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Virginia parents to receive free ‘baby boxes,' part of campaign to promote safe sleep

Michael Alison Chandler

August 23, 2017 |

The Washington Post |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Virginia

The USA wants to reduce its infant mortality rate by educating parents about how to keep their child safe while they sleep. Baby Box Co has put together boxes for new parents with tutorials, baby supplies and a mattress, to help prevent infant death.

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How Julián Castro Bet on 4-Year-Olds to Transform San Antonio

Erick Trickey

August 17, 2017 |

Politico |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

One of former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro's enduring and controversial legacies will likely be his Pre-K 4 SA initiative. The program provides hands on and play-based preschool for low-income 4 year olds, an approach often reserved for wealthy toddlers. In an effort to highlight the potential long-term gains of the program, Castro frames the plan as a workforce development program: “The best way to make sure a young person gets ahead is to make sure she never gets behind in the first place." Pre-K 4 SA will be truly tested for the first time in 2018, when its inaugural class completes state exams.

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The Afterlife of Big Ideas in Education Reform

Michael Hobbes

August 15, 2017 |

Pacific Standard |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Michael Hobbes details the rise and fall of small learning communities in the early 2000s to tell the story of a larger trend in American education reform. "The decisive factor isn't the Big Idea itself--splitting up dropout factories floor by floor--but the millions of little ideas that hold it together," Hobbes notes. He uses this one trend to discuss common denominators for student success and why schools have repeatedly failed to effectively scale promising solutions: "Every successive Big Idea in education reform has ended up in the same place. It works for one school and doesn't for another."

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What happens when a regular high school decides no student is a lost cause?

Lillian Mongeau

August 11, 2017 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Sequim, Washington

Although trauma-informed approaches to education have become increasingly popular in alternative schools, they are still rare in traditional "comprehensive" schools. Sequim Senior High School in Washington State is at the forefront of this movement. In addition to its standard instruction, Sequim offers a different classroom experience for a small group of students who have endured significant trauma and are struggling in normal classrooms as a result. The trauma-informed school within a school has so far seen fewer suspensions and better attendance, but, still in its early years, faces myriad challenges.

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Finland found a proven way to combat bullying. Here's what it'll take to make it work in the US

Dakin Andone

August 11, 2017 |

CNN |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Delaware

In Finland, an anti-bullying program that focuses on the whole class rather than individual bullies and victims and provides students with the space to discuss unresolved issues has been proven highly effective. Several researchers and professors in the U.S. are exploring whether the model could be translated to the American public school context. So far, concerns revolve around whether the approach could be as effective with a much more diverse population and with differences in funding and teacher buy-in.

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A school where you can't fail - it just takes you longer to learn

Kyle Spencer

August 11, 2017 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

At Brooklyn’s Middle School 442, teachers grade on a color-coded scale and students frequently work on hands-on group projects and set personal behavioral goals. When faced with the myriad critics and criticisms of mastery-based education, M.S. 442 points to the rapid academic progress of its student body since adopting these new features - after only two years, English and math proficiency shot up.

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Israeli institute trains Palestinian avocado growers

Abigail Klein Leichman

August 10, 2017 |

Israel21c |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Israel

There is a profitable avocado market for the Middle East selling to the EU, which Israel has already tapped into but Palestine has not. The Galilee International Management Institute held a training course with both Israelis and Palestinians to help Palestine enter this market.

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Why more students should go to college in high school

Anne Kim

August 08, 2017 |

Washington Monthly |

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Response Location: United States, Culpeper, Virginia

Studies have shown the myriad benefits of dual enrollment programs. Culpeper, Virginia leaders are trying to adapt the 60-year-old model to serve more low income and minority high schoolers. By expanding it to include career and technical education credits and involve businesses in curriculum development, the district is hoping to level the playing field. Adam Love noted, “Any time you have a program that’s really good – if you’re providing it only to those students who can afford it or who are already excelling, you’re only going to worsen the gap among students rather than use that tool to reduce it."

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Native Youth and the Prophecy of Crazy Horse

Alia Wong

August 02, 2017 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

After generations of waiting, the Oglala Sioux prophecy of an economic, spiritual, and social renaissance is coming true. "Now the Seventh Generation is here," and they are creating dynamic change in one the least developed communities in the United States. Providing highly reduced tuition and parental efficacy at excellent schools has allowed many children to break the generational poverty chain.

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Forging Their Own Path: Parental Activism Helps Launch Citizens of the World Charter School

Tammy Worth

July 31, 2017 |

KCPT |

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Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

A group of Kansas City parents were frustrated with the local public and charter school offerings and sent out an RFP seeking potential partners and funders for a new type of school. The group ultimately decided to work with Citizens of the World to design a school more reflective of the cultural and economic diversity of the population. “Education needs to be parent-driven, and if they feel their needs aren’t being met by traditional schools, they ought to be in a position to affect change in that system or seek alternatives,” Al Dimmitt, superintendent of a local charter school network, noted.

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