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How you can get a low cost computer in CLE

Homa Bash

December 05, 2018 |

WEWS-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Since launching in October, PCs for People have collected, refurbished, and distributed at an affordable cost to hundreds of people. They have also distributed hot spots to libraries for patrons to check out.

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School-Based Counselors Help Kids Cope With Fallout From Drug Addiction

Rachel Gotbaum

December 05, 2018 |

NPR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

In order to deal with the opioid crisis, schools in Massachusetts are hiring counselors to support teachers and their students. In Cape Cod alone, 17 schools hired outside counselors, while 50 schools throughout the state did the same. The schools that are offering these services reported improvements in academic performance. "Their day runs smoother. They can get out their anxiety while they're in school instead of bottling it up, and then go back to class and continue learning.”

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How 'Buddy Benches' are making playtime less lonely

Dougal Shaw

December 04, 2018 |

BBC |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Ireland, Cork

In Ireland, schools across the country have installed "Buddy Benches," a space where children can go to let others know they want to play. The benches, which are built by volunteers from the Men's Shed, are part of a wider movement to practice inclusion and mental health awareness in schools.

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Teaching Children Regardless of Grade

Alia Dharssi

December 04, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Andhra Pradesh

In many countries, a lack of teachers leads to a common challenge - one teacher instructs students at multiple grade levels all at once. In the rural Rishi Valley region of India, instructors are straying from the traditional lecturing pedagogy to embrace a new "multigrade multilevel" learning philosophy: students follow "subject-specific 'learning ladders,'" with each lesson requiring varying levels of assistance from teachers. The method allows for a "personalized education that one usually associates with very developed economies" and "makes that affordable for low-resource environments."

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In 30 seconds: How Rochester seventh-graders crushed Regents algebra

Justin Murphy

November 29, 2018 |

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

Nathaniel Rochester Community School 3 in the Rochester City School District in New York has a record of poor academic achievement, but a special accelerated summer math program had 16 seventh graders pass the Regents algebra test. Students and administrators attribute the success to having the program focus on acceleration rather than remediation and the genuine support from the teachers for the students.

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Impossibly United

Andrea Smardon

November 27, 2018 |

KUER Radio |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

Students at East High School in Salt Lake City took matters into their own hands when they were confronted with the realities of segregation and separatist attitudes at their school. After 43 students had some hard conversations about privilege, cliques, and inequity, they greatly improved representation in the student governing body and started to break down the social (segregated) barriers of cliques in the lunchroom. Students and teachers still consider a lot of work to be done but can also testify to how much the experience has changed their perspective on things.

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A school figures out how to educate foster youth

Caroline Preston

November 24, 2018 |

The Hechinger Report |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A South Bronx charter school is trying an innovative approach to educating all students, including the one third of its student body in foster care. By adding teachers, behavioral specialists, and extra academic support and relying on a trauma-informed and repetitive structure, Mott Haven Charter School has gradually seen improvement, with its foster youth outperforming other children in the welfare system.

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How volunteer teachers are making a difference in Bengaluru's govt schools

Navya P K

November 15, 2018 |

Citizen Matters |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

Volunteer teachers in Bengaluru's government schools have helped increase English learning in K-12 schools. The volunteers, who are organized and paid through the organization Acharyas for a Better Community (ABC), work with local teachers to plan lessons, integrate into the communities, and teach students how to read, write, and speak English.

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They started as an experiment in rural areas. Now, mobile preschools are rolling into metro Denver.

Ann Schimke

November 12, 2018 |

Chalkbeat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Gus the Bus, Magic Bus, El Busesito, and other traveling classrooms are working to fill the persistent preschool gap in Colorado's childcare deserts. Most days the mobile preschools park near apartment complexes or mobile home parks and offer instruction to neighborhood children. In the coming years, providers hope to be able to use the same quality ratings as stationary schools and expand from rural areas into Denver and other urban centers throughout the state.

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More girls, African-Americans enroll in AP computer science. Why that matters.

Elena Weissmann

November 09, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

At a Boston high school, a targeted approach to attract a diverse student body to computer science courses is showing signs of success. By implementing a "computer science-heavy curriculum," and applying the technology to the student's own interests, the diversity of the school is now reflected in the diversity of those enrolled in the courses.

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