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  • Knitting, cheerleading, fishing: This is what a cellphone ban looks like in one school district

    April 08, 2025 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Spokane, Washington

    When Spokane Public Schools banned cellphones in classrooms and at recess, it also paired the new rules with an engagement program designed to get more students involved in clubs and extracurricular activities. Since removing cell phones, expanding activity options, and hiring “engagement navigators” to help match students to activities, the number of students participating in extracurriculars increased by 19 percent and principals began reporting fewer phone confiscations.

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  • USAID enabled 208 Afghan women to defy the Taliban ban on college — until now

    April 08, 2025 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Afghanistan

    A scholarship endowment from the U.S. Agency of International Development supports the American University of Afghanistan, which provides courses to Afghan women who are not allowed to pursue education in their home country. In all, 208 scholarships have been awarded, including funds for 120 women to relocate and attend college in person, but the future of the program is uncertain due to federal cuts to USAID’s programs.

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  • Local Governments Vie for Fired Federal Workers

    April 01, 2025 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States

    Following massive federal layoffs, city and state governments are courting former federal workers with highly specialized skills as a way to help shore up their staffing shortages. New York City, for example, has already hired 28 former federal employees, and Work for America, an organization working to match federal workers with state and local opportunities, currently has 168 candidates in the hiring process.

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  • How a young beekeeper's initiative brought hope and profit to Sierra Leone communities

    March 31, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Sierra Leone

    Bangs Circular practices sustainable beekeeping across eight communities, launching the Tiwai Honey Project, which builds hand-made beehives to support the native bee population. This practice allows beekeepers to closely monitor the bees’ well-being, thus leading to more honey production and reforestation efforts. So far, the group has trained more than 400 local beekeepers.

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  • Schools face a shortage of social workers – but Howard University has a plan that helps

    March 31, 2025 |

    Capital News Service Maryland |

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    Response Location: United States, District of Columbia

    Project PRESS, which stands for Preparing Responsive and Effective School Social Workers, addresses the social worker shortage in schools by motivating social work students to pursue careers as school social workers providing them with the proper training to do so. It’s a year-long program that focuses on staffing historically Black and low-income areas, and has placed 22 social workers in schools in its first year.

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  • Farmworker Unions on the Rise in New York, Joined by the United Farm Workers

    March 31, 2025 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    Capitalizing on broad political-organizing pushes across the U.S., the United Farm Workers (UFW) union signed its first contract in New York, offering significant protections to about 150 orchard workers.

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  • Need help finding housing or financial aid? Minnesota's growing number of hubs support families.

    March 30, 2025 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Minnesota’s community resource centers are one-stop hubs where families and soon-to-be parents can get help with everything from applying for benefits to finding child care, housing or transportation. The state now has 16 centers in seven counties, though continued state funding for these facilities is uncertain.

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  • How one Wisconsin county helped expand early-voting hours and boost turnout

    March 28, 2025 |

    Votebeat Wisconsin |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington County, Wisconsin

    To encourage in-person absentee voting, one Wisconsin County offered up special funding to municipalities to offset administrative costs, allowing many to extend their early voting hours and bring on additional help. More than 13,000 county residents cast absentee ballots in person in the most recent election, which is almost triple the number cast by the same point in the 2023 voting cycle.

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  • A La Reliure du Limousin, les aides gouvernementales sont indispensables au succès de l'apprentissage

    March 26, 2025 |

    Le Monde |

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    Response Location: France, Malemort

    Chez La Reliure du Limousin, entreprise de reliure et de restauration de documents anciens, les financements publics soutiennent un programme d’apprentissage qui allie formation technique et cours théoriques. L’entreprise accueille 10 apprentis par an et a jusqu’à présent embauché une douzaine pour des postes permanents.

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  • 'Dignified Food' Eases Food Insecurity in Philadelphia

    March 25, 2025 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The Double Trellis Food Initiative aims to improve the quality of meals food-insecure residents receive from a vast network of food banks, soup kitchens, organizations, and agencies. In 2024, the initiative distributed more than 55,000 meals and began a workforce development program for juvenile offenders.

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