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  • Principal in the Classroom: Can New Orleans make it work?

    February 18, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    When a New Orleans school principal prioritizes and structures her day to maximizing opportunities to empower her staff and provide targeted professional development so that the teachers can best serve under-performing students and ensure they receive the best education possible.

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  • Charter school takeovers: As York schools near privatization, lessons from New Orleans and Michigan

    January 12, 2015 |

    PennLive |

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    Response Location: United States, York, Pennsylvania

    York schools are considering changing public schools into charter schools, following the example of New Orleans and Michigan, in order to help their crumbling school system. The privatization of these schools can help the facilities become more financially stable, in turn preventing school closures and instability for their students.

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  • At Grabiarz School of Excellence in Buffalo, high expectations and rigor breed success

    December 21, 2014 |

    The Buffalo News |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    Grabiarz School of Excellence has a highly motivated principal and a model of support that squeezes in learning at every opportunity. So far, it’s working as teachers make sure to maximize instruction time.

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  • Big Ideas in Social Change, 2014

    December 11, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Charleston, South Carolina

    A overview of 2014's Fixes columns - connecting the dots between 60 or so ways that people are trying to change the world.

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  • Does class size matter? Research reveals surprises

    October 28, 2014 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Research in the U.S. suggests that a small class size is not enough but in combination with teacher training it leads to a change in achievement.

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  • A winning model at Tapestry Charter School

    October 11, 2014 |

    The Buffalo News |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    Tapestry graduates 93 percent of its students on time, and 80 percent of graduates go on to college in the fall. Its success derives from its autonomy as a charter school and from its idea of forming "crews" of students that act as in-school families.

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  • A charter school that beats City Honors

    October 06, 2014 |

    The Buffalo News |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    The Charter School for Applied Technologies has the highest graduation rate in Erie County, despite its predominantly poor, minority student makeup, in large part simply by instilling high expectations.

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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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  • 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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