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  • India's school lunch program not only fights hunger — it can breed tolerance

    July 17, 2014 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: India, Bawani Khera, Haryana

    India’s free school lunch program is one of the world’s largest anti-poverty programs. Despite its many shortfalls, the program feeds 120 million of the country’s poorest school children. The idea is that if children of different castes can be taught to sit and eat together on a daily basis, it makes caste a little less important in their lives.

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  • Could a new vision help Lafayette High School's immigrant students succeed?

    July 14, 2014 |

    The Buffalo News |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    Better teacher training and strategic programming for non-English speakers could turn things around in high schools with large immigrant populations.

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  • Math concepts + teamwork = big gains at struggling Renton school”

    July 14, 2014 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Mercer Island, Washington

    In the Renton School District, teachers found that only a very few fifth-graders could solve problems with the skill that, in other schools, was common in third or even second grade. So they turned math lessons into carefully guided conversations in which students explain their approaches, defend their reasoning and critique each other’s ideas.

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  • Brooklyn's Prospect Heights offers a model for teaching immigrants

    July 13, 2014 |

    The Buffalo News |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Schools with high percentages of immigrants and refugees face the particularly difficult challenges of language acquisition and cultural integration. One Brooklyn school succeeds by having students teach one another and incorporating English language lessons into every class.

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  • 'From stilettos to steel toes:' Can job training fix prison overcrowding and save Alabama money?

    June 24, 2014 |

    AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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    Response Location: United States, Deatsville, Alabama

    To decrease the chance of formerly incarcerated individuals relapsing and ending up back in the prison system, the J.F. Ingram State Technical College in Alabama offers correctional education and vocational programs. This training has aided those incarcerated with life skills for after their release, decreasing the likelihood that they will relapse and increasing the likelihood that they will better adjust to their community.

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  • How Bronx's Eagle Academy helps inner-city kids soar

    June 22, 2014 |

    The Buffalo News |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Eagle Academy in the Bronx combines rigorous academics, high expectations, and a structured environment to help minority students succeed.

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  • Eagle Academy inspires Buffalo's chapter of 100 Black Men

    June 22, 2014 |

    The Buffalo News |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Eagle academies are part of a network of schools in New York City and Newark that are devoted to educating at-risk boys from the inner city by providing them with mentors.

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  • Can high-poverty urban districts like Philadelphia close the digital divide?

    June 17, 2014 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The digital divide in America is the disparity in students' access to the internet and technology. In Philadelphia, the introduction of high-speed internet aims to address that divide.

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  • Focus on science, tech pays off in soaring graduation rate

    June 14, 2014 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Toppenish, Washington

    Toppenish High School in Washington State boasts a graduation rate of 94% despite the fact that a third of all parents in the town dropped out of school by ninth grade and the student body is all low-income. Responding to low math and science proficiency rates among students, in 2008, Toppenish shifted to a project-based curriculum that emphasizes STEM classes. With the help of federal grants and partnerships with Toppenish businesses, courses help students see the real world applications of math and science skills and get students excited about a college path to a career in biomedicine or engineering.

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  • A Case Study in Lifting College Attendance

    June 10, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Wilmington, Delaware

    Delaware has been working to make sure that all college-ready graduates, regardless of socioeconomic status, make it to college. With financial reasons standing in the way of many qualified students, the state has worked on multiple levels to make this a possibility.

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