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  • Overcoming Poverty's Damage to Learning

    April 17, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Turnaround for Children, an organization founded to address mental health issues and their repercussions in the classroom, focuses on preparing teachers and schools to structure classroom environments in a constructive way. They create opportunities for learning in rigorous ways with high expectations so that children thrive and are well cared for, helping them to thrive both academically and emotionally.

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  • In Classroom Discipline, a Soft Approach Is Harder Than It Looks

    April 14, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    When students misbehave in school, teachers struggle to decide the right kind of intervention, with school suspension a common outcome. However, research has shown that school suspensions can increase the likelihood of dropouts and incarcerations so that there is pressure to decrease the rate of suspensions. Restorative justice has become a favorable alternative because misbehaving students can participate in a number of supportive activities such as peer meditation or collaborative negotiation to build community, trust, and confidence.

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  • Education lessons from Maine, New Hampshire

    April 07, 2015 |

    Vermont Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    As Vermont struggles to create legislation regulating school district management and financial efficiency, the state looks to models in Maine and New Hampshire for guidance. In Maine, school districts have tried to save money and resources through consolidation; in New Hampshire, officials have reworked the way schooling is financed altogether.

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  • Dutch nursing home offers rent-free housing to students

    April 05, 2015 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Deventer

    A Dutch nursing home brings together students and seniors with an innovative housing plan: offering rent-free apartments to students. In exchange, the students must partake in nursing home events for at least 30 hours per month as an effort to help bridge the generational gap and give senior residents a larger community.

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  • How this private college maintains a $1 billion endowment without charging tuition

    March 30, 2015 |

    Business Insider |

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    Response Location: United States, Berea, Kentucky

    Berea College, a liberal arts college located in Kentucky, has a massive $1 billion endowment. But unlike other private liberal arts colleges with whopping endowments, Berea has accumulated its endowment all while offering four-year degrees to students tuition-free, keeping costs down by employing students and fundraising.

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  • Oklahoma schools district offers insight as EPISD, YISD consider shutting schools

    March 21, 2015 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Tulsa Public Schools drew on expertise across many sectors and extensive neighborhood input to address the issue of thousands of empty seats in local schools. Through a community-focused process, they were able to mindfully close under-utilized schools and better maximize the community's resources for students.

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  • Can a small, rural college that eliminated merit aid survive — and thrive? Hamilton College president makes the case

    March 17, 2015 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Clinton, New York

    Hamilton College, a small, rural liberal arts college, is optimistic about furthering its efforts to provide scholarships for low-income students and for those who are the first in their family to attend college.

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  • Reaching Math Students One by One

    March 13, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Middle School 88 in Brooklyn is part of a broad evolution in teaching math, employing technology through a non-profit called School for One (Teach for One) to provide each student with a personalized lesson generated and monitored by computers to match their learning level.

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  • Judging Schools Based on Inspections—Not Test Scores

    March 04, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    In England, schools are evaluated by actual visits to schools by a group of professional educators, rather than simply by test scores.

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  • Make School a Democracy

    February 28, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Armenia

    In Colombia, students in classrooms make decisions democratically. The result has been higher rates of student involvement and achievement.

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