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School Lunch Share Tables Fight Food Waste and Hunger

Melissa Terry

March 27, 2017 |

Civil Eats |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Fayetteville, Arkansas

Leftover food from publicly-funded school meals is not simply an issue of wasted tax dollars and environmental concern, it is a detrimental misallocation of much needed food for many students who still go hungry in schools across the country each day. The Share Tables program is helping to more equitably distribute food by providing a space where unopened items from one student's lunch may be deposited on a designated table (or tub, or shelf) for hungry peers to take - not only reducing food waste and child hunger, but helping students develop empathy and healthier eating habits.

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Within integrated schools, de facto segregation persists

Erica Green

March 25, 2017 |

The Baltimore Sun |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Columbia, Maryland

Students in advanced classes in Howard County, Maryland schools are disproportionately white. Faculty and administration are working to identify, understand, and change the ways that implicit bias favors white students as early as elementary school. Other steps taken include the elimination of some prerequisites to advanced classes and a shift in mindset that students in advanced classes are trying to become college ready rather than already being college ready.

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Minneapolis North High School dramatically increased its graduation rate. How'd they do it?

Erin Hinrichs

March 17, 2017 |

MinnPost |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

High school graduation rates, especially for Black and Hispanic students, are alarmingly low, which led North High School in Minneapolis to rebuild the school model and foster a dramatic increase in the number of students graduating. Through daily advisory periods with teachers, a community of peer support, close contact between teachers and parents, and outside guidance, the school has seen overwhelming improvement.

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STEM: Teaching critical thinking for the new age

Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa

March 05, 2017 |

Arizona Daily Sun |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Flagstaff, Arizona

Flagstaff STEM City partners schools with professionals and creates kits that teachers can use to bring science into the classroom, teaching students and parents how to think critically and search out information through the application of real world skills like the culinary arts, mechanics, and childcare.

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How Wildwood schools provide a crucial safety net for struggling families

Diane D'Amico

February 27, 2017 |

The Press of Atlantic City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Wildwood, New Jersey

The Wildwood School District has implemented programs during and after school hours to help provide nutritious meals to students living with hunger and poverty, while also teaching the children invaluable skills such as sewing and gardening to help create better future opportunities.

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School nurse's supplies include food, toothbrushes and coats

Diane D'Amico

February 26, 2017 |

The Press of Atlantic City |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Wildwood, New Jersey

In low-income districts, the school nurse is often a family’s first health care provider, and the role at places like Wildwood High School and Glenwood Avenue School has expanded to provide everything from warm coats and food donations for children and their families living in hunger.

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A mathematician has created a teaching method that's proving there's no such thing as a bad math student

Jenny Anderson

February 15, 2017 |

Quartz |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada

In schools around the world, students are troubled by math problems, often due to existing gender and race gaps. Canadian John Mighton is working to overcome this obstacle in education through JUMP Math, or Junior Undiscovered Math Prodegies. The program is now being used by more than 150,000 in Canada and is now make math more accessible to students at all learning levels through "inquiry" and "discovery" based means.

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She Outsmarted Jamie Oliver — And Figured Out The Future Of School Lunch

Jane Black

February 09, 2017 |

The Huffington Post |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Huntington, West Virginia

Conflicts of interest have made school lunch meals the dumping ground for the cheap calories our modern agricultural system was designed to overproduce. Many programs are trying to improve school lunches, such as the Community Eligibility Provision which allows schools in high poverty areas to provide free meals to all students, allowing more money to be spent on cooks and food instead of who qualifies.

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Closing the Preschool Gap at Home

Anne Kim

February 06, 2017 |

Washington Monthly |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Mounting evidence points to an increasing disparity in the educational achievements of those children who attend and complete pre-school, and those who do not. The Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program is a national home visiting initiative for low-income families that is working to bridge the gap. They provide learning curriculum, guidance, and parenting support for disadvantaged families in their homes, so that their children can be equally prepared to succeed in school.

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One town's quest to join tech revolution – and what it says about digital inequality

Kyle Spencer

January 25, 2017 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Greeley, Colorado

As technology continues to play an ever increasing role in education - and subsequently, job opportunities - many rural towns with limited resources are struggling to provide their students, particularly those from low-income families, with the devices necessary to stay ahead in the digital age. In Greeley, CO - a town with significant minority and refugee populations that have little or no internet access at home - the digital divide and the wealth disparity between school districts is particularly stark. But the schools in Greeley remain determined - cobbling together old donated computers, salvaged devices, grants and fundraisers, to try and help provide better opportunities and more efficient education for all their students.

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