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The Philadelphia Citizen
Jessica Blatt Press
14 September 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Students at two Philadelphia schools are getting to know the ins-and-outs of the democratic system by actively participating in the operations of their schools. Students at Philly Free School meet weekly with faculty ...
10 September 2020
Norwalk, California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Community college administrations across the U.S. are helping students continue their education during the pandemic by helping them address basic needs. Cerritos College in Nowalk, California has given away 300 free l...
8 September 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In Chicago, teachers across the city created mutual aid groups to help students and their families pay rent, buy groceries, or cover medical bills. By using their existing networks, social media, and apps like Venmo, ...
31 August 2020
United States
Radio
5-15 Minutes
School districts and cities are creating learning hubs, or learning centers, to provide students with remote learning and access to Wi-Fi. The hubs are free, low-cost, or subsided. The hubs are a necessary alternative...
27 August 2020
Pennsylvania, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Using AI technology, home address data, and algorithms, the Metro21 Institute at Carnegie Mellon was able to find the best school bus routes to deliver school meals to students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The soluti...
20 August 2020
New York, New York, United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
A Brooklyn school district has changed the zoning and middle school admission process to racially integrate schools and level the playing field. White children previously gained admission to schools with the most reso...
19 August 2020
Texas, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Long summer vacations are a tradition in the United States, but some school districts are challenging the long-standing notion of summer break by using a different model—year-round school. School districts around the ...
The Hechinger Report
Alia Wong
10 August 2020
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Tutoring has a longstanding reputation of being an effective measure in helping students stay on-track with their school subjects, but it also costs money. Schools around the U.S. are considering ways to stretch their...
31 July 2020
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Summer, which is usually the busiest season for libraries around the United States, brought with it challenges due to the pandemic, but resourceful librarians innovated ways to connect with their most valuable patrons...
26 July 2020
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Centennial School in Pennsylvania has dramatically reduced its need for student restraint over the last 20 year, challenging the notion that seclusion or restraint is an option when dealing with students with disabili...
The Plug
Iris Crawford
25 July 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Pandemic-induced uncertainty for schools, and their students, is creating wider learning gaps, especially for Black and Latino students. Two nonprofits, The Hidden Genius Project and INTech Camp for Girls, both of whi...
21 July 2020
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) mandated public places, businesses, facilities, and schools make accommodations for people with disabilities, including ramps, accessible entrances and bathrooms, and ...
Denník N
Veronika Folentova
22 June 2020
Levoca, Presov, Slovakia
Text
Over 3000 Words
The Romani Education Fund in Slovakia is helping children from the Roma community, which has a history of social and economic disadvantages as well as being subject to ethnic discrimination, overcome challenges to fin...
The Conversation
Mary Battenfeld
16 June 2020
United States
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800-1500 Words
The pandemic of 2020 bears a heavy resemblance to the pandemic of 1918, and the U.S. can learn from the successes of the past. Investing heavily in school nurses, fostering cross-sector and public/private partnerships...
NBC News
Erin Einhorn
16 June 2020
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
After the pandemic forced schools to close, educators in Detroit had to take on the role of "detectives" in order to track down missing students and help them stay on-track. After realizing the extent of the impact th...
16 June 2020
Hawaii, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Teachers and administrators at schools across Hawaii are adjusting to what it means to teach summer school during the time of coronavirus—and how it'll shape their protocols once fall rolls around. These adjustments i...
8 June 2020
Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Aula em Casa, which translates to School at Home, is a television program that features class material for students living in remote parts of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, who likely have televisions, but not acces...
Jackson Hole News & Guide
Tom Hallberg
3 June 2020
Wyoming, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Schools in Teton County are successfully addressing the achievement gap between English language learners, kids who don't have a strong grasp on English, and white students by taking a holistic approach. In order to i...
The Hechinger Report
Amadou Diallo
1 June 2020
Metaire, Louisiana, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
When the John Q. Adams Middle School in Louisiana received a D rating, a new principal stepped in to restructure and address the ongoing issues with staff and students and was seeing success—but that changed when the ...
29 April 2020
Tennessee, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Tennessee Reconnect, which started as a small-scale "mentorship and financial support program", has now been adopted and expanded throughout the state as a way to help adults start or continue higher education. Now in...
3 April 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
When the pandemic forced schools to cancel in-person classes, the pivot to virtual lessons had to be fast and efficient. In Chicago, three charter school networks were able to make the switch quickly, while innovating...
NH Business Review
Peter Nakos
2 April 2020
Rochester, New Hampshire, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
The Rochester School District in New Hampshire has figured out a way to connect students with limited or no internet access during the pandemic—school bus hotspots. The school district has equipped nine school buses w...
27 March 2020
Campbell Hill, Illinois, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Illinois’ rural Trico school district didn’t have access to remote learning technology, so they turned to paper. With closure as the response to COVID-19, teachers and administrators had to find ways to cope in a regi...
The Eagle-Tribune
Pat Grossmith
23 March 2020
New Hampshire, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Many counties in New Hampshire are addressing the digital divide by loaning laptops to students without access to a computer at home and providing paper assignments to students who don’t have access to the internet. T...
12 February 2020
Berlin, Germany
Text
1500-3000 Words
Back On Track Syria is a tutoring initiative in Berlin helping Arabic-speaking students keep up with school subjects by offering help in their native language. The students in the program are often refugees and migran...
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