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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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Finding Home: Helping Homeless Students By Supporting Their Families

David Boraks

February 10, 2020 |

WFAE |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

Wraparound services intended to create stability in the lives of students are being provided by the Family & Child Stability Services program. Parents and caretakers are given career training in order to eventually find higher-paying jobs. Participants also receive help finding and paying for stable housing. The program is a collaboration between two nonprofits and is funded by a grant from Mecklenburg County.

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Peace Studies Program Attracts Young Iraqis Eager for Social Change

Olivia Cuthbert

February 10, 2020 |

Al-Fanar Media |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Iraq, Duhaq

In Iraq, where unemployment is high for recent grads, students gravitate towards science and math degrees. But, a new program in peace-and-conflict resolution is the first and only of its kind in the country. It teaches students about peace-building. Close to 250 people have enrolled. "For many undergraduates in the new program at Duhok, that means working side by side to create a more inclusive society. “It’s important for people in our society to know how to deal with conflict.”

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Books behind bars: Pilot Pell Grant program helps inmates look toward the future

Kelan Lyons

January 24, 2020 |

The Connecticut Mirror |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Suffield, Connecticut

At Connecticut’s MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution, people experiencing incarceration have the opportunity to participate in postsecondary classes, even completing a certificate or degree. They’re able to do this because of the Second Chance Pell pilot program, started in 2015, which offers financial aid for inmates to access education. With bipartisan support, there’s hope that the pilot program will grow, as current research shows how the programming reduces recidivism and saves tax dollars.

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Privilege for the poor: Farming giant gives back — to its workers' children

Alfonso Serrano

January 18, 2020 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Lost Hills, California

Owners of the Wonderful Company food conglomerate honed their philanthropic efforts on the community they saw had the most need—their own workers' families—by establishing charter schools to improve the quality of life and education in Lost Hills, California. The K-8 school, one of two, has adopted a "cradle to career'' approach, incentivizing college education through in-school college pathways and renewable college scholarships after completing high school, and integrating parents into its mission through tailored educational sessions aimed at bridging cultural divides.

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35% of Colorado high schoolers are earning college credit as they study for their diplomas

Erica Breunlin

December 09, 2019 |

The Colorado Sun |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

Over one-third of juniors and seniors enrolled in Colorado public high schools are also taking postsecondary education courses. The model is saving students time and financial costs and is helping to close the achievement gap between white and minority Coloradans.

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Is California saving higher education?

Jon Marcus Felicia Mello

December 03, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

Defying the national trend, California is increasing its higher education budget through innovative solutions. Opening food banks on campus and an online community college, are just some of those ways the state is using to stretch its budget.

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Z chlapca z osady je mentor, šikanované rómske dievča študuje na vysokej

Veronika Folentová

November 04, 2019 |

Denník N |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Slovakia, Levoca, Presov

Rómsky vzdelávací fond na Slovensku pomáha deťom z rómskej komunity, ktorá v sebe nesie historickú stopu sociálnych a ekonomických znevýhodnení, ako aj etnickej diskriminácie, prekonať problémy pri ukončení strednej školy a pokračovaní vo vysokoškolskom vzdelávaní. Fond funguje tak, že študentom, ktorí spĺňajú podmienky, poskytuje štipendium na úhradu vzdelávacích pomôcok, ako aj školské poradenstvo a osobné mentorstvo, ktoré pomáha študentom aj rodičom prekonať sociálne prekážky, ktoré bránia študentom v túžbe alebo schopnosti naplniť svoj potenciál.

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How Cleveland revamped its preschool programs in just five years

Jackie Mader

October 31, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

With $14 million in public and private funding, Cleveland transformed its early childhood education offerings in just five years. The partnership called PRE4CLE provided intensive support and funding for staff education and salaries, curricula, classroom supplies, renovations, and more.

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A Colorado college boosts income share agreements for DACA students

Rachel Lorenz

October 22, 2019 |

The Colorado Independent |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Colorado Mountain College has figured out a way to help its undocumented students, who are usually unable to qualify for scholarships, pursue an education by helping them pay through income sharing agreements. The agreements are a contract between the school and the student, but the students' loan incurs no interest, meaning they won't be overloaded with unpayable debt when they finish their degree. CMC has also capped its loan amounts at $3,000 per year, and when students graduate their repayment rate is "4% of the borrower's earned income once that income surpasses $30,000."

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