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  • Not Your Mother's Library

    October 06, 2014 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    A public library in Columbus, Ohio stays ahead of the curve by investing in new technology as well as expanding outreach efforts to people of all backgrounds and socioeconomic class. The library offers rigorous, hands-on classes and free programs for families with young children in an effort to prepare kids for kindergarten reading and learning.

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  • Teaching Parents to Help Stop the 'Summer Slide'

    September 25, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Middle-class children don’t regress as readers during the summer, because they go to the library, do educational activities, take classes - poor children, however, lose between one and two months in reading achievement. Springboard trains teachers for a summer enrichment program, and has now started to help them coach parents to help their children during the school year.

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  • Local proposals' goals to improve learning, young lives of children”

    September 20, 2014 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Universal preschool is a policy that is often hard to pass on voter referendums. But, as evidenced by examples in Detroit and New York, such an investment means that more children would do well in kindergarten, fewer would need special education or other extra help and down the line, fewer would drop out of high school, end up unemployed — or in jail.

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  • Free pre-K: Strong early gains, but long-term questions

    September 20, 2014 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Preparing the young for elementary education is a priority to nurture reading and social skills. For 16 years, Tulsa Oklahoma has instituted a state funded preschool, staffed with teachers trained in early education. Tulsa’s Pre-K initiative has shown that their children are more prepared for literacy skills and math; however, maintaining the positive results is a long-term challenge.

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  • ‘A National Admissions Office' for Low-Income Strivers

    September 16, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Palo Alto, California

    Attending college is not always a given option for gifted teenagers from less-than-wealthy backgrounds. National organization QuestBridge creates a way for low-income and minority high-achieving students to go to their dream colleges free of cost.

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  • An Untapped Force in the Fight for Literacy

    September 11, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Teaching reading skills to children early is crucial, especially with respect to their educational success later in life. School systems are switching reading programs to help underachieving students have one on one time with a tutor.

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  • Jail program, a first in NC, includes classes behind bars

    August 31, 2014 |

    Fayetteville Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Concord, North Carolina

    Cabarrus County’s Project Re-entry gives those experiencing incarceration a chance at an education and self-reflection. The program has shown such success that it is being expanded to other detention centers in the county. Those who take part are able to take classes – all taught by volunteers – like literacy and religious studies, or choose to enroll in programs like Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous.

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  • Arab Students Grow Community Roots with “Service Learning”

    August 29, 2014 |

    Al-Fanar Media |

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    Response Location: Egypt, Cairo

    Service learning is a United-States based term and is often referred to as community or project-based learning in the Arab world. Courses were first labeled “community-based learning” at the American University in Cairo, starting in 2009, according to Elshimi. Now, there are dozens of courses that follow or define themselves by the methodology.

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  • Seattle's Garfield High wants hazing to be history

    August 26, 2014 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Incoming students are more likely to submit to hazing if they fear being ostracized. Link Crew is a national program that teaches upperclassman during the summer to connect with freshman throughout the year, changing the social culture of a school.

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  • Mental Health Cops Help Reweave Social Safety Net In San Antonio

    August 19, 2014 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Across the country, jails hold 10 times as many people with serious mental illness as state hospitals do, according to a recent report from the Treatment Advocacy Center. To deal with the problem, San Antonio and Bexar County have transformed their mental health system into a program considered a model for the rest of the nation - the effort has focused on an idea called "smart justice" — basically, diverting people with serious mental illness out of jail and into treatment instead.

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