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Munich teaches women how to run a startup while having a family

Odette Chalaby

March 19, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Germany, Munich

Starting a business is a daunting task for anyone, but women often face the additional barrier of caring for a family at the same time as launching a company. Guide is a Munich-based consulting service that has provided education, resources, and training to over 5000 female founders to help their companies succeed.

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Come together: how music is rebuilding bridges in divided Balkans

Gillian Dohrn

March 16, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mostar

Mostar Rock School is a school that takes students from both sides of the Nereta river, which divides the Bosnian Croat population and the Bosnian Muslims. The school allows students from different ethnic backgrounds to intermingle, create music, and it defies the ethnic division created after the Bosnian war. “There were 16 students in the first class. This year, there are 128 enrolled and 80 more on the waiting list.”

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At 25, Running Start is a success. Now it must attract students who need it the most.

Katherine Long

March 15, 2018 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

Washington state boasts one of the country's most established and successful dual-credit programs, allowing students to earn college credits while still in high school (at no cost). Some participants even graduate high school with an associates degree, significantly cutting potential student loans. Now the nationally recognized program is turning to face its own limitations - how can it increase access for low-income students, who only made up 5 percent of the 2016-2017 cohort?

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The ballerina who rescued 100,000 children with hip-hop

Dan Collyns

March 14, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Peru, Lima

Vania Masías abandoned her prolific career as a professional ballerina to teach impoverished youth in Peru hip hop. “More than 100,000 children have passed through the programme over the years.”

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Here's one of the best things schools can do to prevent mass shootings

Matt Rocheleau

March 14, 2018 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, New Bedford, Massachusetts

As gun violence continues to threaten schools across the country, school districts have stepped up to put preventative measures in place. One such measure are threat assessment teams, comprised of mental health professionals, teachers, and law enforcement, who work to proactively identify students that may be a potential threat. In doing so, they seek to address issues like bullying or problems at home that may cause students to turn to violence in the first place.

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When Parents Teach Children (and Vice Versa)

David Bornstein

March 13, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

PowerMyLearning, a U.S. nonprofit, is changing the culture around homework by more actively involving parents in the process. Based on the belief that both students and parents can learn from each other in these exchanges, PowerMyLearning utilizes a digital platform to streamline communication and strengthen the triangle between student, teacher, and family. A Johns Hopkins Education professor explains, "Right now the conversation about homework is whether we should have it, or is it effective. We’re not asking a more important question: Is there a different kind of homework that can give us better results?"

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University of Arizona tracks student ID cards to detect who might drop out

Shannon Liao

March 12, 2018 |

The Verge |

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Response Location: United States, Arizona

The University of Arizona is tracking activity on students' ID cards to identify the likelihood of freshmen dropping out and intervene when appropriate. Combined with information on student grades and financial aid, students' visits to the library, student center, mail room, dorm, etc. are an accurate predictor of whether or not they will advance to sophomore year. And U of A has seen improvements in retention rates.

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A Deeper Look at the Whole School Approach to Behavior

Katrina Schwartz

March 12, 2018 |

KQED |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

For years, teachers at San Francisco-based MLK Academic Middle School struggled to balance the role of instructor, counselor, and disciplinarian. Then, Principal Michael Essien arrived with a strong vision for MLK: Essien organized restorative practices sessions for teachers and trained additional staff to act as on-call counselors when teachers need assistance de-escalating a classroom situation. This unique "push-in" method has decreased interruptions, discouraged students from acting out to get out of class, and improved trust between teacher and pupil.

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99 Problems and SATs Ain't One: How Hip-Hop Literacy Programs Improve Student Reading Skills

Kevon Paynter

March 12, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

A growing group of teachers is using hip-hop to improve students' understanding of U.S. history concepts and knowledge of SAT-level vocabulary. Austin Martin, who developed Rhymes for Reason, hopes that his program and others "will help show that hip-hop—and by extension AAVE [African American Vernacular English]—is a valid and useful educational tool."

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Changing Course: Coal Country Students Working For A Power Switch

Benny Becker

March 09, 2018 |

Ohio Valley ReSource |

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Response Location: United States, Kentucky

As coal jobs become increasingly rare, schools in Kentucky are facing rising electricity prices and declining tax rates. Through innovative class work and partnerships with solar installation companies, local students are leading the movement to develop a new energy economy, and they are getting results. One teenager, the daughter of a former coal miner, noted, "[The coal industry is] dying down and...there definitely needs to be something there to back it up."

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