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  • In a mastery-based classroom, students understand where they need to focus

    August 23, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    A North Carolina teacher has had marked success using mastery-based learning techniques, which emphasize skill acquisition over classroom time, in her classroom. She says of the self-directed approach to instruction: "“The mindset is ‘Give students their own data and let them choose what to work on themselves.’" With this setup, the teacher also has extra time to work in smaller groups with struggling students.

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  • Closing the ‘Perception Gap': With 3 in 5 Teachers Saying Students Are Not at Grade Level on First Day of School, New Digital Tool Offers Parents a ‘Readiness Check'

    August 13, 2018 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States

    A new "readiness check" digital tool, available in English and Spanish, gives parents realtime feedback about whether their child is prepared to enter the next grade level and provides resources and activities to practice if a child is behind in English or math subjects. By offering a concrete, standardized assessment, the tool gives parents the data they need to advocate on behalf of their child and ensure teachers are aware of areas where a child may need extra support before they even enter the teacher's classroom on the first day of school.

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  • Haiti Bans Overage Students From Secondary Education, but One School Has a Solution

    August 13, 2018 |

    Global Press Journal |

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    Response Location: Haiti, Port-au-Prince

    In Haiti, students past a certain age, many of whom had to help their parents with farm work or didn't have money for transportation, are not allowed to enroll in primary school. The École de la Réussite, started in 2012, is filling this gap by offering students vocational skills training and the lessons required to apply to private secondary schools.

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  • School Started by Refugee Students Now One of Uganda's Best

    August 09, 2018 |

    Al-Fanar Media |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    In 2005 refugee youth at the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, founded the Coburwas school in order to provide students with a better education. Now, it is one of the best performing schools in the camps, ranking in the top four nationally, and has about 530 students. More importantly, students get a quality education, which is hard to come by at the camp where many of the schools are low performing.

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  • Creative thinking brings child care center to Jal

    August 07, 2018 |

    New Mexico In Depth |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    In the past few years, an influx of oil field workers to Jal, New Mexico has put pressure on the town's child-care offerings. Several teachers are pioneering a creative solution. By using funding from several sources, Bright Beginnings Child Development Center has colocated in the local elementary school, cutting down on travel time for working parents and creating benefits across programs.

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  • A Public School That Not Only Keeps Children Safe, But Heals

    August 03, 2018 |

    Nonprofit Quarterly |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    Cherokee Point Elementary School in San Diego became a trauma-informed school in 2015, and since then suspensions have fallen to zero (and remained that way since) and they no longer need a campus police officer. The school's approach includes revised disciplinary practices, social-emotional instruction, free breakfast, school-wide training about trauma, strong parental engagement, and intensive individual support. They even partner with community organizations that all them to create and offer a wider variety of services than the school could on its own.

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  • ‘We can do it and do it right': Roswell puts pieces in place for preschool

    August 02, 2018 |

    New Mexico In Depth |

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    Response Location: United States, Roswell, New Mexico

    Staff members in the Roswell Independent School District (RISD) tackle the lack of resources and teachers in their district by looking to their own student body as the future of their faculty. With a new preschool program, early education training, and a strategic plan to implement state funding, RISD is helping to educate kids on a more comprehensive level and encourage growth in local early childhood development education.

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  • To Focus On Students' Emotional Well-Being, India Tries 'Happiness Classes'

    July 28, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: India, Delhi

    In past months, students in Delhi, India have found a new addition their incredibly rigorous academic curriculums: happiness classes. In an attempt to combat high rates of stress and depression linked to student suicides, the classes focus on emotional well-being and meditation, but critics contend that a 35 minutes a day is not enough to reverse the mental health consequences of India's competitive academic culture.

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  • Innovation schools are a cross between public and charter. Could they come to Rochester?

    July 18, 2018 |

    Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

    Recent reports show steady improvement for students attending Indianapolis’ Innovation Schools - a unique model that “marries the autonomy of charter schools with the resources and scale of a school district.” While Innovation Schools are controlled by an outside nonprofit or board of directors and are free to make their own curriculum decisions, they rely on the public school system for a number of key resources and their test scores count towards the district's overall performance. Could this structure work in other states with varying political cultures surrounding charters and unions?

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  • How New Orleans Is Helping Its Students Succeed

    July 15, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Calling New Orleans' post-Katrina school reform "the most ambitious education overhaul in modern America," journalist David Leonhardt outlines what he sees as the two main pillars holding up New Orleans' success -- autonomy and accountability. Leonhardt writes, "New Orleans is a great case study partly because it avoids many of the ambiguities of other education reform efforts. The charters here educate almost all public-school students, so they can’t cherry pick." Can other districts, who aren't starting from scratch, learn from the city's remarkable progress?

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