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  • Chicago gave 20 schools more funding to become community hubs. Can the city scale up the model?

    Mila Koumpilova

    July 31, 2023 |

    Chalkbeat |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago’s Sustainable Community Schools initiative provides additional funding to high-poverty campuses to support after-school and summer programs, improve parent and student engagement, and provide better access to social support. National studies show that the model can help improve attendance, academic performance, and students’ sense of belonging, though some Chicago schools have struggled to work effectively with nonprofit partners.

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  • One solution to Minnesota's teacher shortage: alternative training

    Becky Z. Dernbach

    July 28, 2023 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Teach Minnesota is a six-week alternative licensure program that provides hands-on classroom experience and intensive training in topics such as literacy and culturally-responsive education, allowing future teachers to earn their license more quickly and at a lower cost than in traditional degree programs. The New Teachers Project, which facilitates Teach Minnesota, has trained 37,000 teachers in 25 states and Washington, D.C.

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  • A School Where Children Correct Their Own Mistakes

    Natalie Polakova Runa Koblihova

    July 20, 2023 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Czech Republic, Reznovice

    For 30 years, the village school in Reznovice, Czech Republic has used a system of formative assessment, which relies less on traditional grading and encourages students to be more active in leading their learning and assessing their own progress. Parents report that they like the more in-depth form of assessment because it makes it clear where their children excel and need more improvement.

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  • One college finds a way to get students to degrees more quickly, simply and cheaply

    Jon Marcus

    July 20, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: England, Coventry

    At CU Coventry, students take just one course at a time for four hours each day, which allows them to finish a bachelor’s degree within three years. The fixed schedule and “no frills” tuition is often more convenient for nontraditional students who may have children or full-time careers outside of school.

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  • Preventing suspensions: Tackle discipline problems with empathy first

    Tara García Mathewson

    July 20, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    Behavioral management programs such as Behavioral Leadership, the Crisis Prevention Institute, and Empathic Instruction train teachers how to incentivize appropriate behaviors and lead with empathy rather than relying on punitive discipline such as suspensions. These approaches have been shown to reduce in-school suspensions and reduce disciplinary disparities for marginalized students.

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  • Brazosport ISD is training its own teachers. The program might become a model for other Texas schools.

    Brian Lopez

    July 18, 2023 |

    The Texas Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Clute, Texas

    The Brazosport school district has a unique teacher apprenticeship program which covers the cost of aspiring teachers’ coursework and pays them to teach under a mentor educator for a full year. Twenty-five new teachers graduated from the program this year and will be required to work in the district for at least three years, and research shows that about 86 percent of educators who complete similar programs are still teaching in the same district after three years.

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  • Pennsylvania Could Be a Model for Solar-Powered Schools — If It Can Get Past Political Divisions.

    Audrey Carleton

    June 22, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

    A solar panel array at the Steelton-Highspire School District generates enough energy to meet the schools’ needs, and the switch to solar is estimated to save the district $1.6 million over the next 20 years, which it can use to improve programming for students.

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  • 'Earn while you learn:' Co-op programs gain appeal amid rising cost of living

    Brett Bundale

    June 01, 2023 |

    The Canadian Press |

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    Response Location: Canada, Waterloo, Ontario

    Co-op programs such as those at the University of Waterloo allow students to get paid for hands-on experience in their chosen field while also completing academic coursework. Last year, the university facilitated roughly 25,000 work terms across six academic faculties.

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  • "We must not give up:" Dnipro School of Superheroes teaches young patients

    Natalia Kulidi

    May 30, 2023 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Dnipro

    The School of Superheroes brings teachers into hospital wards to work with children being treated there. The individualized lessons give the children something to focus on besides their illness and help them build relationships with their teachers and other students.

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  • About 50 Chicago High School Students Earned Associate Degrees. CPS Wants To Boost That Number

    Mila Koumpilova

    May 24, 2023 |

    Block Club Chicago |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Through Chicago's early college high schools, which allow students to take college-level coursework while still working toward their diploma, about 600 students graduated this spring with at least 15 college credits, while 50 students earned a full associate's degree.

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