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The COVID-19 crisis is giving parents a taste of digital ‘unschooling'

Jacqueline M. Kory-Westlund

March 24, 2020 |

FastCompany |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

With school shut down due to the spread of coronavirus, distance learning has become the norm in many cities and parents have largely had to adjust their roles to include teaching and supervision. To help with this adjustment, teachers have begun offering online homeschooling classes that teach parents how to facilitate learning for their children.

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US school teachers turn to digital world as COVID-19 bites

Kristen Saloomey

March 24, 2020 |

Al Jazeera |

Video |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

As 80 percent of school children worldwide are out of class due to social distancing or quarantining measures, many teachers are bringing classes online, like in New York City. While online schooling is better than no schooling at all, teachers and parents alike are finding it difficult to establish a routine and maintain the same quality of education.

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‘There's sunshine again': Thousands of meals delivered daily to Anchorage students as coronavirus closes classrooms

Tegan Hanlon

March 24, 2020 |

Alaska Public Media |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

In Alaska, the Anchorage School District’s mobile food delivery service is delivering thousands of meals every day to Anchorage students. By repurposing school buses, school district leaders are packing sack lunches, school nurses, and educators on board to help with the deliveries.

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“We Are Not Lost Causes”

Mark Obbie

March 05, 2020 |

Longreads |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

In Rochester, NY, the Center for Teen Empowerment, a nonprofit that trains youth in community organizing, personal development, and anti-violence, is working to bring kids off the street and into safety. The program, which started in Boston, is centered on four ideas: jobs (paying the youth hired as organizers), teamwork, agency (letting them build their own activist agendas), and peer influence. While hard to evaluate because of its situational, qualitative nature, city officials, including law enforcement, point to the program as a factor in the decrease in violence across the city.

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China moves classes to internet, TV amid coronavirus outbreak

Sarah Dai

February 17, 2020 |

South China Morning Post |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: China, Beijing

To help students access the resources they need while schools are closed due to the coronavirus, administrators in China are utilizing "a national cloud learning platform," as well as broadcast television. While both supplement online lessons, the e-learning approach equips students with tools to learn 12 different subjects.

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In solving high costs of childcare, Alberta should look to Quebec

Jennifer Henderson

February 12, 2020 |

St. Albert Today |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Quebec, Quebec

By expanding childcare access and reducing costs, Quebec has seen a steep increase in the percentage of women actively involved in its workforce. Could this system, which has been financially sustainable as a result of the increase in the number of employees paying taxes, work in other parts of Canada?

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Tutoring project in Berlin helps Arab-speaking youth keep up with school

Benjamin Bathke

February 12, 2020 |

InfoMigrants |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Germany, Berlin

Back On Track Syria is a tutoring initiative in Berlin helping Arabic-speaking students keep up with school subjects by offering help in their native language. The students in the program are often refugees and migrants integrating into a new country and a new educational system and language, often times after not being in school for months or years. The lessons range from small groups to individualized instruction in subjects like math, physics, reading, German, and even English.

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Some colleges start to confront a surprising reason students fail: Too many choices

Jon Marcus

February 07, 2020 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

Some colleges think students are overwhelmed by the number of options they have to choose from—countless classes and extracurriculars are available on many campuses. Schools across the United States are experimenting with new approaches, ranging from choosing courseloads for freshmen to assigning counselors to meet regularly with students.

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Lebanon's refugees use technology to fight food insecurity

Christopher Livesay Melanie Saltzman

February 02, 2020 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

Training refugees in digital skills provides them with a path toward self sufficiency. A pilot program developed with the UN World Food Program and the American University in Beirut offers computer literacy and English courses to Syrian refugees living in Lebanon. The approach aims to reduce reliance on food relief and empower individuals to find employment with new skills.

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Project Oklahoma: New activity-based learning program helping elementary students

Maureen Wurtz

January 21, 2020 |

KTUL-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

What if kids were allowed to bounce on yoga balls or draw while they were learning to read? Some teachers and researchers in Oklahoma believe "action-based learning" can help students with behavioral challenges.

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