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  • This former Philadelphia cop had an incredibly simple plan to keep kids out of prison: Don't arrest them.

    March 30, 2017 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The zero-tolerance of Philadelphia's school system towards even minor infractions from students was creating a detrimental school-to-prison pipeline that was doing more long term harm to youth than good. But one former officer took the initiative to break the cycle, founding the Police School Diversion Program to drastically reduce arrests and offer students supportive services such as counseling instead, helping create a more constructive environment for children, educators, and officers alike.

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  • At College, a Guided Path on Which to Find Oneself.

    March 28, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Community College Students, an often overlooked demographic, often suffer from low completion rates. Colleges across the country are using a guided pathways model, emphasizing features like full time enrollment, block scheduling, and meta majors to address specific completion barriers this demographic faces.

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  • When a Few Bucks Can Get a Student to the Finish Line

    March 17, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    At Georgia State University in Atlanta, a couple of hundred dollars can often be the tipping point for whether a student can graduate or not. To address this issue and to further help low income students, the college has implemented a retention grant system, providing these essential funds to get students over the finish line.

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  • STEM: Teaching critical thinking for the new age

    March 05, 2017 |

    Arizona Daily Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Flagstaff, Arizona

    Flagstaff STEM City partners schools with professionals and creates kits that teachers can use to bring science into the classroom, teaching students and parents how to think critically and search out information through the application of real world skills like the culinary arts, mechanics, and childcare.

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  • Is your kid absent more than classmates? School ‘nudge' letters tell parents just how much

    March 02, 2017 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Tacoma, Washington

    Adapting tactics that have helped persuade homeowners to use less electricity by comparing them to their neighbors, schools in Tacoma and other school districts across the nation are trying to boost student attendance with “nudge” letters. These nudges compare students’ attendance rates with school and district averages. Research has shown that the nudges reduces chronic absenteeism.

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  • How Wildwood schools provide a crucial safety net for struggling families

    February 27, 2017 |

    The Press of Atlantic City |

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    Response Location: United States, Wildwood, New Jersey

    The Wildwood School District has implemented programs during and after school hours to help provide nutritious meals to students living with hunger and poverty, while also teaching the children invaluable skills such as sewing and gardening to help create better future opportunities.

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  • School nurse's supplies include food, toothbrushes and coats

    February 26, 2017 |

    The Press of Atlantic City |

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    Response Location: United States, Wildwood, New Jersey

    In low-income districts, the school nurse is often a family’s first health care provider, and the role at places like Wildwood High School and Glenwood Avenue School has expanded to provide everything from warm coats and food donations for children and their families living in hunger.

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  • Where busing works

    February 25, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

    As tensions over race and education continue to be compounded by growing economic inequality and political rhetoric, one school in Connecticut bridges an otherwise widening divide. Schools like R.J. Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts - once the poorest and one of the most racially segregated schools in the state - are inspiring voluntary desegregation by offering successful magnet programs and busing students safely and efficiently across neighborhoods. The successful demonstration of integration in Kinsella is serving as a positive model for other schools around the nation.

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  • School funding reform: Ideas and challenges aplenty

    February 06, 2017 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

    Schools in Connecticut are facing serious challenges with allocation of finances and resources that have dramatically affected their ability to provide programs such as after school curriculum to students, disproportionately in poor neighborhoods. There are several potential solutions, including more just distribution of funding and increased transparency in the system.

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  • In Kansas City, a lesson in transforming closed schools

    January 24, 2017 |

    Chicago Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    When public schools close, what can communities do with the buildings? Kansas City hired an urban planner to help repurpose school buildings to better engage the community and enabled non-profits a chance to purchase the old properties. This school reuse excelled from increasing the transparency of the decision-making process and “creative financing.”

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