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  • The Fight to Keep Teachers in Tech Hubs From Being Priced Out

    January 04, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

    In an attempt to retain teacher talent, the Santa Clara Unified School District has begun renting out apartments to teachers at subsidized rates so they can afford to stay and teach. While several cities across the country have attempted ways to offer more affordable housing to teachers, they are up against residents who are worried about the value of the their homes decreasing, even as tech companies move in. To keep teachers and families and good schools, something will need to change.

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  • How do you teach Estonian culture?

    January 03, 2019 |

    Estonian World |

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    Response Location: Estonia, Tallinn

    Immersive engagement on a personal level promotes integration into new cultures. To help newcomers and foreign residents integrate into Estonian society, the Estonian Institute’s program, Culture Step, allows participants to experience and participate in Estonian customs and traditions. The program also helps newcomers build a social network in the increasingly multi-cultural society.

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  • School makes counseling cool for kids with a pop-up wellness center

    January 02, 2019 |

    Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    In recent years, School 145 in New York City has significantly bolstered its mental health counseling services, with the help of the nonprofit Counseling in Schools, and test scores are starting to improve. "I have 52 students whose parents have given me letters saying 'in case I get deported, this is where my child is going.'" the principal explained, emphasizing the importance of providing mental health care resources at school. "And then we have to talk about college and career readiness."

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  • How Tulsa's bold experiment is bringing families closer to stability

    January 02, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    In Tulsa, Oklahoma, philanthropist George Kaiser has invested heavily in Educare, a year-round early learning program, and wraparound services, such as prison-diversion and family-based programs, with the belief that early child development can break the cycle of intergenerational poverty and address the opportunity gap before it widens. The Christian Science Monitor is following three mothers with children enrolled in Educare to show how the experiment in philanthropy is playing out on the ground.

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  • Finland's grand AI experiment

    January 02, 2019 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: Finland, Helinski

    The government of Finland is positioning its country as the leader in practical applications of Artificial Intelligence technology by providing its citizens with a free course. Recognizing the potential in AI technology, and the coming shifts in the global economy that will favor countries well versed in these technologies, the government has partnered with the University of Helsinki and a consulting agency named Reaktor to develop the free course. “We’ll never have so much money that we will be the leader of artificial intelligence. But how we use it — that’s something different," says one minister.

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  • Bright Spot for N.Y.'s Struggling Schools: Pre-K

    January 01, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Bill De Blasio's citywide preschool program recently got its first grade since launching in 2014 - 94 percent of the city’s pre-K programs "met or exceeded a threshold that predicts positive student outcomes after pre-K." Now, the district must figure out how to ensure these gains are maintained into kindergarten.

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  • This deep-red state decided to make a serious investment in preschools. It's paying off big-time.

    January 01, 2019 |

    Mother Jones |

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    Response Location: United States, Alabama

    In 2017, Alabama was one of only three states to meet all 10 of the national recognized benchmarks for preschool quality. The state credits bipartisan support, a low teacher-to-student ratio, and high teacher salaries and credential requirements for its recent improvements. “We hoped that quality preschool would benefit the most at-risk students,” the head of the Alabama School Readiness Alliance says. “It’s surpassed our expectations.”

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  • In India, indigenous youths are filming their own forests and communities

    December 27, 2018 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India, Rupa

    The Greenhub project trains indigenous youth in India to use video filming and editing as a way to educate others about conservation in the region. Greenhub fellows spend months learning photography and videography techniques from successful Indian filmmakers, and then make videos on topics from endangered species to tourism promotion.

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  • Virtual Reality Helps Hospice Workers See Life And Death Through A Patient's Eyes

    December 27, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Biddeforde, Maine

    The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine is using virtual reality to help medical students empathize with patients who are at the end of their lives. The technology has also been used to create other simulations and help health-care workers in training better understand their patients, but critics say that, without careful supervision, these virtual realities can create and reinforce prejudice.

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  • Ending violence in Pakistan starts in the playground

    December 24, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Hyderabad

    Using play-based learning and positive communication lessons, an organization called Right to Play helps school children in Pakistan act less violently toward their peers. The program, which is now replicated in 18 countries around the world, aims to reduce gender-based violence and stereotyping in the classroom.

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