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  • A school where character matters as much as academics

    September 03, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    At Capital City Public Charter School, students are graded based not only on academic skills but also social and emotional skills. The Washington D.C. school has a high graduation rate and college enrollment rate.

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  • Minneapolis hoop dancer giving life lessons 

    August 31, 2019 |

    Twin Cities Pioneer Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Missouri

    Hoop dancing, an activity with origins in indigenous dance traditions, can provide a means to physical fitness and child development. In Minneapolis, a professional hoop dancer is using this knowledge and his skill to teach others at the University of St.Thomas Anderson Student Center how to utilize the practice to improve their own lives.

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  • College dreams often melt away in summer months. ‘Near-peer' counseling is helping keep them alive.

    August 30, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A "near-peer" mentoring program offers a promising model for similar initiatives working to prevent "summer melt" for low-income students in the summer between their graduation from high school and arrival at college. College-age mentors provide in-person coaching and respond to texts about financial aid and other concerns.

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  • Using virtual reality to help students with disabilities

    August 29, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Danvers, Massachusetts

    In the Danvers, Massachusetts, school district, virtual reality technology allows students with disabilities to walk through the hallways of their middle school before the first day of classes or take field trips at their own pace as part of life skills classes. The district's technology director believes this a key "low-stakes opportunity to practice critical life skills."

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  • Back to School: Closing The Minority Teacher Gap

    August 28, 2019 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    To address the persistent lack of minority teachers in Connecticut classrooms, the Capital Region Education Council has developed a teacher residency program. Local minority college graduates are paid to teach for a year in a classroom while taking intense coursework in the summers before and after.

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  • If NYC eliminates gifted programs, here's what could come next

    August 27, 2019 |

    Chalkbeat |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City will likely phase out its controversial and longstanding gifted and talented programs and shift towards an approach called "schoolwide enrichment models," which are already used in some of the city's schools. In these programs, teachers identify students' interests and develop related units or electives.

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  • This land is their land

    August 27, 2019 |

    Searchlight New Mexico |

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    Response Location: United States, Las Cruces, New Mexico

    The Outdoor Equity Fund in New Mexico introduces troubled youth across the state to exploration in nature as a sort of informal therapy and mental retreat. The Fund - a first of it's kind across the nation - distributes resources and funding to local outdoor and youth-centered nonprofits to spread the impact of their missions across the state.

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  • How a Vermont school is overcoming the declining enrollment trend that hurts rural towns

    August 27, 2019 |

    USA Today |

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    Response Location: United States, Tinmouth, Vermont

    In stark contrast to schools in the rest of the state, Tinmouth's elementary school population has increased by 30 percent in the past four years, helping to bring in and retain dedicated teachers. Tinmouth, which focuses on outdoor and project-based education and thoughtfully marketing its programs, offers lessons for other rural towns navigating population loss.

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  • Class is in session: How South Burlington tackles cellphone distraction with science

    August 27, 2019 |

    Burlington Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, South Burlington, Vermont

    Teachers in South Burlington High School in Vermont are taking a different approach to dealing with digital distractions in the classrooms. Through short 30-minute lessons getting at the root of cellphone addiction and the effects of apps on the brain, students and teachers approach the topic from a place of understanding as opposed to judgment or punishment.

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  • Orphaned baby beaver finds comfort with otters at local shelter

    August 23, 2019 |

    The Press Democrat |

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    Response Location: United States, Petaluma, California

    California’s Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue is working hard to rehabilitate a lone beaver – among other wildlife – back to health and into their natural habitat. The species is key to natural ecosystems, making their survival necessary. While they’ve made progress, with the beaver being a rare occurrence, they still face significant challenges.

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