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  • State of Texas: Lawmakers weigh ‘solutions' proposed for education equity during pandemic

    September 27, 2020 |

    KXAN-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Texas

    In Texas, 2 million households in the state don’t have high speed internet, affecting students of color at a greater rate. Some districts have also had problems with chronic absenteeism. This segment explores creative solutions enacted by different schools in Texas. In Lockhart ISD the district built seven cell phone towers to provide high speed internet to rural students who lived in dead zones. In Leander ISD, a librarian and a parent when door knocking to reconnect with absent bilingual students. In Manor ISD, a digital tracking system helped boost the rate of contactable students from 91 percent, to 99.

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  • Learning pods can make educational inequities worse. Here's a better way to create one

    September 18, 2020 |

    KXAN-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    As a result of the pandemic, some families find themselves turning to learning pods, a sort of alternative school where students can be looked over and mentored while they attend remote classes. Working parents find themselves turning to pods as a solution. At their worse, they can exacerbate social inequities. Affluent families can pay for expensive pods with private tutors. In Austin, one pod is trying to be more accessible. “Some of them pay me, and some of them we’re more on a work-trade,” Perkins said. “We all help each other.”

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  • The New York City Schools That Didn't Close

    September 14, 2020 |

    The New Yorker |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In New York City, “regional enrichment centers,” or schools for the children of essential workers, popped up. The centers provided a place where workers, who couldn’t take care of their kids when schools shut down during the pandemic, could send their children to. Nurses, administrators, and officials quickly created a network of these centers. “It was people who were willing to put themselves at risk in order to serve the city. They were just, like, ‘People need us, so we’re here.’” Fourteen thousand families registered to send their children to one of the 93 centers.

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  • Communities Are Trying To Help Working Parents Who Face A Child Care Gap

    August 31, 2020 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    School districts and cities are creating learning hubs, or learning centers, to provide students with remote learning and access to Wi-Fi. The hubs are free, low-cost, or subsided. The hubs are a necessary alternative for working parents who don’t have access to childcare or the internet at home.

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  • Want to reopen schools? Summer camps show how complicated it'll be.

    August 27, 2020 |

    National Geographic |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    80 percent of overnight camps across the country have shuttered down due to pandemic. Camps that reopened had to change how they operate, by using a range of practices from apps to field guides, some have been able to safely reopen.

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  • ‘Digital Detroit' Works to Bridge Digital Divide for Small and Micro Businesses

    August 25, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The city of Detroit is offering business services to entrepreneurs who want to bring their business online in the aftermath of the pandemic. Digital Detroit is the name of the program offering content creation and website development completely free of charge for a variety of businesses. Over 100 businesses were selected for the five-week program, helping the entrepreneurs to move their services online, creating, and launching websites as well as establishing social media presence, all of which has gone a long way in increasing sales and profits.

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  • This Chicago Nonprofit Supports Incarcerated Youth and Local Businesses During the Pandemic

    August 21, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Liberation Library, a Chicago-based nonprofit, provides books for incarcerated youth. The nonprofit fills the youths' book requests and has also partnered with five Chicago-based bookstores, where shoppers can purchase gift cards on behalf of the nonprofit. Since the onset of the pandemic, it has sent more than 1,100 books, more than double its usual number, along with card games, snacks and art supplies.

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  • ASU study: 'Team Kids' may improve perception of police through cop-kid activities

    August 06, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Compton, California

    About 170,000 schoolchildren in four states have participated in the Team Kids Challenge, which promotes healthier relations between youth and police by pairing them in charity work to solicit and distribute donations. Based on research showing Black and Latinx youth distrust police much more than white children do, the program was found in a new study to significantly improve kids' perceptions of police. The study did not measure how long this effect lasts or why it fails, when it does. A researcher also cautions that real trust in police must be earned through good policing.

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  • Can simple text messages for parents boost reading scores for kids?

    July 23, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Ready4K has turned into a successful combination of technology and education for the San Francisco Unified School District, and for many more schools and districts, after educators saw the effectiveness and accessibility of texting families instead of holding information-heavy workshops. Three times a week, families receive digestible information, tips, and activities to incorporate reading, math, and other topics into daily life. "The program is now used by nearly 130 organizations, including school districts, Head Start agencies, and national organizations."

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  • What Parents Can Learn From Child Care Centers That Stayed Open During Lockdowns

    June 24, 2020 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    When schools and daycares closed at the onset of the pandemic, YMCA centers around the country remained open to provide care for the children of essential workers. In Phoenix, YMCA staff worked to screen children for symptoms, and made social distancing fun by having them use 'airplane arms,' as well as implementing activities that made handwashing fun. Experts say "these experiences illustrate that it's possible to bring kids together without a guarantee of an outbreak or a serious situation developing," but the risk remains.

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