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  • Finland's fighting inequality with education, and winning. What's their secret?

    April 23, 2016 |

    The Globe and Mail |

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    Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

    Children of immigrants often tend to be disadvantaged - both financially and educationally. Finland has restructured its education system to provide more one-on-one instruction for children born into poverty or those who have recently immigrated to Finland. The goal is to allow these children to become middle-class success stories one day.

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  • How One Mississippi District Made Integration Work

    April 18, 2016 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Clinton, Mississippi

    The district of Clinton, Mississippi creates grade-based schools to desegregate. Now, the schools are closing the achievement gap with their equal distribution of resources.

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  • School-Based Arrests Down At CPS Schools

    April 18, 2016 |

    WBEZ |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A decrease in arrests in Chicago public schools is a result of the district moving away from a zero-tolerance policy for discipline and acting in favor of more instructional intervention. This approach has allowed for kids experiencing trauma and lashing out to receive better care and direction than is provided by punitive action.

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  • Why Talented Black and Hispanic Students Can Go Undiscovered

    April 08, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

    Relying on teachers and parents to identify candidates for gifted programs appears to discriminate against minority and poor children - a new, more equal screening process reveals that more minority students are 'gifted' than previously categorized.

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  • In a global economy, Mass. lags in teaching foreign languages

    April 04, 2016 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Park City, Utah

    In a global economy, helping students succeed means offering them the opportunity to become multilingual. States such as Utah, Indiana, and Delaware have stepped up their efforts with immersion programs for elementary students.

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  • Massachusetts is a lot like us, so why are its schools so much better?

    March 19, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    For a decade, Massachusetts has led the nation in student performance, ranking high internationally, too. What are they doing that we aren’t? Funding their schools, for one thing. But it’s also about how you spend the money.

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  • Here's What Happens When Child Brides Go to School

    March 08, 2016 |

    GOOD Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Rajasthan

    In Rajasthan, India, the literacy rate of women stands at 53%, which falls far below the country's rate of 74%, the low literacy rate is also believed to be a likely contributor to the high rate of child brides in the state. The Veerni Project started as a way to give girls the opportunity to continue their education through and past high school, by providing safe, clean room and board, meals and empowering its students and graduates to be agents of change.

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  • Without support, Minnesota students left behind at graduation

    March 07, 2016 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Minnesota's students of color graduate at rates lower than their counterparts in nearly every state. A lack of spending on student support statewide may have something to do with it.

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  • How Can the College Application Process Be Improved?

    March 07, 2016 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    To help fix the hyper-competitive college application process, a coalition of universities are trying to develop a more equitable process. The coalition has developed a set of tools for students including a free app that helps provide straight-forward information about the application process to more than 600 colleges and universities, a "collaboration platform" where students can share their application materials and receive feedback from mentors or coaches, as well as virtual storage for students to save documents and work pertinent to their college application.

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  • The Math Revolution

    March 01, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The number of American teens who excel at advanced math has surged, as new programs cater directly to the uppermost echelon of math students, training them for international competitions.

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