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  • Insurgency is pulling children away from school, but an NGO is giving them a chance at education

    November 22, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The FastTrack program aims to help students in camps for internally displaced people improve their literacy and numeracy skills. The program clusters pupils by level rather than age, provides dual-language instruction in both English and Hausa, and uses technology to improve language access, and roughly 2,500 children across six camps have participated in the initiative so far.

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  • Literacy tutoring programs show promise in Oakland

    November 21, 2022 |

    The Oaklandside |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Children Rising is providing high-dosage reading and math tutoring to elementary students at schools in Oakland, California, to make up for lost learning during the pandemic. This type of tutoring includes one-on-one instruction multiple times a week during the school day.

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  • Strong relationships lead to strong graduation rates

    November 17, 2022 |

    The Oglethorpe Echo |

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    Response Location: United States, Georgia

    Oglethorpe County High School in Georgia increased their graduation rate to almost 95% by connecting students regularly with counselors starting freshman year to help them meet their goals.

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  • Learning life skills through art

    November 16, 2022 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    At Lovecraft, adults with disabilities have the opportunity to create and sell their art while learning important life skills such as communication in the process. The organization has served 40 adults since opening in 2018.

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  • Preventing learning slides over summer vacation

    November 16, 2022 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Books for Keeps hosts free book fairs to keep children and their families reading year-round. In 2022, the organization gave away more than 58,000 books, the most it has ever donated in a single year.

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  • DC receives funds to help homeless students. Why are so many schools missing out?

    November 16, 2022 |

    Street Sense Media |

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    Response Location: United States, District of Columbia

    The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 allows the U.S. Department of Education to provide states, including D.C., funding to support equal access to public education for homeless children and their families. McKinney-Vento dollars are often scarce, so other solutions, like The American Rescue Plan and creative efforts from educators, are also helping students and families in need access the necessary resources to get an education.

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  • Can Spanish and English speakers thrive in the same city?

    November 15, 2022 |

    The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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    Response Location: United States, Emporia, Kansas

    Emporia Spanish Speakers was founded to encourage English-speaking residents to interact with and welcome their Spanish-speaking neighbors by making an effort to learn the language. The initiative has since grown to offer instruction for elementary-aged children, as well as a program for business owners who want to better serve Spanish-speaking customers, and members of the local Latino community say the programs have helped create a more inclusive environment in Emporia.

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  • Organizing to Cancel Debt Fuels Systemic Change

    November 14, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    Occupy Wall Street ignited today's debt cancellation movement. Groups like the Debt Collective are winning victories, canceling predatory student debt and pushing systemic reforms like tuition-free college. Though incremental, these changes are rewriting policy and challenging racialized capitalism.

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  • A plan tackling segregated middle schools in Brooklyn shows some patterns are hard to break

    November 14, 2022 |

    Chalkbeat |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    After Brooklyn's District 15 replaced selective admissions with a lottery system, economic segregation in sixth grade decreased by 55 percent and racial segregation decreased by 38 percent compared with the previous year. Though challenges remain in creating truly inclusive school cultures, parents and educators say community attitudes are shifting around what makes for a "good" or desirable school.

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  • How a young Nigerian is tackling learning problem among rural pupils with digital tools

    November 11, 2022 |

    Pulse Nigeria |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Joga Orile, Ogun State

    Teach For Nigeria works to eliminate educational inequity in Nigeria and recruits young graduates and education enthusiasts to teach in rural schools. With the help of the Aid for Rural Education Access Initiative, Teach for Nigeria recruits can bring innovative, digital tools — like talking, audio books — to help enhance learning in and out of the classroom.

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