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This Cambridge high school made changes during the pandemic, leading to remote-learning success

James Vaznis

February 05, 2021 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Although the pandemic brought many difficulties to school across the globe, some institutions saw it as the time to innovate and rethink learning delivery. Cambridge High School Extension Program, "an alternative school for academically struggling students," decided to start school later in the day, schedule one-on-on sessions for students with their teachers, and distributed computers and Wi-Fi hotspots. The result has been nearly a 50% decrease in the number of chronically absent students, and an increase from 20 to 60% of students achieving honor roll.

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Knocking on doors, BPS superintendent stresses school attendance

James Vaznis

September 04, 2019 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

This fall, a group of volunteers, led by Boston Public Schools' superintendent, went door to door to talk with students who had previously shown patterns of absenteeism. The effort, one part of the city's effort to reduce chronic absences, is intended to show students that adults in the community are invested in their success.

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Schools confront students' rising mental health toll

James Vaznis

May 17, 2016 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Marlborough, Massachusetts

Over the last decade, many Massachusetts schools have seen the number of cases grow from just a few students a year being hospitalized for mental health issues to upwards of several dozen, often transforming guidance offices into de facto psychiatric wards, educators say.

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Fenway High ‘test kitchen' cooking up districtwide menu changes

James Vaznis

April 04, 2016 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

A test kitchen set up at Fenway High School this year to try out new lunch items is slowly transforming cuisine across the school system, as part of an effort to expand more healthful food options for students.

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In a global economy, Mass. lags in teaching foreign languages

James Vaznis

April 04, 2016 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Park City, Utah

In a global economy, helping students succeed means offering them the opportunity to become multilingual. States such as Utah, Indiana, and Delaware have stepped up their efforts with immersion programs for elementary students.

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Students see benefits from later school start times

James Vaznis

March 10, 2016 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Eastham, Massachusetts

A growing number of high schools across Massachusetts are exploring later start times, amid research showing that a lack of sleep can have detrimental effects on the health and academic performance of teenagers.

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In Mass. schools, a focus on well-being

James Vaznis

January 05, 2016 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Reading, Massachusetts

A broader effort at Birch Meadow Elementary School and Reading’s eight other schools is putting students at ease and getting them more in tune with their emotions, and one another, so they can concentrate on learning.

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Cooked, frozen, trucked: N.Y. facility churns out Boston school lunches

James Vaznis

December 06, 2015 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Islandia, New York

Whitsons Culinary Group’s food-making center, in a bucolic town of 3,000, produces about 80,000 meals a day. It addresses the question of how to feed students in a school district where many buildings have no kitchens.

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Fresh-made meals a learning experience at schools

James Vaznis

December 05, 2015 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Most public schools lunches are cheap, frozen meals, which satisfy federal nutrition standards but kids don't eat them so student performance suffers. A school in Boston partnered with a non-profit to test entrees that are cheap, healthy, and that the students like.

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Lessons from under the coconut tree

James Vaznis

September 12, 2015 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: Haiti, Nippes

Boston professors visit countries and homes of foreign students to better understand their culture and gain insights about how to better teach them. The goal is to reach across cultural divides to help a big part of the student population — emigres from faraway lands — that is plagued with low standardized test scores and high dropout rates. Accompanying photojournalism: http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/bigpicture/2015/09/12/seeking-cultural-connections/L3mIQAQM3v9YT9A2K4JliL/story.html

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