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  • When counselors are in short supply, students step in to help

    Noble Ingram

    April 23, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States

    Lacking sufficient counseling resources, schools are training students to fill the gap. The approach is not intended as a comprehensive solution, but as a way to help more students get connected with basic services.

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  • This city is short of teachers. It's tapping immigrants to help.

    Noble Ingram

    March 12, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

    The City of Portland, Maine, has created a new path to teacher certification for immigrants who served as teachers in their home countries. The program aims to help immigrants navigate the country's complicated teacher education system, diversify Portland's public schools, and address a shortage of qualified educators in the city.

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  • On college campuses, planning for a post-Millennial future

    Noble Ingram

    November 28, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    The University of Maryland - Baltimore County is known for its higher number of masters and doctoral graduates of color, and for having the greatest number of black graduates with a combined MD-PhD in the country. The school has made a concerted effort to acknowledge the changing demographics of college students and is leading university-specific efforts to promote and support diversity.

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  • In these bilingual classrooms, diversity is no longer lost in translation

    Noble Ingram

    October 30, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Somerville, MA is one of a growing number of cities that has implemented a two-way dual immersion program in its schools. These programs combine fluent English speakers and English language learners in the same room, helping to integrate not only schools but classrooms and empowering both groups of students in the process.

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  • 'Deck parks' restore community ties in neighborhoods divided by highways

    Noble Ingram

    July 30, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Communities, often low-income neighborhoods or communities of color, that were separated by the construction of highways across America are reconnecting by building "deck parks." The parks include room for public green space and new homes, but most importantly, they're intended to recreate a sense of home while mitigating the environmental impacts of interstates.

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