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Improvising Your Way Out of Anxiety

Tom Colls

February 13, 2018 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Canada, Toronto

Improvisational comedy teaches people to listen, act quickly on their feet, and be unafraid to make mistakes. An improv class in Toronto geared towards people who struggle to manage anxiety has found that these skills—which promote trust, connection, and confidence—has been beneficial for participants.

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Is There a Smarter Way to Think About Sexual Assault on Campus?

Jia Tolentino

February 12, 2018 |

The New Yorker |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Researchers at Columbia University undertook an exhaustive ethnography, interviewing hundreds of students on campus to understand the conditions under which sexual assault occurs. The idea was to get past common assumptions about the dynamics of assault and find what strategies might work best to protect all students. Researchers concluded small structural adjustments to student life could bring substantial change, including more mental health services and different types of responses based on the individual students and the types of incidents.

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U.S. Program in Greece Helps Refugees Become Students Again

Nikolia Apostolou

February 05, 2018 |

Al-Fanar Media |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Greece, Athens

Thousands of refugees have settled in Greece, many of them want to continue their education. One program helps them do that, “Education Unites: From Camp to Campus, gives 200 scholarships to refugees so they can attend classes at one of three U.S.-affiliated colleges in Athens and Thessaloniki.”After finishing the program students earn a certificate that could help them attend a U.S. affiliated school. ‘“One door has opened, and we’re now waiting for other doors to open as well.”

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This simple solution to smartphone addiction is now used in over 600 U.S. schools

Tara Bahrampour

February 05, 2018 |

The Washington Post |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Smartphones can inhibit natural human engagement, invade privacy, or distract us from any number of things we need to pay attention to. So Yondr and companies like it provide ways to lock up people's phones, denying them an outlet for those urges to stay glued to the little screen. One school of many that mandates putting phones in Yondr pouches during school hours cites higher grades and lower disciplinary problems. At concerts, people pay more attention and are less preoccupied by the impulse to video everything they could simply be watching.

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These College Startups Don't Charge Tuition Until Grads Make $50,000 a Year

Sonya Mann

February 05, 2018 |

Inc. Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

In response to the rising cost of college and a changing labor market, several startups are offering an alternative to traditional 4-year higher education programs. In exchange for on average one year of training in computer programming at no cost upfront, students turn over a portion of their salary for a set number of years after graduating. If they are not offered a job within a certain period of time, students don't have to pay. "How many people have tried to learn programming on their own and not made it?" co-founder of Lambda School said. "Usually that's just a matter of not sticking it out ."

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How One College System Pushes Many Graduates into the Middle Class and Beyond

Jill Barshay

February 05, 2018 |

Washington Monthly |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Over the course of 50 years, a CUNY program called Search for Education, Exploration, and Knowledge (SEEK) has provided academic, financial, and counseling support to over 450,000 New York children. Economists are now following up on initial research that found the program helped propel originally low-income and low-performing students into a higher income level in the years following graduation.

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California School District Explores Strength-Based Learning

Gail Cornwall

February 02, 2018 |

U.S. News & World Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Galt, California

Lake Canyon Elementary School in California takes a strength-based approach to instruction - teachers identify students' natural talents and create personalized lessons to encourage the development of these skills. "Focusing on the traits and skills kids don't have can lead them to become disengaged, while focusing on strengths produces greater levels of happiness and engagement at school and higher levels of academic achievement," one psychology professor explains. Teachers discipline by highlighting "a surplus of something good, not a deficiency." Can the expensive, time-intensive model succeed elsewhere?

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Coaches in the classroom: How Colorado preschools are upping their teaching game

Ann Schimke

January 26, 2018 |

Chalkbeat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

For the past decade, Colorado's preschools have used external coaches to improve quality of instruction in early childcare education classrooms. To address the high cost of this one-on-one approach, the Denver Preschool Program has launched a program to allow teachers to earn credentials to mentor their own colleagues.

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Oregon's graduation rate improves, driven by gains among Latinos

Betsy Hammond

January 25, 2018 |

Oregon Live |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

In 2017, Oregon saw an increase in graduation rates for special education and Latino students. Schools believe comprehensive absence-tracking systems and support services for homeless students are responsible for the encouraging improvements.

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How one rural Alabama district is closing the gap, raising scores for all children

Trisha Powell Crain

January 24, 2018 |

AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Alabama

Closing the achievement gap requires raising the expectations not only of students, but also of leadership and institutions. In Pike County, Alabama, the school district has improved its learning outcomes by investing more in students and leadership, thanks to a crucial one-penny sales tax in favor of the schools. In addition to taking better care of teachers, the district monitors data at the student—not subgroup—level, and offers curricula with community college credits. The district has also launched an Advanced Academics and Accelerated Learning program.

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