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  • Affirmative action helps students thrive at universities across Brazil

    July 22, 2025 |

    The World |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    Federal universities in Brazil operate on a quota system of affirmative action in which half of the available seats are awarded based solely on academic achievement and the other half are for students from underrepresented populations, including those identifying as Black, Indigenous, or disabled. The policy has encountered significant pushback, but it has also helped thousands of students access higher education.

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  • Connecticut Serves 1.75 Million Free Summer Meals As Federal Cuts Hit School Nutrition

    July 18, 2025 |

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    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    The Sun Meals Program distributes free breakfast and lunch to Connecticut children in the summer, with no registration or identification required. The program has handed out more than 1.75 million meals since June, but federal funding that helps support the distribution is being eliminated, leaving the state to shore up the gaps.

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  • How One School Turned Career Training Into a Turnaround Strategy

    July 17, 2025 |

    Education Week |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    DeWitt Clinton High School offers formal career pathway programs that allow students to gain real-world work experience and sometimes even earn industry credentials while completing their high school diploma requirements. There are pathways available for everything from visual arts to agriculture to health care careers, and the high school has seen its graduation numbers go up and absenteeism rates drop since establishing the programs.

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  • Pakistan's women fight to enter the labor force

    June 25, 2025 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Pakistan

    CARE Schools are free, half-public, half-private institutions that provide lessons in both Urdu and English. The schools teach both boys and girls, sometimes in co-ed classes, to promote gender equality and provide girls with equal opportunities in their education and increase their job prospects.

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  • Nebraska invested in having special education students learn alongside their peers — and is seeing promising results

    June 09, 2025 |

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    Response Location: United States, Scottsbluff, Nebraska

    Nebraska’s Journey to Inclusion program focused on providing educators with training and resources to help schools keep more students with disabilities in general classrooms rather than separating them in specialized classrooms. Since implementing changes, the state has seen proficiency rates and graduation rates rise among students with disabilities.

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  • More schools are adopting a 4-day school week. One Montana town tried to fight it

    May 21, 2025 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    Since 2005, some Montana school districts have opted to shift to a four-day school week in hopes that the schedule may attract teachers and help fill longstanding vacancies. However, a state-commissioned study showed that students who attended school four days a week performed worse than those with a five-day schedule, with proficiency in both reading and math lagging behind their peers, and administrative costs also rose.

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  • Providing Disabled Students With Skills and Support for Finding Work

    May 06, 2025 |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Pre-employment transition services are designed to support high school students with documented disabilities by helping them explore potential careers, gain valuable work experience, and develop crucial life skills they’ll need to succeed in the workplace. For one student in Utah, participating in the program helped him secure a job on the path to becoming a mechanic after graduation.

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  • Community Libraries Are Spreading Across Rural India

    April 21, 2025 |

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    Response Location: India

    In rural areas of India that often have limited access to reading material, communities are banding together to form small libraries where residents can read, study, take classes, or just use the wi-fi. One library has grown to about 2,100 registered members and has helped about 50 students pass their competitive exams.

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  • In Adamawa, female teachers inspire girls to stay in school—But barriers remain

    April 14, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Vinikilang, Adamawa

    Schools in Adamawa State are increasing the number of female teachers, which is inherently increasing the number of female students attending school. Previously, over 50% of girls in the area had not been in school, or dropped out, but with the increase of female teachers, the number of girls in school has dramatically increased.

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

    April 14, 2025 |

    KPBS Public Media |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    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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