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  • What a Texas school district can teach others about virtual education

    March 16, 2021 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Grapevine, Texas

    iUniversity Prep, part of the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District, has consistently outperformed the state in student outcomes in Texas. The school has existed for over a decade and has found success by creating a collaborative, adaptable, and flexible learning environment for its students while also providing high levels of support to its teachers.

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  • The tutoring revolution: How it could transform education

    March 16, 2021 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States

    Research shows tutoring can increase learning. Two years into the pandemic, the exact rates of learning loss due to pandemic learning are still unknown, but its effects have been documented. Researchers, teachers, and academics are advocating for “high dosage,” or “high impact," tutoring (a form of tutoring where one tutor is paired with one student, or a group of small students) at a national level. Students at Chicago public schools who got high impact tutoring “two to three times as much as their peers.”

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  • As teacher morale fell, two Alabama districts found a way to ease workload

    March 16, 2021 |

    AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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    Response Location: United States, Alabama

    During the coronavirus pandemic, schools in Alabama were asked to provide both in-person and remote options for learning. Two districts segmented their teaching workforce so that teachers either taught remote students or in-person students, not both. Baldwin and Talladega counties report that teachers, while still worn out from the stress and demands of the pandemic, describe higher morale, being less burnt out, and feel more positive about the year’s learning model than other teachers. Teachers also report that their students learned better than if they were juggling both modes of instruction.

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  • The human right that benefits nature

    March 16, 2021 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    A court in Costa Rica decided that a local municipality was illegally polluting a stream and this ruling set the stage for the country to ensure that a clean and healthy environment is a human right. They ingrained this right in their constitution joining about 110 other countries that have constitutionally recognized it. Although the law is not perfect, it has allowed courts to rule that killing endangered green sea turtles is unconstitutional, for example. Costa Rica’s success with this legal pathway could be used in other countries seeking to adopt the right to a healthy environment.

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  • Solar lights help Kenyan women escape sex-for-fish trap

    March 16, 2021 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kendu Bay

    A renewable energy project in Kenya is empowering women to catch their own fish instead of relying on “sex-for-fish” deals. Previously, men used to control the mechanisms for catching fish and would only sell to women who would have sex with them. About 400 women have received free solar lights, which allows them to fish at night. The batteries are lightweight and can run up to 120 hours on a single charge. For one woman, using the light also enables her to keep her fish stall open longer, earning her 10 times more than what she used to.

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  • ‘Meeting people where they're at': How mobile crisis-response teams work

    March 15, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Canada, Thunder Bay, Ontario

    Thunder Bay police formed IMPACT (Integrated Mobile Police Assessment Crisis Team), pairing crisis responders with mental health expertise with police officers to respond 24/7 to people experiencing mental health crises. Instead of defaulting to police responses, which risk the use of force and often land people in custody or a hospital, the teams often are able to get people connected to needed social and health services. So far the team has managed to divert about 40 percent of calls to helping services.

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  • Spaulding still changing lives after 150 years

    March 15, 2021 |

    The Laconia Daily Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Northfield, New Hampshire

    The Spaulding Academy and Family Services is a residential school for children and young adults with autism and other neurological issues. It also serves young people with histories of severe trauma or who are in crisis without a stable home. The care they receive is based on love and listening, to make neglected or deeply troubled children feel valued. Some students have restored healthier relationships with their families, while others have found new homes in foster families or adoptions.

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  • How the West Lost COVID

    March 15, 2021 |

    New York Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    Although no universal set of policies were likely to have prevented the spread of Covid-19, the general inaction and lax interventions by countries in the western hemisphere prevented Europe, North America, and South America from containing the spread of the virus. Comparatively, actions taken by governments and citizens in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia allowed that region to prevent a high death toll. Similarly in East Asia, South-East Asia, and Oceania, the region experienced "inarguable success."

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  • How Texas is trying to reverse falling college enrollments

    March 14, 2021 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, Texas

    Future Focused Texas is a new initiatiative aiming to assist college-bound seniors and college students by providing assistance through a suite of resources and making it available to counselors and mentors. The initiative works as a collaboration between schools and partners who establish guidelines, and resources, like a bot called ADVi, to answer students' most common questions. Over 730 "college-access professionals" are taking part in the program.

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  • Nigeria is using radio to provide support for SGBV survivors

    March 13, 2021 |

    International Centre for Investigative Reporting |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    To combat high rates of sexual and gender-based violence in Nigeria, the Spotlight Initiative supports several organizations providing counseling and educational services to victims and to women and girls at risk of abuse. One program from the NEEM Foundation countered the pandemic shutdown by distributing transistor radios to continue its classes for women. Another, Save the Child Initiative, intervened in a child rape case that local authorities ignored, convincing national police to arrest the attacker and providing counseling to the victim and her mother.

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