to roughly 2,000 students who have been affected by the violence of Boko Haram, including the children of Boko Haram insurgents. The organization also offers training and micro-loans to local widows to help them start their own businesses.

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Au Bangladesh, l'éducation des filles passe par la lutte contre le mariage précoce

Robin Tutenges

July 31, 2023 |

Slate |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Bangladesh

Pour encourager les filles à rester à l’école, le programme « The right to be a girl » enseigne aux filles les dangers des mariage de mineures et leurs droits légaux. Les participants reçoivent également de la formation et des fournitures pour offrir des services tels que la couture et les soins de beauté, ce qui aide à compenser les coûts de scolarité qui peuvent peser sur les familles. Le programme a bénéficié à près de 3 000 filles, dont aucune n’a été mariée avant l’âge légal.

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Chicago gave 20 schools more funding to become community hubs. Can the city scale up the model?

Mila Koumpilova

July 31, 2023 |

Chalkbeat Chicago |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago’s Sustainable Community Schools initiative provides additional funding to high-poverty campuses to support after-school and summer programs, improve parent and student engagement, and provide better access to social support. National studies show that the model can help improve attendance, academic performance, and students’ sense of belonging, though some Chicago schools have struggled to work effectively with nonprofit partners.

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One solution to Minnesota's teacher shortage: alternative training

Becky Z. Dernbach

July 28, 2023 |

Sahan Journal |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Minnesota

Teach Minnesota is a six-week alternative licensure program that provides hands-on classroom experience and intensive training in topics such as literacy and culturally-responsive education, allowing future teachers to earn their license more quickly and at a lower cost than in traditional degree programs. The New Teachers Project, which facilitates Teach Minnesota, has trained 37,000 teachers in 25 states and Washington, D.C.

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How NYC's Harbor School is trying to reduce summer school stigma

Michael Elsen-Rooney

July 24, 2023 |

Chalkbeat New York |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School on Governors Island offers a summer school program that provides a low-pressure environment for students to complete coursework they may struggle with during the traditional school year. Students benefit from flexible scheduling that allows many to work part-time, as well as more individualized academic attention thanks to lower student-teacher ratios.

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'Achieve your dreams at home'

Nora Mabie

July 22, 2023 |

Indian Country Today |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Blackfeet Nation, United States, Browning, Montana

In 2019, Montana’s Blackfeet Community College launched its first four-year bachelor’s in nursing degree program with the goal of helping to address care shortages in the local Indigenous community. The program’s first graduate, who received her degree in 2023 and is now working as a long-term care nurse, said the college’s relationship-based approach helped her stick with her studies even through the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Preventing suspensions: Tackle discipline problems with empathy first

Tara García Mathewson

July 20, 2023 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Behavioral management programs such as Behavioral Leadership, the Crisis Prevention Institute, and Empathic Instruction train teachers how to incentivize appropriate behaviors and lead with empathy rather than relying on punitive discipline such as suspensions. These approaches have been shown to reduce in-school suspensions and reduce disciplinary disparities for marginalized students.

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One college finds a way to get students to degrees more quickly, simply and cheaply

Jon Marcus

July 20, 2023 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: England, Coventry

At CU Coventry, students take just one course at a time for four hours each day, which allows them to finish a bachelor’s degree within three years. The fixed schedule and “no frills” tuition is often more convenient for nontraditional students who may have children or full-time careers outside of school.

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How the Military Can Save Affirmative Action

Will Norris

July 18, 2023 |

Washington Monthly |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, West Point, New York

The U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School is a year-long academic support program for promising applicants to military academies who don’t yet meet admission requirements. Roughly 40 percent of USMAPS students are Black, and about 83 percent of all USMAPS students go on to be accepted to selective military academies.

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Brazosport ISD is training its own teachers. The program might become a model for other Texas schools.

Brian Lopez

July 18, 2023 |

The Texas Tribune |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Clute, Texas

The Brazosport school district has a unique teacher apprenticeship program which covers the cost of aspiring teachers’ coursework and pays them to teach under a mentor educator for a full year. Twenty-five new teachers graduated from the program this year and will be required to work in the district for at least three years, and research shows that about 86 percent of educators who complete similar programs are still teaching in the same district after three years.

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