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Is Alabama district's investment in English learner students, staff a roadmap?

Rebecca Griesbach

October 19, 2022 |

Dallas Morning News |

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Response Location: United States, Russellville, Alabama

With an influx of COVID relief money, the Russellville school district began hiring and certifying more local, Spanish-speaking staff to help teach English language learners. Districtwide, the percentage of students who met their language proficiency goals increased from 46% in 2019 to 61% in 2022.

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Collegiate recovery programs gain traction on campus

Liam Knox

October 19, 2022 |

Inside Higher Ed |

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Response Location: United States

Collegiate recovery programs or communities — like the Center for Collegiate Recovery Communities in Texas — are robust resources for students struggling to overcome substance use issues, whether they’re in long-term recovery or new to the process. Some offer scholarships for students in recovery, dedicated staff and counselors, and sober social activities.

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Georgia's largest school district seeing success in recruiting, keeping bus drivers

Jorge Estevez

October 14, 2022 |

WSB-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Georgia

Gwinnett County Schools in Georgia is using active recruitment to keep an appropriate number of bus drivers on staff. Their team dedicated to transportation holds weekly job fairs, sends flyers home with students’ meals, and trains potential drivers on site.

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Here's how one metro district is working to combat school bus driver shortages

Jorge Estevez

October 14, 2022 |

WSB-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

Community members are volunteering to help combat school bus driver shortages by training and receiving their CDL to fill the positions and help out the local school district.

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This Group is Fostering Reading and Writing Habit among Youths in Gombe, Despite Challenges

Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim

October 12, 2022 |

BONews |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Gombe

The Gombe Jewel Writers Association provides a venue for Nigerians to build their reading skills and connect with others who are interested in creative writing, with biweekly reading sessions, periodic workshops, and author talks. Participants say the organization has helped them improve their reading abilities and publish their writing for the first time.

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An Initiative is introducing coding and programming languages into Nigeria's education curriculum

Abdulwasiu Mujeeb

October 12, 2022 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

KidsThatCode offers weekend programs and summer boot camps to teach Nigerian children coding and programming languages. More than 2,000 students have participated since 2017.

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Money for your education... that you don't pay back! (Solutionaries)

Jenna Zibton Jeff Perzan Patrick McKee Dylan Trail

October 12, 2022 |

Solutionaries |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Virginia

Virginia’s G3 grant program helps cover education costs for students in the most in-demand industries in the state.

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Advancing Girl Child Education in Oyo Community

Adeyemi Okediran

October 10, 2022 |

BONews |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Oyo State

The Wonderland Gifted Girls Academy provides free education to girls in Oyo State, Nigeria, to increase educational opportunities for girls and give them a foundation to build their future on.

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Scholarship Scheme Is Promoting Tertiary Education In Northern Nigeria

Abdulwasiu Olokooba

October 10, 2022 |

Campus Echoes |

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Response Location: Nigeria

The nonprofit Abdulkabir Aliu Foundation provides scholarships for over 300 students in Nigeria to pursue tertiary education and help reduce the number of illiterate adults in the country.

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Where will new teachers come from? Community colleges offer a path.

Janelle Retka

October 06, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

Teaching programs at community colleges allow people to earn teaching degrees at their convenience, around their schedule, and for cheaper than university programs. These programs are helping to reduce the teacher shortage in the states they are available.

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