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  • Schools work to aid children of domestic violence

    April 23, 2016 |

    Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Brockton, Massachusetts

    Massachusetts’ Brockton Public School district has trained the entire staff at three elementary schools to recognize signs of trauma in children. Inspired by the book, “Helping Traumatized Children Learn,” by Eliana Gil, the district’s initiative has now inspired another text and has spread to school districts around the world. Core to the initiative is trying to work more proactively toward social emotional health.

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  • How One Mississippi District Made Integration Work

    April 18, 2016 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Clinton, Mississippi

    The district of Clinton, Mississippi creates grade-based schools to desegregate. Now, the schools are closing the achievement gap with their equal distribution of resources.

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  • In D.C., a radical shift in parent involvement

    March 29, 2016 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    The Washington, DC program is part of a radical shift in the way some schools are thinking about parent involvement. Rather than encourage parents to attend bake sales and spaghetti dinners — which have long been the domain of middle-class families and have no direct link to academic achievement — these schools are effectively training parents of all backgrounds to become informed and confident tutors at home.

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  • Half of This School's Students Are Homeless or in Foster Care. 82% Go to College.

    March 28, 2016 |

    Daily Beast |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Broome Street Academy uses a data-driven, mentoring, and community schooling approach to get over 80 percent of its student population, half of whom are homeless, into college. Broome distances itself from the typical charter school model - funding comes from independent fundraising, the state of New York, and a local nonprofit that doubles as the provider of free health services to students.

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  • Speaking Out: Roxanne Morales

    March 19, 2016 |

    Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Robstown, Texas

    Roxanne Morales sees hope in the children of Robstown. As a community educator for the Women’s Shelter of South Texas, she has worked in the community for the past year in a pilot program that is about creating safe communities.

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  • The San Francisco Jail That Started a School

    March 10, 2016 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Five Keys Charter School, established in 2003, works in various California prisons to provide education and job training to inmates. Since its founding, Five Keys has awarded 684 high school diplomas to inmates in custody and 712 more to people who completed their coursework at a network of community sites scattered around San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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  • Denver's unified school enrollments may offer Boston a lesson

    January 25, 2016 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The one-stop shopping for public, magnet, charter and innovations schools has proved popular in Coloroda but generated controversy in Massachusetts.

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  • A Bold Shift to Make Public Schools Serve Poor Students

    January 25, 2016 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Last year, New York City began turning schools in poor neighborhoods into community schools—combining rigorous instruction and extracurricular enrichment with a broad social support system.

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  • How to Teach Kids Empathy Through Dance

    January 22, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Dancing promotes strong social-emotional development. In areas of Los Angeles where arts education has disappeared due to cuts in school funding, a New York-based non-profit organization has stepped in to teach kids to dance. The program, launched in Los Angeles County, brings dance to socio-economically disadvantaged students, growing to include hundreds of middle school and high school students. Cognitive benefits for students go beyond improved respect, teamwork, and cooperative skills observed in the classroom; dancing provides a therapeutic outlet for children in difficult circumstances.

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  • Impressive New Scores for Newark Charters Raise an Awkward Question: Did City Pick the Wrong Strategy?

    January 12, 2016 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    Impressive PARCC scores for Newark charters beg the question—did city choose wrong strategy? The charter schools were able to bring in students' parents and fill holes in students' knowledge by starting with the basics in math and reading.

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