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  • CUNY sees ‘enormous' October application spike, as efforts to boost enrollment continue

    November 20, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In an attempt to combat pandemic-era drops in enrollment, the City University of New York network sent personalized letters to seniors graduating from public high schools in the city and waived application fees for these students for the month of October. The network saw its number of applicants jump 386 percent compared to the same month last year.

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  • Who Runs the Best U.S. Schools? It May Be the Defense Department.

    October 10, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Schools operated by the United States Department of Defense, which serve the children of military members, are well-funded compared to most public schools, share a centralized structure and curriculum, and have diverse, integrated student populations. Amid pandemic-era learning loss, these schools saw standardized test scores improve while scores in public school districts have for the most part declined.

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  • Latino, Black enrollment in advanced math shot up after this simple change

    October 07, 2023 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    To improve the percentage of Black and Latino students in advanced math courses, some school districts, such as Hays Consolidated Independent School District, have begun using standardized test scores and performance assessments alongside teacher recommendations to automatically enroll middle schoolers in higher-level classes. The district has seen the share of rising sixth graders enrolled in advanced math rise from 26 percent to 42 percent over three years.

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  • Is Chicago Public Schools' approach to safety and restorative discipline working? Some say yes.

    September 28, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago public schools are changing how they approach discipline to prevent over-policing and the school-to-prison pipeline. Instead of automatic suspensions and out-of-school punishment, they’re focusing on restorative practices.

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  • What America can learn from Canada's new '$10 a Day' child care system

    September 23, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    The $10 a Day initiative, which started in British Columbia and is now being expanded throughout Canada, subsidizes child care centers so that tuition for families can be capped at a more affordable rate. Between 2021 and 2022, the government helped fund 1,271 child care spaces in the province.

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  • Alternate-Route Education Programs Target Mississippi's Teacher Shortage

    September 15, 2023 |

    Mississippi Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Mississippi

    Alternative licensure programs such as the Mississippi Teacher Corps allow people with a bachelor’s degree to earn a teaching license in the classroom through a combination of hands-on experience, coursework, and mentorship. Since its founding in 1989, the corps has placed more than 600 teachers in districts designated as “critical-shortage areas.”

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  • Students challenged their school board to act on sustainability — and it worked

    September 07, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Students in the Salt Lake City school district advocated for their school board to pass a clean energy resolution and make sustainability renovations. It worked. Now, the district is moving forward with a $29 million dollar project aligned with those goals.

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  • In Alaska, a School of the Future 50 Years in the Making

    August 15, 2023 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Wasilla, Alaska

    Mat-Su Central is a hybrid homeschool that provides a flexible, personalized learning environment for both students and their families. Each student receives an individual learning plan that takes the student’s strengths and weaknesses into account, while still ensuring they’re meeting course requirements for graduation. As a result of the pandemic and increased rates of bullying and anxiety among students, enrollment in this hybrid homeschool option has quadrupled over the past 20 years.

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  • So you want year-round schooling, Philly? Here's how one charter school network does it.

    August 07, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Belmont Charter School offers a year-round program that includes camp-style activities, work-study programs, job training, and classroom learning in small groups during the summer. Teachers still receive several weeks off before summer programming starts, and students say the summer options help them build real-world skills and explore topics that aren’t always covered during the regular school year.

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  • How one CT business began providing free housing to workers

    August 02, 2023 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    Due to a state-wide housing shortage, the Friends Center for Children in New Haven, Connecticut, purchased and refurbished housing units for its teachers and their families to live in for free. This bonus to teachers' salaries helps attract and retain employees, a difficult task in the industry.

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