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  • At the independent schools in Boston, parents offer solutions

    June 20, 2024 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Community schools such as Paige Academy and Roxbury Roots build on a long legacy of independent schools that sprouted as a way to better serve Black students who were often left behind by the public school system. Families say their children are able to be more engaged and at ease in a culturally competent environment that pays close attention to students’ needs.

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  • Meet the 'New' Scientists Engineering Uganda's Future

    June 20, 2024 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Ntinda-Kampala

    Young Engineers is a STEM education program that helps children build technical skills and knowledge through hands-on activities with a focus on problem-solving. The organization is women-led, and the majority of its 800 participants are girls.

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  • The opportunity gap should close, so Boston schools seek answers

    June 20, 2024 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Dorchester, Massachusetts

    To help close achievement and opportunity gaps for marginalized students, schools like Joseph Lee K-8 School are trying to take a more holistic approach to education, offering services and supports that help address the barriers students face outside of the classroom. The school has a free store with essential goods, an occupational therapist, mental health counselors, and a coordinator from an organization called City Connects whose goal is to evaluate students’ needs and help them get access to support, from Medicaid benefits to stable housing.

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  • Can A Public University Change The Fate Of One Of India's Most Backward Districts?

    June 15, 2024 |

    Outlook India |

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    Response Location: India, Nuh District, Haryana

    Young women in the Nuh district, where access to education for women is limited, wrote postcards to the Prime Minister that received attention to build a university. Their efforts worked and since then the government opened a college in the district, 621 young women enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts program, and 73 enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce program.

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  • A small rural town needed more Spanish-language child care. Here's what it took.

    June 15, 2024 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Lexington, Nebraska

    In partnership with other local organizations and advocacy groups, Communities for Kids trains providers to offer Spanish-language childcare, as the state lacks sufficient access to culturally responsive, bilingual care. The training is free and has already licensed several individuals who now run their own Spanish-speaking childcare centers.

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  • Inside the Hausa edtech platform bridging the language divide for Africans

    June 11, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The online education platform Flowdiary is bridging a language gap in the industry by offering training courses in Hausa, so young people in Hausa-speaking communities across Africa can learn the necessary skills for a career in technology.

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  •  Cuba, N.M., schools overcome big digital divide using Starlink

    June 06, 2024 |

    Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: Navajo Mountain, United States, Cuba, New Mexico

    While not without challenges, Starlink, a satellite technology company, played a pivotal role in bringing internet service to rural communities around the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. Community members, the Cuba Independent School District, tribal councils, and Starlink worked together to install widespread internet connectivity, which has improved academic performance for their rural students.

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  • Against all odds: Educating Nigeria's Fulani children amidst adversity

    June 03, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Jabi, Adamawa

    Founded to address the root causes of cattle rustling in Nigeria, such as lack of access to education, as well as raise awareness of Fulani culture, the Fulani Care and Support Foundation set up makeshift classrooms to provide formal education for children aged 7 to 12. By relying on volunteer teachers, one of the foundation’s schools offers lessons for about 50 students three times a week.

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  • Michigan's free school meals yield high returns for student health and academic success

    May 30, 2024 |

    Flintside |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Free school meal programs help improve students’ health, support better academic performance and combat hunger and food insecurity. Several states have passed legislation to keep free meal plans active after federal waivers ran out in 2022. In Michigan alone in October 2023, the 3,459 school meal sites across the state served 10,064,686 free breakfasts and 17,659,809 free lunches.

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  • Day care, baby supplies, counseling: Inside a school for pregnant and parenting teens  

    May 28, 2024 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Spokane, Washington

    Lumen High School enrolls pregnant and parenting teens, providing a “learn-as-you-go” approach to learning that makes it possible for them to parent and stay in school. The school provides full-day child care, free baby supplies, mental health counseling and other supports to help get students to graduation day. All the Lumen High School students who graduate have been accepted into college, with 95% enrolling or choosing to start working within the six months after graduation.

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