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Does Pre-K Make Any Difference?

David L. Kirp

October 03, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

A new study suggests the gains from pre-K education are ephemeral, but Boston's program shows a correlation between pre-K attendance and third-grade achievement.

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How L.A. Gets Kids to Show Up at School

Mary B. Pasciak

September 27, 2015 |

The Buffalo News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Schools in Los Angeles have strict consequences for truancy and tardiness but offer rewards and recognition for good attendance. Administrators use iPhones to record the ID numbers of tardy students, tracking them in order to engage the appropriate intervention.

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Who Is Revolutionizing School Lunch?

Tom Murphy

September 24, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The United States has rising childhood obesity and schools deal with kids who are picky. Through innovative school gardens and kid taste testing food, entrepreneurs across the nation are getting children to eat vegetables at school and love it.

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We Know One Way To Stop Sexual Assault, But Students Aren't Doing It

Tyler Kingkade

September 23, 2015 |

The Huffington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

A national survey showed that few college students intervene when witnessing a sexual assault. The school with the highest rate of student intervention was Dartmouth College, where students receive bystander prevention training.

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Catholic Schools In D.C. Adapt To Lower Budgets, Changing Requirements

Kavitha Cardoza

September 21, 2015 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Across the globe, there are nearly 60 million students studying in Catholic institutions. In the United States, however, those numbers have been falling in recent years, forcing schools to come up with new ways to collaborate.

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The “gifted” system in US schools is broken, racist, and completely fixable

Max Nisen

September 11, 2015 |

Quartz |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

"Gifted" programs in the United States are often not representative of school populations, with a disproportionate number of spots going to white and well off students. The National Bureau of Economic Research found that when one district implemented universal screening programs in lieu of teacher referrals to identify gifted students, there was a 180% increase in disadvantaged students qualifying for the program.

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How an unconventional principal used blended learning to help turn around a struggling urban school

Jennifer D. Jordan

September 08, 2015 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Providence, Rhode Island

Through effective leadership and blended traditional and online learning, a struggling school in Rhode Island improved student achievement, teacher satisfaction, technology upgrades, and parent involvement.

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Seattle's special-ed mess: Who's in charge of what?

John Higgins

September 01, 2015 |

The Seattle Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Seattle risks losing about $12 million annually in federal funds unless it fixes problems that include failures to update student learning plans, deliver services outlined in those plans and provide services consistently from school to school.

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The Problem We All Live With

Nikole Hannah-Jones

July 31, 2015 |

This American Life |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

At the height of desegregation, the achievement gap between white and black students decreased to 18 percent, compared to 49 percent. Evidence suggests integrating schools works, because it gives students of color access to the same resources as white students. Yet, schools remain largely segregated along class and racial lines. In Missouri, after Normandy School District in Normandy lost its accreditation, black students were given an opportunity to transfer into the much more affluent, and mostly white school district, Frances Howell. This episode shows the challenges of integrating schools.

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D.C.'s Education in School Reform

Debra Bruno

July 16, 2015 |

Politico |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

The ecosystem of D.C. charter schools that has evolved over the last two decades represents a cornucopia of creative and nontraditional approaches to education, in addition to fairly traditional college-prep schools, and is now producing some of the highest graduation rates, college acceptance rates, and average test scores in public schools in the nation.

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