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  • What happens when students are given a say in school budgets?

    April 12, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    This year, New York City's Department of Education introduced participatory budgeting in 48 public schools to bolster civics education and create a more transparent budgeting process. At Veritas Academy in Queens, students conducted research, consulted teachers, and prepared pitches in pursuit of the $2,000 of the annual budget available; in the end it was a close race between a greenhouse, multi-purpose studio, and filtered water fountain.

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  • Colleges start looking for ways to house and feed their students who are homeless

    March 18, 2019 |

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    Thirty-six percent of university and 46 percent of community college students in the United States are housing insecure. From providing monthly rent subsidies to allowing students living in their cars to park on campus to matching community college students with empty dorm rooms at nearby schools, colleges across the country are working with nonprofits and housing authorities to develop creative solutions.

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  • Citywide data partnership offers new ways to serve students

    March 14, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    The Kansas City school district and a group of local nonprofits are implementing a new software management system that will allow partners to access student data from a range of sources. The data-sharing agreement will paint a more holistic picture of students and, in the future, allow teachers and others to make informed interventions when appropriate.

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  • PedsAcademy gives kids fun learning opportunities in the hospital

    February 28, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States

    PedsAcdaemy offers personalized learning to school-age kids who are in a hospital for extended stays. Lessons, which are up to three hours a day, are designed around any physical impediments students might be facing and help to ensure there is no lost time while students are away from their normal classroom.

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  • This program is helping fast-diversifying suburban schools boost outcomes for all students

    February 20, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Sandy Springs, Georgia

    A nonprofit called AVID exposes low-income students to organizational skills, leadership training, and peer support networks. Working with over 2 million students nationwide, AVID is "designed to systematically help disadvantaged students compensate for their lack of insider knowledge." While it has its critics, this program has been particularly successful in it work with minority students in diversifying suburban schools.

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  • Alaska schools pay a price for the slowest internet in the US, but change is coming

    January 28, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    Three school districts in northwestern Alaska are using a high-speed fiber-optic cable connection to increase connectivity and offer students new opportunities to use educational technology that their peers in other parts of the country take for granted.

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  • Another tool to improve student mental health? Kids talking to kids

    January 27, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Taos, New Mexico

    Taos High School's EQ Retreat is an opportunity for seniors to share their experiences with stress and trauma with underclassmen, providing a relatable voice and lessons for overcoming the challenges inside and outside the walls of high school. "Peer-led social emotional learning is the answer," the teacher-leader of the retreat said.

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  • Some colleges start using their long winter breaks for career advising

    January 20, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    At liberal arts schools, like Scripps College in California, administrators are making the most of lengthy winter breaks by offering optional career development programming for undergraduates. “The question is why haven’t we tapped into this before," said Jen Franchak, who works at the University of Miami of Ohio. "For the right student, who is willing to come back early, it seems like a good use of that otherwise down time."

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  • District sends teachers on home visits to help get more students to college

    December 23, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    A West Virginia town is using a federal grant to expand a preschool teacher home visiting program to high school students. "We’re coming to build a relationship with you because we know that you’re an expert on how your child learns, and we as educators can learn a lot from you," says the executive director of the program.

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  • A venture fund supports “model providers,” which have developed proven models to improve learning and shared them with many schools

    December 20, 2018 |

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    Teton Science Schools, New Classrooms, and Summit Learning are examples of "model providers" - schools that have found solutions that seem to solve common issues faced by many elementary and secondary schools. Through the New Schools Venture Fund, "highly successful school[s are] taking a subset of what they’ve done and packaging it to get it to others in the field."

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