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Contested community college degree programs help fill job training gaps, ease student debt

Naina Rao

February 13, 2023 |

AfroLA |

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Response Location: United States, California

A pilot program in California allows community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees programs in areas such as health information management and interaction design. In 2016-17, nearly three quarters of graduates from the pilot degree programs finished their studies without taking any loans, and about 80 percent found work within three months of graduating.

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A Lingít culture and language program for Juneau students is expanding to middle school

Yvonne Krumrey

February 13, 2023 |

KNBA |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Juneau, Alaska

Students at Harborview Elementary in Juneau, Alaska, have the Lingít language and culture integrated into their classes through things like singing and dancing. The effort helps them learn about their cultural heritage, clans, and family history.

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Driven by his own experience, this young Nigerian started an NGO to rescue street children

Arinze Chijioke

February 12, 2023 |

IkengaOnline |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Street Priests Incorporated engages with youth living on the streets in Nigeria to offer them scholarship funding, food aid, reunification with their families, and more. The organization has helped more than 17,000 children through its programs since 2014.

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Help Wanted: Young urban farmers for $1,800 per month, no experience necessary

Rosemary Misdary

February 09, 2023 |

Gothamist |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Green City Force run by the New York City Housing Authority turns open urban spaces into gardens tended by young adults in the program. The force is meant to prepare members for careers in sustainable industries afterward. The members also educate locals, trade vegetables grown in the gardens for compost, and train in ecoliteracy.

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Woof, there it is: A spotted lanternfly!

Genevieve Fox

February 08, 2023 |

Great Lakes Echo |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

With their keen sense of smell, dogs are being used to detect spotted lanternfly eggs before they hatch, preventing the invasive species from devastating vineyards. Once trained, the dogs search from January to April to detect the pest early and their efforts are slowing the spread of the lanternfly from forests to vineyards.

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Black families are changing the educational landscape through communal home-schooling

Char Adams

February 08, 2023 |

NBC News |

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Response Location: United States

Motivated by educational disparities, lack of culturally relevant programming, and safety concerns in public schools, Black families are forming homeschooling pods and co-ops that allow them to tailor their children's education while also finding a sense of community support.

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Are Bike Buses The Future Of School Transportation?

Wyatt Gordon

February 07, 2023 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Arlington, Virginia

Parents and teachers are organizing bike buses as a healthier, social alternative to school buses and parent drop-offs. In this activity, chaperones lead groups of students to school on bikes.

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Yams, cassava: The Nigerian free school run from farm produce

Kehinde Ogunyale

January 31, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Ebenebe, Anambra

The Anam New City School, a tuition-free school that serves children in remote villages in southeast Nigeria, helps support its operating costs by cultivating crops and livestock on the school grounds. About half of the agricultural yield is used to provide meals for students, while the remainder is sold to fund administration costs.

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Eat-Learn-Play: Bridging the Nutrition and Education Gap for Wassa's Displaced Children

Thelma Chioma Abeku Ikemefuna Igwe

January 30, 2023 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Wassa

The Transitional Learning Center provides children ages four to 14 with free education, school supplies, and one meal per day to not only encourage school attendance but to also address the issue of malnutrition. The beauty of the Center is that it’s a semi-permanent structure that can be moved to different locations where there may be school children in need. Since the Center was formed, over nine million students from 54,619 schools have benefited from the program.

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In California, women learn how to protect their ancestral lands with fire

Debra Utacia Krol

January 30, 2023 |

AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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Response Location: Ishraamhírak, United States, California

The WTREX program runs prescribed burn camps to provide hands-on training for Indigenous women. This training allows them to reclaim parts of their culture and bring cultural burns back to their land in a safe learning environment.

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