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En Allemagne, contre le Covid, les écoles ouvrent les fenêtres

Violette Bonnebas

November 05, 2020 |

Reporterre |

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Response Location: Germany

Pour limiter la propagation du virus dans les écoles, les autorités allemandes investissent dans le contrôle de la qualité de l’air. Aération régulière des pièces et capteurs de CO2 permettent de limiter la propagation aérienne du Covid19 et de sensibiliser les élèves.

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2020 is a curveball for civics. How Chicago classrooms are responding

Cassie Walker Burke

November 04, 2020 |

Chalkbeat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago-area high school teachers are approaching the mental-toll of election cycles on their students by rethinking curricula. Some teachers are approaching election anxiety by hosting empathetic dialogues by addressing students' anxieties and exploring their individual powers. Students also completed lessons that required them to have conversations with the adults in their lives regarding general voting information. Other educators are placing emphasis on exploring media literacy and understanding online propaganda with students.

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Innovative program helps Lawrence, MA, get off the mat

Tom Condon

November 02, 2020 |

The Connecticut Mirror |

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Response Location: United States, Lawrence, Massachusetts

A program in Lawrence, MA has helped hundreds of families to enter the paid labor force by connecting with them via their children’s’ schools. Using a $700,000 grant, the program connects with parents when they register a child for school. Schools offer programs through resource centers that help them get the training and connections needed to find a job. Oftentimes the parents also get an actual job referral. A key component of the program is English language training as well as skills courses in healthcare, education, manufacturing, and other fields.

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In Michigan, Undocumented Immigrants Form Learning Pod So They Won't Lose Their Jobs

Michelle Jokisch Polo

November 01, 2020 |

NPR |

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Response Location: United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Undocumented parents face unique challenges to pandemic learning. Some don’t speak English or might not have access to Wi-Fi. To help, an activist in Michigan created an in-person learning hub for students of undocumented families in grades K thru 12. The hub was hosted in a church and provided 24 students with computers from the district, and support from teachers and tutors. The hub was funded through donations from the community.

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The cycle of punitive justice starts in schools. Eric Butler is showing kids and teachers how to break it.

Adam Hochschild

November 01, 2020 |

Mother Jones |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Selma, Alabama

Hundreds of schools nationwide use restorative justice to respond to student disciplinary problems differently. In place of police, arrests, and suspensions, restorative practices emphasize conflict mediation through dialogue, asking how to hold people accountable without necessarily punishing them. Such programs have helped reduce suspensions and referrals to criminal or juvenile courts markedly, and reduced racial disparities. This story follows one man, a formerly incarcerated murder victim's brother, as he takes on the difficult task of introducing restorative practices to punishment-minded schools.

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Chennai Ran Out of Water — But That's Only Half the Story

Erica Gies Dhritiman Mukherjee

October 30, 2020 |

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Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

The city of Chennai in India is engaging in wetlands restoration and stormwater management by using traditional knowledge and community action to reduce flooding and ensure that people have access to drinking water. Through a development program called Water as Leverage, they are implementing “slow water” projects that restore flow paths for water, which could provide greater water resiliency for humans and protect and restore natural ecosystems. While it can be difficult to get government engineers to embrace green solutions, public awareness of the environmental work is helping move the projects forward.

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Los estudiantes quieren formas prácticas de influir en las decisiones sobre su educación

Charlotte West

October 29, 2020 |

Noticias Telemundo |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

En Oakland, jóvenes han logrado poner a votación la posibilidad de que menores de edad participen en elecciones de junta escolar. Aunque no ha sido votado en Oakland todavía, las experiencias, éxitos y retos vividos por iniciativas similares en otros lugares generan muchas lecciones.

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Schools Teach by Text Message as Covid Widens Philippine Digital Divide

Isabelle Lee

October 28, 2020 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: Philippines

In the Philippines, more than half of households have limited access to the internet, making remote teaching challenging. Schools, teachers, and the government have found creative ways to reach students. Some teachers are texting students, others drop out printed materials at student homes, and the government even produced radio and TV shows to explain assignments.

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Community rallies to create free learning pod for Philly students

Jessica Blatt Press

October 28, 2020 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A new learning pod at a church is serving at least 30 students in Philadelphia. The idea for the pod was the result of a listening tour with the community. “We heard directly from parents and caregivers about their needs.” Now, students are learning lessons they had missed out on before they joined the pod.

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Classrooms Without Walls, and Hopefully Covid

Amelia Nierenberg

October 27, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

Schools across the country are trying a different approach to teaching safely during the pandemic: outdoors teaching. This article provides four examples of schools implementing this method and how they did it, from the Cape Cod to Wisconsin.

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