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  • Here's What $200 Billion in Covid Money Did for Students

    June 26, 2024 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States

    As COVID relief funding gets ready to end, studies show the funding has helped schools — particularly high-poverty schools — provide extra support to students to ensure they didn't fall behind, especially when it comes to math test scores.

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  • Homeschoolers Embrace AI, Even As Many Educators Keep It at Arms' Length

    June 25, 2024 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Homeschools and microschools are embracing artificial intelligence as a tool to help students explore advanced topics, tailor learning to the student, and make organizing a curriculum easier.

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  • At the independent schools in Boston, parents offer solutions

    June 20, 2024 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Community schools such as Paige Academy and Roxbury Roots build on a long legacy of independent schools that sprouted as a way to better serve Black students who were often left behind by the public school system. Families say their children are able to be more engaged and at ease in a culturally competent environment that pays close attention to students’ needs.

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  • The opportunity gap should close, so Boston schools seek answers

    June 20, 2024 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Dorchester, Massachusetts

    To help close achievement and opportunity gaps for marginalized students, schools like Joseph Lee K-8 School are trying to take a more holistic approach to education, offering services and supports that help address the barriers students face outside of the classroom. The school has a free store with essential goods, an occupational therapist, mental health counselors, and a coordinator from an organization called City Connects whose goal is to evaluate students’ needs and help them get access to support, from Medicaid benefits to stable housing.

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  • Adult education finds home at a closed elementary school

    June 04, 2024 |

    KALW |

    Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, East Oakland, California

    The Oakland Adult Education Center offers a variety of classes, such as ESL courses, GED preparation, computer literacy, and career development, and participants say the East Oakland location in a former elementary school has made the programs much easier to access. However, some in the neighborhood say the loss of the elementary school has been a difficult adjustment for local children and families.

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  • St. Paul Public Schools go big on geothermal energy, using the earth to heat and cool buildings

    May 31, 2024 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Public schools in St. Paul, Minnesota, are installing geothermal systems to heat and cool buildings with energy harnessed from underground temperatures. The efficient, affordable energy source allows them to keep school buildings at a comfortable temperature during the increasingly warmer summer months.

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  • Michigan's free school meals yield high returns for student health and academic success

    May 30, 2024 |

    Flintside |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Free school meal programs help improve students’ health, support better academic performance and combat hunger and food insecurity. Several states have passed legislation to keep free meal plans active after federal waivers ran out in 2022. In Michigan alone in October 2023, the 3,459 school meal sites across the state served 10,064,686 free breakfasts and 17,659,809 free lunches.

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  • There's a Program to Cancel Private Student Debt. Most Don't Know About It.

    May 30, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Navient, a lender that owns a large amount of private student loan debt, opened a program that allows borrowers who were misled by the for-profit schools they attended to apply for loan forgiveness. Borrowers must request an application and select the impropriety that describes their experience from a list of things like inflating job placement rates and misrepresenting educational programs.

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  • This Montana school solved its teacher shortage by opening a day care

    May 28, 2024 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dutton, Montana

    To help fill open teaching positions, Dutton-Brady Public Schools opened Little Diamondbacks Daycare to provide subsidized child care for school staff who often struggle to find open, affordable slots for their kids. The center also helps fill a need in the community, with some families who don’t work at the school driving from up to 40 miles away to use the daycare center.

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  • Horticulture, horses and ‘Chill Rooms': One district goes all-in on mental health support

    May 21, 2024 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    “Chill Rooms,” offer students a place where they can go and talk to “chill therapists” when they’re feeling anxious, stressed or just need a minute to reset during the school day. Some schools have even partnered with other organizations to offer creative forms of mental health care, like equine therapy. In the Northgate School District, the graduation rate has increased by 11% since incorporating Chill Rooms.

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