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  • Rural Literature Educator Helps Teachers Connect Students to Their Roots

    July 08, 2022 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Literacy In Place provides an online repository of literature resources that expand curriculums to incorporate rural identities, experiences, and cultures. Teachers and students at all levels can access book lists, lesson plans and activities that dispel negative rural stereotypes and assumptions.

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  • Health-related stigmatization is a growing public health issue, but this approach serves as an adequate measure

    July 06, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Sickle Cell Aid Foundation (SCAF) strives to increase awareness of sickle cell disease by providing handbooks designed to educate school children and staff on how to interact with others who may have sickle cell disease and make accommodations to meet their needs. So far, over 1,000 copies of the handbook have been distributed to 15 schools across the country.

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  • In Nigeria's Underserved Communities, Teach For Nigeria Improves Education Quality

    June 21, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    In a country where less than 6% of public funding is allocated to education, under-resourced schools are able to hire quality teachers through Teach For Nigeria, a nonprofit that trains and deploys teaching fellows to communities in need. Fellows have been placed in 396 schools since 2018 and go on to complete personal projects that support the school system, such as a solar-powered computer hub developed by one alumnus.

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  • How poor, out-of-school children gain education in the FCT

    May 28, 2022 |

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    The Knowledge Skills Solution and Creativity (KNOSK) N100-a-Day Charity School provides an education to children in the area who can’t afford to attend school. KNOSK provides STEM education, uniforms, books, sanitary supplies for girls and free meals to each student for just 30 cents a day.

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  • Inside Dallas schools' attempt to eliminate most suspensions to help kids of color

    May 18, 2022 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    In an effort to eliminate suspensions that disproportionately affect Black and brown students, Dallas Independent School District created on-campus reset centers where staff mediate conflicts between students and help them reflect on their behavior. Disciplinary action has declined since the centers were implemented, and the percentage of students being repeatedly disciplined fell from 28 percent to 13 percent.

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  • In Barcelona, a group of Roma people is fighting against poor representation in universities

    May 16, 2022 |

    Ereb |

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    Response Location: Spain, Barcelona

    Through admissions counseling, tutoring and fellowship, volunteer-based association CampusRom is helping get more Roma students into Spanish university classrooms — and stay there. In 2021, 75% of enrolled students passed their courses, many participants return as volunteers after finishing their studies, and the system has been adopted in other Spanish regions of the country as well.

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  • Helping First-Generation Students Reach College — and Build Community on the Way

    May 09, 2022 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Yonkers, New York

    Yonkers Partners in Education is a nonprofit making college more accessible for low-income students of color through mentorship and tutoring.

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  • Malabar Care Connect reduces healthcare barriers for students and families

    May 09, 2022 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    A health center based in a school provides free services to students and their families to help children succeed academically.

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  • At these US colleges everyone works and there's no tuition

    May 06, 2022 |

    NewsNation |

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    Response Location: United States

    Work colleges are providing an affordable path to obtaining degrees by requiring all students to work 15 hours a week in exchange for no tuition fees. The funding for the colleges comes from “a mixture of private donations, Pell Grants, and sustaining funding from hefty endowments.”

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  • College. Work. Starting a business. KC grads with disabilities have options

    April 28, 2022 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

    The Transition Academy connects people with mental and physical disabilities with helpful resources to increase their access to jobs and higher education. The group also connects families with resources, experiences, and knowledge to create a smooth transition out of high school for students with disabilities and provides a Facebook community for families to connect and share insights.

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