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  • Opioid-addicted students pose new challenges for colleges

    September 13, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Brunswick, New Jersey

    The opioid crisis has thrust colleges into a new role - recovery house. Compared to 2013, when only a couple dozen colleges had addiction recovery programs, today, there are close to 200. Of the students who enroll, one study found, only eight percent relapse. Although an increasing number of higher education institutions are rolling out similar programs, the stigma and cost of the approach remain significant barriers to more widespread adoption.

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  • Before personalized learning became a trend, teachers built their own forerunner

    September 06, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Before the personalized learning movement came onto the education scene, Impact Academy in Minnesota was already experimenting with ways to innovate within the confines and resources of a traditional public school. In 2013, Impact assigned all students to a K-5 multi-age "community," allowing students to progress at their own paces according to a series of reading and math "strands."

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  • A little-known program has lifted 9th grade performance in virtually every type of school

    August 30, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) program sticks to a simple motto: “Same Students. Same Teachers. Better Results." With this low-key saying, BARR has transformed the performance of students at a wide range of schools - from low-income, low-performing schools to affluent institutions. The key to its success? To start, teachers gather periodically to share notes, concerns and plans about each individual ninth grader.

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  • Making the preschool magic last as children get older

    August 26, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Christopher House, a Chicago-based early childcare and elementary school, says it has found the key to reducing fade-out post-preschool: “You can’t teach a child without family,” Karen Ross-Williams, director of early childhood and youth development for Christopher House, says. Christopher House offers myriad support services to parents and is unique in that it offers both academics and help with basic needs at the same location.

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  • In a mastery-based classroom, students understand where they need to focus

    August 23, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    A North Carolina teacher has had marked success using mastery-based learning techniques, which emphasize skill acquisition over classroom time, in her classroom. She says of the self-directed approach to instruction: "“The mindset is ‘Give students their own data and let them choose what to work on themselves.’" With this setup, the teacher also has extra time to work in smaller groups with struggling students.

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  • Preschool playgroups offer rural families a head start on school

    August 08, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Rocky Mount, North Carolina

    In rural North Carolina, an organization holds bi-monthly playgroups to teach parents about the importance of "basic interactions between parents and their kids." Based on the principle of "child-directed play," the research-backed programming allows parents to connect and share and helps students prepare for the unfamiliar social setting of kindergarten.

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  • Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

    August 02, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice sets itself apart by offering a blended learning curriculum to students. The district's superintendent sees immense benefits to the split schedule and online learning component - “The self-paced schedule has made a huge difference in the number of kids obtaining credits." Other players are more skeptical.

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  • Indiana's free pre-K: Adored by parents, beset with growing pains

    July 26, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

    Since 2014, low-income parents who enroll their children in Indiana's state grant program, On My Way Pre-K, have watched their students gain important literacy skills and self-confidence. However, only four percent of the state's qualifying four year olds currently participate in the initiative. Teachers are now brainstorming strategies to eliminate barriers to parents applying for the funding.

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  • A summer school program uses the arts to combat the achievement gap

    July 19, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    A Baltimore nonprofit uses arts programming to engage students in educational activities over the summer to combat learning loss. The director of differentiated learning for the district explains, "They don't even realize we're doing math and literacy instruction because we're having so much fun." Program administrators believe models like this are important in decreasing the persistent achievement gap.

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  • Getting low-income kids into jobs by getting them into career-themed high schools

    July 16, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    In San Antonio, career-themed schools are at the center “of a growing push to more closely match the skills students gather in high school with workforce needs.” The Center for Applied Science and Technology (CAST), described as akin to “an outpost of Google,” works with industry partners to connect students with local jobs and ensure lessons are up to date, all while emphasizing socioeconomic integration through an approach called “diversity by design.”

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