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  • 'It runs in her culture': Spelling bees transforming one Navajo community

    September 19, 2018 |

    AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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    Response Location: United States, For Defiance, Arizona

    Interest in spelling bees in one Navajo Nation district shot up after Kelly Haven made it to the national stage in Washington D.C., representing children who had never before seen anyone like her make it that far. The increased interest has led to consistent local funding for resources to assist in preparing for the bees, renewed vigor in classrooms and an improvement in test scores as well as graduation rates. Before Kelly made it to the national stage, no one from her school district had made it to the regional bee in a decade. Eight children qualified for the Navajo Nation spelling bee the following year.

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  • Bookstores are finding creative ways to survive and thrive in the age of Amazon

    September 14, 2018 |

    Crain's New York Business |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Despite the looming competition from Amazon, independent bookstores in New York are finding ways to innovate and create bookstore experiences that go beyond the books. The Lit. Bar is a bookshop-wine bar in the Bronx that hopes to instill a love of reading while customers shop and drink. By selling non-book products, new iterations of bookstores can increase their profit margin to remain sustainable. Many even succeed with creative financing, from crowdfunding to finding local investors.

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  • How to Create Learning Opportunities For Kids on the Bus

    September 10, 2018 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    In many districts, minority students from high-poverty neighborhoods have to ride a school bus over 90 minutes to their classroom. To offset the historic burden of school transportation on low-income students, educators have been brainstorming ways to incorporate productive and engaging activities into the long afternoon trips, time that other, wealthier students often spend in after-school enrichment programs.

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  • Making a chore educational: Grocery store experiment aims to inspire learning

    September 10, 2018 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Recognizing that "much of childhood happens outside the classroom," a Philadelphia initiative is creating opportunities for students to learn basic math concepts and gain basic literacy skills while shopping in the grocery store. "Talk It Up" is part of a long term push to encourage conversation between parents and children and "embed learning in the physical spaces kids inhabit every day."

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  • Scratch: What Did You Do On Your Summer Vacation? These Kids Built Robots

    September 04, 2018 |

    WYSO |

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    Response Location: United States, Dayton, Ohio

    A low-cost summer program in Dayton, Ohio run by Ohio University and business partners is introducing students to the 21st century high-tech manufacturing industry. The camp is working to dispel the notion that manufacturing work is old-fashioned and helping to fill a shortage of skilled workers in this industry statewide.

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  • To Raise Confident, Independent Kids, Some Parents Are Trying To 'Let Grow'

    September 03, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Organizations like Let Grow are partnering with elementary schools and providing parents with lesson plans and resources to inspire independent and self-directed play in students - giving "families the information they need to push back against a culture of overprotection."

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  • Big Tech's Newest Experiment in Criminal-Justice Reform

    August 29, 2018 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Building on the Last Mile program that teaches inmates to code in some California prisons, Slack launched an apprenticeship program for the formerly incarcerated. It's a small initiative compared to the vast need, but organizers hope other companies will join the effort. While Last Mile graduates have stayed out of prison, it's been challenging for them to find actual coding jobs and critics say the effort does not addresses systemic issues around incarceration.

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  • In a mastery-based classroom, students understand where they need to focus

    August 23, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    A North Carolina teacher has had marked success using mastery-based learning techniques, which emphasize skill acquisition over classroom time, in her classroom. She says of the self-directed approach to instruction: "“The mindset is ‘Give students their own data and let them choose what to work on themselves.’" With this setup, the teacher also has extra time to work in smaller groups with struggling students.

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  • This Program Helps Homeless Students Stay in School

    August 22, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Since 2007, SIMBA and ASET have connected over 1,000 homeless students living in New York City with academic resources. All students in the 2018 class graduated from high school with multiple college acceptances.

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  • Why a Boston Teachers College Is Sending Its Students to Northern Ireland to Learn About a Child Trauma Program That Could Help U.S. Kids, Too

    August 21, 2018 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    In 2004, the Media Initiative set out to develop a trauma-informed curriculum for preschoolers in Northern Ireland. Using puppets, cartoons, and professional development, the social-emotional lessons have empowered students to better address conflict and communicate more effectively with each other. A Boston-based teacher education program is one of many who travel to Ireland to observe the program in action each year.

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