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  • Plastic As Tuition: A School In Lagos Is Reducing Waste, Providing Quality Education All At Once

    January 17, 2022 |

    HumAngle |

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    Response Location: Niger, Lagos, Lagos State

    The Recycles Pay Educational Project allows parents in Ajegunle to collect and exchange plastic waste as tuition for their childrens' education. Isrina Schools has seen its enrollment climb since starting the program and has been able to recycle more than 5,000 kilograms of polyethylene terephthalate bottles.

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  • The alternative learning experience for children during lock down through football talent development

    January 10, 2022 |

    Metro FM 90.8 |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Wakiso

    Kick-off soccer academy provides young people with mentorship, education, and talent development. It was created by a group of young friends during the COVID-19 pandemic after they noticed many young people getting into drugs and alcohol while out of school during pandemic-related shutdowns. The team, who mobilizes parents and caretakers so that they buy into the program’s benefits, serves almost 100 young people. The program develops the athletic skills of the young people but also increases their self-esteem and responsibility.

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  • Filling the Education Gap

    January 07, 2022 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Czech Republic

    The Faculties Tutor initiative connects elementary schools with students in need of tutoring with trained college students knowledgeable in the appropriate topics.

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  • ‘Boys and girls have equal freedom': Kerala backs gender-neutral uniforms

    January 02, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Kerala

    In an attempt to provide ease of movement to girl students while playing, Valayanchirangara primary school introduced "gender-neutral" uniforms for all its 756 students that eliminated the earlier requirement for them to wear skirts. It has since inspired several other schools in Kerala to similarly change their uniforms and snowballed a movement, supported by the state's education minister no less, where more such measures to promote gender equality in schools are being encouraged and adapted.

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  • The Lagos Group Taking Children Off The Slums And Streets Back To Classrooms

    December 30, 2021 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Destiny Trust performs outreach in slum settlements and encampments to connect homeless children with residential housing and get them enrolled in school, sometimes via placing them in boarding schools. Through fundraising and partnering with other groups such as religious organizations, the nonprofit has sponsored the education of nearly 3,000 children since launching in 2012.

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  • S.A.F.E. program supports Mansfield City School's homeless families

    December 24, 2021 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Massachusetts

    The Student Achievement through Family Engagement program provides Mansfield City School students experiencing homelessness with support, necessary supplies, and even toys and holiday gifts. Their efforts help improve student academic performance.

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  • Mansfield City Schools extends weekend meals program to Sherman Elementary

    December 23, 2021 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Massachusetts

    The Children’s Hunger Alliance provides elementary students with shelf-stable weekend meal kits to ensure they have access to food when not in school.

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  • What a Brazilian state can teach the world about education

    December 18, 2021 |

    The Economist |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Sobral

    By implementing evidence-based practices such as school consolidation, citywide proficiency tests, teacher bonuses, standardized lessons plans, and monthly professional development, the Brazilian city of Sobral went from one of the country's lowest-performing school systems in the 1990s to receiving the highest math and literacy scores in 2015. Since adopting similar policies, other school systems in the state of Ceará have seen improvements, claiming 12 of the top 20 spots for primary school performance in Brazil in 2019.

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  • Oakland's success shows how Philly-wide restorative justice could work

    December 16, 2021 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Modeled on a long-running and successful program in Oakland, Philadelphia schools' Relationships First program uses restorative justice to reform school discipline. The program follows a three-step approach to changing culture. At its core, teachers and students deepen their relationships so that when they use group dialogue to address the harm that people have caused, the chances for healing are greater. Violence has dropped when it was used in one Philadelphia neighborhood in cases of serious offenses. In Oakland, expulsions, suspensions, and racial disparities are all way down.

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  • No Longer ‘Under the Radar,' Louisiana Black Fathers Group Looks to Expand ‘Dads on Duty' as a National Response to School Crime

    December 15, 2021 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Shreveport, Louisiana

    Dads on Duty is a group of roughly 40 fathers who routinely spend time at a Shreveport, La. high school to connect with students one-on-one and steer them away from gang culture. The school has not had any large fights since the dads began visiting, and their success has been partially attributed to the fact that several of the group's members were already involved in the school community and building relationships with students.

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