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  • The Sea Creature That Saved a School (How Lobsters Are Keeping Students in School)

    Tanya Paperny

    December 11, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Deer Isle, Maine

    Deer Isle, Maine, struggled to keep students in school; many students felt that a diploma was unnecessary, since they could drop out and join the lobster fishing industry. But the local high school found a creative solution to keep students engaged and ensure more opportunities in what can be a volatile industry. They redesigned courses to suit the interests of students, moving to project-based learning that explores traditional academic topics through fishing and marine themes, such as studying geometry through boat building. The approach has helped increase graduation rates by more than 30 percent.

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  • Teaching Teens Financial Literacy

    Arielle Dreher

    November 09, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    Students at Provine High School will soon be able to open up accounts with Hope Credit Union, right in their own hallway. The partnership is helping students realize that having a relationship with a financial institution can create a more stable financial future, breaking the cycle of poverty.

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  • Can Española Valley High School crack down on truancy?

    Andrew Martinez

    October 15, 2016 |

    Rio Grande Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Española, New Mexico

    To improve its consistently high truancy rates, last academic year Española Valley High School implemented a new truancy and dropout prevention program aimed at shaping up poor attendance. The results are yet to be determined — but debate still rages within the school about the best method for battling truancy.

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  • How one tiny high school hacked Advanced Placement classes

    Kate Schimel

    October 10, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Paonia, Colorado

    In 2011, the Colorado Education Initiative (CEI), an education advocacy and research organization, launched the Colorado Legacy Schools project. The program funded innovative ways to increase the number and diversity of students taking AP classes. Instead of applying for funds to train teachers and subsidize test fees, Paonia High teamed up with two nearby schools to more than triple their collective AP offerings. It’s a promising model for rural, resource-limited schools trying to bring more college-prep opportunities to their few students.

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  • Addressing The Digital Divide In Education

    Megan Kamerick

    October 07, 2016 |

    KNME-PBS |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Farmington, New Mexico

    Many families in rural New Mexico still do not have high speed internet access at home. In Farmington, the public school district, a local college, and nonprofits are working to close the gap in the digital divide for students by addressing access to technology and the internet.

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  • Feeling smart: At Taos High, emotions are their own intelligence

    Cody Hooks

    October 03, 2016 |

    The Taos News |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    Taos High School has recently lost a couple of students and a recent graduate, all of whom committed suicide. The school has developed an Emotional Intelligence Retreat for its ninth graders as an opportunity to form deeper connections and build their own emotional understanding, in order to help them cope with hardships.

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  • A solution as obvious as it is rare: Making high school graduates ready for college

    Jon Marcus

    August 18, 2016 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Tennessee

    Because high schools are assessed on graduation rates in lieu of college-readiness and public universities are funded based on the number of students who enroll instead of those that graduate, there is often a miscommunication about what students need to know to take college courses. Without proper preparation, students are funneled into remedial classes, an expensive and time consuming path. Several states are working to close this gap, shifting the incentive structure towards graduation rates-based funding for colleges and identifying slipping high school juniors to "bring them up to speed" before college.

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  • Ideas to Save our Failing High Schools

    Richard Davies Jim Meigs

    July 20, 2016 |

    How Do We Fix It? |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Young people are graduating from high schools and not ready for college level work. Liz Willen describes different initiatives around the United States that have provided solutions for improving secondary education. She addresses the importance of STEM, role models for students, and project-based learning.

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  • America Can Fix Its Student Loan Crisis. Just Ask Australia.

    Susan Dynarski

    July 09, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Australia

    Around the world, students borrow money to pay for college, but, in the United States, students are more likely to fall behind on loans. Australia may offer some lessons: borrowers in Australia only start paying back their loans once their earnings reach $40,000, and beyond that they pay four percent of their income until the loans are repaid. The system does not penalize borrowers when they face economic hardship.

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  • ‘Microcosm of the city': Garfield High principal navigates racial divide

    Claudia Rowe

    June 25, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    After leading Seattle’s storied Garfield High School for more than a decade, Principal Ted Howard is having a crisis of conscience, wondering if his hard line with youth of color is hurting the very students he most wants to help.

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