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  • Experimental colleges once were the future. Now, what is their future?

    January 17, 2019 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    As higher education institutions struggle to attract students wiling to pay the exorbitant cost to attend, one subset of schools has had a particularly challenging past few decades -- alternative schools. But some are surviving, by evolving their focus, merging with other schools, and getting creative financially to reduce costs for students.

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  • UO and Duck Store work to integrate textbooks with tech to improve costs

    January 09, 2019 |

    Daily Emerald |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Through a new partnership, the University of Oregon's bookstore is embracing e-books as part of its inventory. These online alternatives help students to save money they would otherwise be spending on heavy hardcover textbooks.

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  • This scholarship program gives students more than money

    January 08, 2019 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    For students who are people of color, the first to attend college in their families, and from low-income families, the likelihood of finishing a four-year college degree is 12 percent. Wallin Education Partners pairs scholars, most of whom fall into at least one of these categories, in Minnesota with families who offer funding and mentoring support throughout students' entire college experience. For the 4500 students who earn scholarships through Wallin, the four-year completion rate is 92 percent.

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  • School makes counseling cool for kids with a pop-up wellness center

    January 02, 2019 |

    Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    In recent years, School 145 in New York City has significantly bolstered its mental health counseling services, with the help of the nonprofit Counseling in Schools, and test scores are starting to improve. "I have 52 students whose parents have given me letters saying 'in case I get deported, this is where my child is going.'" the principal explained, emphasizing the importance of providing mental health care resources at school. "And then we have to talk about college and career readiness."

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  • Bright Spot for N.Y.'s Struggling Schools: Pre-K

    January 01, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Bill De Blasio's citywide preschool program recently got its first grade since launching in 2014 - 94 percent of the city’s pre-K programs "met or exceeded a threshold that predicts positive student outcomes after pre-K." Now, the district must figure out how to ensure these gains are maintained into kindergarten.

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  • A venture fund supports “model providers,” which have developed proven models to improve learning and shared them with many schools

    December 20, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Teton Science Schools, New Classrooms, and Summit Learning are examples of "model providers" - schools that have found solutions that seem to solve common issues faced by many elementary and secondary schools. Through the New Schools Venture Fund, "highly successful school[s are] taking a subset of what they’ve done and packaging it to get it to others in the field."

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  • Dallas Hits on Successful School Turnaround Model With ACE, but It Comes at a Steep Price. Could a Wider Expansion Across Texas Now Be Its Best Bet to Survive?

    December 11, 2018 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Several Dallas-based ACE (Accelerating Campus Excellence) schools focus on social-emotional learning and restorative justice education. High performing teachers participate in professional learning communities and receive support from extra counselors and strategic administrators. At ACE schools like Blanton Elementary and Titche Elementary, previously among the lowest performing in the city, students are now outperforming their affluent peers on standardized tests.

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  • In India, The Teachers Are Going (Back) To School

    December 06, 2018 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Bangalore

    To fill a teacher professional development gap in India, several outside organizations have stepped up to offer instructors training in classroom management and pedagogy.

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  • Teacher leaders improve learning, attract teachers to underserved districts

    November 29, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Edgecombe, North Carolina

    A school district in North Carolina is at the cutting edge of a new teaching model - to multiply the impact of the most effective teachers and draw them to underserved districts, schools are paying these teachers more to coach their colleagues in addition to continuing to teach their own classrooms. So far, 50,000 students across the country are learning under the "teacher-leader" model.

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  • In 30 seconds: How Rochester seventh-graders crushed Regents algebra

    November 29, 2018 |

    Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Nathaniel Rochester Community School 3 in the Rochester City School District in New York has a record of poor academic achievement, but a special accelerated summer math program had 16 seventh graders pass the Regents algebra test. Students and administrators attribute the success to having the program focus on acceleration rather than remediation and the genuine support from the teachers for the students.

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