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  • How an ASU program is addressing the diversity gap and teacher retention in Arizona's education workforce

    March 07, 2023 |

    Arizona Luminaria |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    New multilingual and multicultural education programs like the one at Arizona State University help prepare future teachers to meet the needs of Latino students and lessen the teacher-retention crisis in the state.

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  • Menstrual products, education restoring dignity of adolescent girls in Migori

    March 07, 2023 |

    Lake Region Bulletin |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Migori County

    Tucheze Mtaani provides sexual reproductive health education support to young, school-age girls, specifically those in remote, rural areas where access to menstrual products and sexual education is scarce. The group provides educational resources, mentorships and counseling, as well as access to pads and sanitary supplies within schools to ensure girls feel supported at school and no longer have to miss days or drop out altogether.

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  • New program trains South High students to become teachers

    March 06, 2023 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    A Minnesota high school's "Grow-Your-Own" program gives students of color the opportunity to earn college credit, learn culturally-relevant history, and explore careers in education while still working toward their high school diplomas. The students create their own lesson plans within an ethnic studies framework and volunteer at elementary schools mentoring younger kids.

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  • L.A. high school's AP African American Studies course fills a void prohibited elsewhere

    February 28, 2023 |

    AfroLA |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Susan Miller Dorsey High School is the first school in California to pilot a new advanced placement African American studies course, which covers the history of Black social movements, societal achievements, and in the United States. Students in the course say it has exposed them to deeper knowledge about their communities and helped them express themselves.

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  • This High School Gave Spending Power to Students

    February 23, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Central Falls, Rhode Island

    An elective course at Central Falls High School in Rhode Island allows students to research and propose improvement projects for their school, which are then voted on and implemented using earmarked funding for the program. The participatory budgeting process has helped revamp the school cafeteria, upgrade the library furniture, replace outdated bathroom mirrors, and more.

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  • Undocumented students win a fight for educational equality in Arizona

    February 22, 2023 |

    Oregon Live |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    DACA recipients and advocates in Arizona spent months knocking on doors and speaking with Latino voters to push for the passage of Proposition 308, a measure allowing undocumented students to qualify for in-state college tuition. Their campaign, as well as their outreach with Republican lawmakers, helped get the proposal signed into law in 2022.

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  • Indigenous Foodways Are the Focus in a Growing Number of Classrooms

    February 15, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Great Falls, Montana

    Montana's Indian Education for All program ensures that both Native and non-Native students have the opportunity to learn the history and culture of local Indigenous peoples, such as through an experiential bison harvest.

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  • Contested community college degree programs help fill job training gaps, ease student debt

    February 13, 2023 |

    AfroLA |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    A pilot program in California allows community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees programs in areas such as health information management and interaction design. In 2016-17, nearly three quarters of graduates from the pilot degree programs finished their studies without taking any loans, and about 80 percent found work within three months of graduating.

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  • Driven by his own experience, this young Nigerian started an NGO to rescue street children 

    February 12, 2023 |

    IkengaOnline |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Street Priests Incorporated engages with youth living on the streets in Nigeria to offer them scholarship funding, food aid, reunification with their families, and more. The organization has helped more than 17,000 children through its programs since 2014.

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  • Black families are changing the educational landscape through communal home-schooling

    February 08, 2023 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Motivated by educational disparities, lack of culturally relevant programming, and safety concerns in public schools, Black families are forming homeschooling pods and co-ops that allow them to tailor their children's education while also finding a sense of community support.

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