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  • To smooth transitions from home to prek to kinder, states must invest in every aspect of early ed

    July 08, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Lewisburg, West Virginia

    In West Virginia, educators have seen promising results from their push to emphasize the importance of creating smooth transitions between home, preschool, and kindergarten classrooms. The state offers free preschool to all four year-olds and requires communication between preschool and elementary school teachers, visits to family homes, and the use of a formative Pre-K assessment tool, whose results are available to teachers across the state.

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  • Alternative revenue sources could bolster city budget, lower mill rate

    July 08, 2019 |

    Hartford Business Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Hartford looks to local governments nearby that have found success in the adoption of creative taxation, from restaurant meal taxes to taxes levied on hotel stays. Massachusetts, which has raised significant funds from these taxes as well as from taxation of recreational cannabis, uses this unrestricted revenue to distribute for local operating budgets.

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  • What does ‘career readiness' look like in middle school?

    July 08, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina

    A school district in South Carolina is going one step further to expand career readiness programs increasingly present in high schools to its middle schools. While some proponents believe this approach will give students a better understanding of their future options, others worry that it will track minority students away from a path to college even earlier.

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  • Hartford's largest nonprofits contribute more

    July 08, 2019 |

    Hartford Business Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

    Hartford, Connecticut looks to Boston as an example of a city that has succeeded in establishing a connection between nonprofits - who can donate payments to the city that are exempt from property taxes - and the local government. With a massive number of successful hospitals and colleges, Boston has created a system in which it can use donated money from these highly profitable institutions to work toward city planning without paying property taxes on the donations; Hartford hopes to create a similar relationship in its own city limits.

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  • When Green Infrastructure Is an Anti-Poverty Strategy

    July 08, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    In many low-income neighborhoods, new green infrastructure elements and green spaces signal the beginnings of gentrification. A coalition in one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon is drawing on grassroots leadership, leadership development and job training programs, and culturally-specific green infrastructure construction to fight displacement and ensure that the current residents can benefit from the sustainability and livability improvements they make to their neighborhood.

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  • Myriad ideas exist to solve Hartford's high property taxes and unequal tax system

    July 08, 2019 |

    Hartford Business Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

    The complex issue of structural inequalities in Hartford, Connecticut's tax system has proven difficult to solve. But community members on all sides agree that a collective approach - one that learns from failed town halls and group brainstorms - is the only way to address the city's imbalance of income opportunities. The town's mayor has led several focus groups with local business owners to get local opinions and perspectives, but the town has to keep working to fuse this local ownership with passable legislation.

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  • Need a Mental Health Day? Some States Give Students the Option

    July 07, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    In Utah and Oregon, students can now take "mental health days" in addition to routine sick days. Lawmakers and parents say this move is necessary to continue breaking stigmas and to address pervasive anxiety in the country's middle and high schools.

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  • With Rural Health Care Stretched Thin, More Patients Turn To Telehealth

    July 07, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Almost a quarter of rural Americans surveyed by NPR had used a telehealth service in the past few years. While new technologies are allowing remote patients to gain new access to healthcare, lack of broadband service and outdated insurance policies are making it hard for more widespread adoption.

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  • Dayton schools call family engagement weak point, push new strategies

    July 07, 2019 |

    Dayton Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dayton, Ohio

    Dayton Public Schools came to terms with the fact that they needed to improve family engagement and went about addressing it. This article was written 18 months after they first started and reports on its successes and failures. Solutions include hiring new administrative staff, creating community-friendly events, and “parent engagers” who cold-call residents to talk about the district. Admist all of the changes, the schools still feel like they have a lot more work to do.

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  • An Online Preschool Closes a Gap but Exposes Another

    July 07, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Fowler, California

    Online kindergarten readiness certificate programs in several states are offering low-income families, without reliable preschool programs, an alternative to expensive private care centers. Acknowledging criticism of the model, a North Carolina State Representative noted, “We simply don’t have the money to provide a quality pre-K experience to every child in North Carolina, even though I absolutely agree that a face-to-face, high-quality pre-K is the best option. But when it’s not an option for the child, I refuse to ignore that child.”

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