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  • California helps college students cut their debt by paying them to help their communities

    April 05, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Davis, California

    In an effort to help lower student debt while benefiting the community, the #CaliforniansForAll College Corps program provides 3,200 students with service jobs and pays them $700 a month.

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  • A school created a homeless shelter in the gym and it paid off in the classroom

    March 17, 2022 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The Stay Over Program allows families experiencing homelessness with children enrolled in the San Francisco Unified School District to use a high school gym as a shelter.

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  • How to Create Learning Opportunities For Kids on the Bus

    September 10, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    In many districts, minority students from high-poverty neighborhoods have to ride a school bus over 90 minutes to their classroom. To offset the historic burden of school transportation on low-income students, educators have been brainstorming ways to incorporate productive and engaging activities into the long afternoon trips, time that other, wealthier students often spend in after-school enrichment programs.

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  • Will Ride-Sharing Replace Traditional School Buses?

    June 06, 2018 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    In Colorado and California, innovative new ride share platforms are gradually replacing traditional yellow school buses in order to reduce travel time for students and knock down some of the barriers that exacerbate inequalities in school choice programs. Based on pilots, "Success Express," "Uber for Kids," and "SchoolPool" are researching funding sources and the appropriate combination of private and public involvement. One app CEO noted, "the use of specialized ride-sharing services for kids is on its way to becoming a mainstream behavior for both families and schools."

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  • How Being Part of a 'House' Within a School Helps Students Gain A Sense of Belonging

    May 14, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Galt, California

    Assigning students to Harry-Potter-style "houses" in primary and secondary schools dissolves differences and decreases disciplinary rates, according to a school in California that successfully launched the system. Administrators say "residential colleges" breed built in mentorships between grades, promote inclusion and a sense of belonging, and decrease suspensions.

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  • California School District Explores Strength-Based Learning

    February 02, 2018 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Galt, California

    Lake Canyon Elementary School in California takes a strength-based approach to instruction - teachers identify students' natural talents and create personalized lessons to encourage the development of these skills. "Focusing on the traits and skills kids don't have can lead them to become disengaged, while focusing on strengths produces greater levels of happiness and engagement at school and higher levels of academic achievement," one psychology professor explains. Teachers discipline by highlighting "a surplus of something good, not a deficiency." Can the expensive, time-intensive model succeed elsewhere?

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  • Some single parents are turning to GoFundMe as a way to pay for college

    February 24, 2017 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    Single parents are increasingly using GoFundMe to raise money for their own college costs. However, as GoFundMe has started to acknowledge, "crowdfunding is more difficult when one’s crowd doesn’t have extra funds." The platform is brainstorming ways to spread the word about individual campaigns and make donations to individual campaigners tax-deductible.

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  • Why Schools Should Open Their Playgrounds to the Public

    April 29, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Most cities face a common problem when it comes to parks and public space - not only do urban centers lack spaces for play but these spaces are also not distributed equally, with many low income and minority neighborhoods having the fewest and most neglected park amenities. Initiatives like the Shared Schoolyard Project and Schoolyards to Playgrounds Initiative in San Francisco and New York offer one solution - why not open up school yards to the public after hours and on the weekend? "The more people who will ultimately utilize a space, the higher the likelihood of both civic and private investment in it."

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  • Two words for Hillary if she wants to connect with the financially struggling: “Postal banking”

    February 28, 2016 |

    Salon |

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    Response Location: United States

    Postal banking used to be the norm in the United States, just as it is throughout Europe, helping poor and immigrant families save money, transfer funds, and even get small loans. The model is ripe for a comeback. Today, check cashers and payday lenders slap big fees on services that could easily be provided - without a profit-seeking motive - through the postal system infrastructure.

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