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  • Why are 63 million girls missing out on education?

    Lucy Lamble

    September 19, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Zimbabwe

    In Zimbabwe, a diverse group of leaders are tackling the persistent barriers to quality education for girls. By providing menstrual products, distributing bikes for transportation, and changing the perception of female education in the community, a combination of grassroots and big-picture efforts are gradually bringing some of the 63 million girls out of school into the classroom.

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  • An Effective but Exhausting Alternative to High-School Suspensions

    Susan Dominus

    September 07, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Suspensions are a common method to address behavioral problems at schools, but they can discourage academic progress and success. An alternative practice called "restorative justice" focuses on building relationships, empathy, and communication. The practice requires educator training and mindset shifts but has proven effective.

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  • Tired of being humiliated, these girls fought the school dress code. And won.

    Evan Porter

    September 01, 2016 |

    Upworthy |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    School dress codes overwhelmingly affect girls, and being accused of breaking the code results in missed school and wearing 'shame clothes'. A few Portland students fought the school board, and it resulted in a new gender neutral dress code.

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  • Is universal preschool the answer? Britain says ‘yes'

    Lillian Mongeau

    August 23, 2016 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Bristol

    Since 2004, the national government in England has paid for all three-year-olds to receive 15 free hours of child-care per week. Since the program was implemented, the academic achievement gap between high-income and low-income children has been shrinking and more children are performing well upon entering primary school on both academic and non-academic measures. Can the United States, where the average family with children under 5 spends 9% of its annual income on child care, translate any parts of the UK's model to its own early education policies?

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  • A light of hope for China's rural children

    Vaidehi Shah

    August 12, 2016 |

    Eco-Business |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: China

    In western and remote parts of China, where infrastructure is not fully developed, youth have a difficult time studying at night due to the lack of electricity. A social entrepreneur has designed a solar-powered light called Loving Lamp, with the help of Autodesk. The lamps are donated to the youth and are financed through the sales of another technology called ELittle Nut, which helps children study at the right distance from their books.

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  • Want to Fix U.S. Schools? Look to Native American Communities

    Paul Nyhan

    August 10, 2016 |

    Equal Voice News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    Native American students are 237% more likely to drop out than their white counterparts. Organizations like the Native American Community Academy (NACA), are changing those statistics by creating curricula that focus on tribal identity values. These alterations have proved successful as graduation rates and college attendance have risen among Native American students attending NACA.

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  • Connecting social justice and black identity at a national debate camp in Baltimore

    Jonna McKone

    August 04, 2016 |

    WYPR |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    In the past, debate teams have lacked diversity and have been mostly compromised by white students. Beginning in the 1990s, Urban Debate Leagues engaged minority students and challenged the traditional style of debate, which was disconnected from communities of color. In cities like Baltimore, students of color are encouraged to debate by talking about their “black identity and structural racism.”

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  • Chronically Absent: Is Quality Education in Juvenile Detention Possible in Mississippi?

    Sierra Mannie

    July 27, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Pelahatchie, Mississippi

    Many years of work to improve juvenile-detention centers in Mississippi may curb recidivism rates by increasing the quality of life in detention. Despite those efforts, however, centers might still be unable to give detained students what they need the most—a quality education.

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  • There Is A Shortage Of Male Teachers Of Color. NYC Is Working To Fix That.

    Rebecca Klein

    July 25, 2016 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    While many of America's classrooms are increasingly diversifying, the demographic makeup of their educators is not, and turnover of minority teachers remains high. A program in New York City called NYC Men Teach is working to foster better representation of minorities at the front of the classroom, providing resources like financial incentives, professional mentoring and training, as well as increased visibility to the growing need for male teachers of color.

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  • Some Seattle schools end ‘tracking' in push for equity and success

    Claudia Rowe

    July 09, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Educators in the Seattle area are making a move to desegregate schools by removing track-based course structures. Inspired by the work and research of one school in New York, Washington is seeing results in closing the achievement gap by blending general-education students with those in advanced courses, creating a stimulating environment for all and better opportunities for minority students.

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