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  • How Jersey City Middle Schoolers Stopped a Flood

    March 12, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Jersey City, New Jersey

    In a science class in a local New Jersey school, students came up with a green solution to a storm water management and flooding problem in their parking lot when it rained. With help from the Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program out of Rutgers University and funding from city agencies, they were able to build planters and install concrete to absorb the runoff. The project galvanized the community, encouraging the school to expand their STEM curriculum.

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  • Amid pandemic and 'new math,' kids aren't the only ones anxious about arithmetic

    February 27, 2021 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

    Among the chief concerns of parents and guardians whose children are navigating remote schooling, is keeping up with different methods of learning—especially when it comes to math. In New Hampshire, students and their parents and/or guardians are learning how to best support learning math, specifically when it involves methods unfamiliar to them. Parents and students can access teachers during virtual office hours, rely on support websites like Khan Academy, and attend school-wide meetings where they review the course material ahead of time.

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  • California students watch and learn through hands-on projects as Mars rover lands

    February 19, 2021 |

    EdSource |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Some California teachers developed lengthy, involved lessons to teach elementary school students about the historic Mars rover landing, in spite of virtual limitations. A teacher in Kumeyaay Elementary in San Diego County had her students build colonies out of household materials and collected them later to be combined together in the classroom to share with students. Another teacher at Bell Gardens Elementary School in Montebello Unified put together a remote "escape room," where students were led on a guided exploration where they had to problem-solve in order to receive more clues and get to the end.

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  • National organization repurposes summer camps, combating ‘summer slide' in reading and math

    December 14, 2020 |

    KXAN-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    As summer programs across the country shut down to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School summer program in Austin tried was forced to quickly pivot to virtual learning. They had to make large technological purchases, hire a help desk staff, reached out to volunteers, and had to figure out how to get students to log on.

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  • Black Tech Mobilizes to Beat the Youth ‘Summer Slide'

    July 25, 2020 |

    The Plug |

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    Response Location: United States

    Pandemic-induced uncertainty for schools, and their students, is creating wider learning gaps, especially for Black and Latino students. Two nonprofits, The Hidden Genius Project and INTech Camp for Girls, both of which provide STEM-focused learning for middle and high school students, are shifting their previously in-person programming to a new virtual landscape by hosting virtual summer camps, specialized Zoom learning sessions, and developing ambassador programs.

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  • How some Mississippi teens are saving their town from climate change

    May 23, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Duck Hill, Mississippi

    Through the Achieving Sustainability Through Education and Economic Development Solutions (ASEEDS) Creek Rangers program, teens and community leaders are raising awareness of the effects of climate change in their small Mississippi town. They’ve fixed their community’s drainage system to help mitigate floods that have impacted the area for years. While some people were skeptical of their efforts, they’ve been able to work with pastors and other people to show how climate change is already impacting them.

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  • Schools on a screen: New York school district goes all in on technology to prepare students for whatever comes next

    May 10, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York

    Students in the Mineola school district had a head start when schools around the country switched to online classes as a result of the coronavirus? Since 2017, students as young as kindergarteners have been learning to code, while older students have learned to take advantage of opportunities like a fabrication lab to design, produce and sell what they develop, among other offerings. But the challenges educators and administrators face are balancing how much tech to implement in the classroom, and how much is too much.

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  • Water from air: ASU professor's technology produces clean drinking water around the globe

    November 07, 2019 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    An elementary school program is teaching students about renewable energy in action. By working with the startup Zero Mass Water, educators can share lessons from the company’s hydropanels, which use solar energy to capture water from the air and turn it into drinking water. The technology is now being used worldwide.

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  • How Vocational Education Got a 21st Century Reboot

    September 12, 2019 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Newburgh, New York

    Now in 10 states and 17 countries, the P-TECH program combines high school with internships and free community college classes. In low-income neighborhoods in Newburgh, New York, P-TECH has helped increase earning and career potential and started to close the skills gap.

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  • Anatomy of a failure: How an XQ Super School flopped

    August 07, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Somerville, Massachusetts

    In 2016, a proposal for a new innovation school which would incorporate elements of private and charter schools into a public school in Somerville, Massachusetts won a $10 million XQ grant, funding awarded to promising nontraditional high schools. Despite years of planning and early support from town leaders, in 2019, the school was unanimously vetoed by the school committee. Why did the plan fall through?

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