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  • New Jersey high school opens doors every Friday night to keep students off streets

    April 05, 2019 |

    WABC-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    In Newark, NJ, kids are opting to stay late at school on Friday nights to hang out. This is possible because of West Side High School’s Lights On program, created to give students structured entertainment and to protect them from gun violence and crime.

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  • Austin is training staff to help parents find affordable housing so that kids don't have to switch schools

    March 28, 2019 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    The Austin Independent School District created a system to prevent low-income families from being displaced by rising rents around the city. The system, which includes a website that tracks affordable housing options and a network of staff ready to help families, allows students to stay in-district and progress their learning within the same community. In gentrifying Austin, low-income families are getting pushed out. The district trained staff to help them find new, cheaper homes close to school.

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  • UO Greek Life Strives for Change

    March 25, 2019 |

    University of Oregon |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    Changing the culture in university Greek Life requires proactive collaboration between students and university staff. The University of Oregon’s Sexual Violence Prevention Leadership Board (SVPLB) is composed of representatives of each of the University’s Greek Life groups and managed with the assistance of a faculty liaison. In weekly meetings, members of the group discuss sexual violence prevention, consent, and setting boundaries. The faculty liaison, meanwhile, provides support and institutional memory for the group as students graduate.

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  • As Schools Struggle To Meet Kids' Emotional Needs, One Colorado School May Have A Fix

    March 22, 2019 |

    WBUR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Thornton, Colorado

    A K-12 public charter school in Colorado was facing a shortage in resources when it came to mental health counseling for students, so professional counselors have started training students to help. These students act as volunteer peer counselors and provide support to their fellow students by giving them a place to talk about their struggles and stressors.

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  • School meal participation rises statewide, locally

    March 20, 2019 |

    Valley Journal |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Ignatius, Montana

    “Not being hungry is one of our most important considerations for students as far as academic achievement,” says St. Ignatius, Montana Superintendent Jason Sargent. This reasoning has lead the state to implement free school meals to all grade levels as well as offer “grab and go” stations that allow students to take food from the cafeteria with them to their classes.

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  • Schools Find a New Way to Combat Student Absences: Washing Machines

    March 13, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Schools have found that, among other deterrents, dirty clothes are one reason students skip school. Some, serving predominantly low-income populations, have now installed washing machines within their buildings, offering students free laundry services during the school day.

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  • A 360 Approach

    March 01, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Savannah, Georgia

    Across the United States, more and more cities are treating gun violence like a public health issue – seeking to take preventative, rather than reactionary, measures. Programs like Savannah’s Youth Intercept and Philadelphia’s Healing Hurt People, connect victims of violence with intervention services, like counseling, housing security, education services, and substance abuse treatments. The approach, while widely backed by data and research and being deployed in many cities, has run into issues like funding government support.

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  • A New Funding Model Could Save Cash-Strapped Public Schools

    February 20, 2019 |

    NationSwell |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Tennessee

    Tennessee's Shelby County school district is one of several nationwide experimenting with a weighted-student funding model -- with this concept, each school receives a budget based on both number of students and student needs, such as special education and English language learning curricula: "It’s about student need, and not every student gets the same thing.”

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  • Cleaner Classrooms and Rising Scores: With Tighter Oversight, Head Start Shows Gains

    February 04, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Jacksonville, Florida

    Head Start, the biggest preschool program in the country (with roots in President Johnson's 1965 War on Poverty), is improving -- in the past decade, continued bipartisan support, new evaluation measures and periodic audits, and an increasingly educated teacher force have led to rising test scores.

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  • Some colleges start using their long winter breaks for career advising

    January 20, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    At liberal arts schools, like Scripps College in California, administrators are making the most of lengthy winter breaks by offering optional career development programming for undergraduates. “The question is why haven’t we tapped into this before," said Jen Franchak, who works at the University of Miami of Ohio. "For the right student, who is willing to come back early, it seems like a good use of that otherwise down time."

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