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Switching The Script: Kansas City Public Schools Operates Charter Of Its Own

Tammy Worth

September 12, 2017 |

KCPT |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

With support from Kansas City Public Schools, a group has built an innovative new charter school that incorporates family services and social services into the fabric of the school. Kansas City Neighborhood Academy follows in the successful footsteps of a charter in Georgia and serves as a pilot project and important learning experience for the rest of Kansas City's schools.

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Forging Their Own Path: Parental Activism Helps Launch Citizens of the World Charter School

Tammy Worth

July 31, 2017 |

KCPT |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

A group of Kansas City parents were frustrated with the local public and charter school offerings and sent out an RFP seeking potential partners and funders for a new type of school. The group ultimately decided to work with Citizens of the World to design a school more reflective of the cultural and economic diversity of the population. “Education needs to be parent-driven, and if they feel their needs aren’t being met by traditional schools, they ought to be in a position to affect change in that system or seek alternatives,” Al Dimmitt, superintendent of a local charter school network, noted.

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When Schools Meet Trauma With Understanding, Not Discipline

Eve Troeh Mallory Falk

May 30, 2017 |

NPR |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

Primary and secondary school students in New Orleans are disproportionately affected by trauma compared to their peers in the rest of the country - 40% live below the poverty line and 20% have witnessed homicide firsthand. In recent years, a group of charter schools in the city has shifted from a "no excuses" discipline model to a "trauma-informed" approach to dealing with students' behavioral problems. Administrators reason that incorporating social-emotional learning, meditation, and counseling into the daily curriculum will do more to address children's underlying stress than any detention or suspension.

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As Its Neediest Schools Struggle, What Can PA Learn From Ontario's Success?

Kevin McCorry

December 30, 2016 |

Keystone Crossroads |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

Part 5 of the "Equity or Bust: Are Ontario's Public Schools a Model for Pennsylvania" Series: Ontario is widely lauded for its education system, thanks to more rigorous teacher preparation, universal pre-K, and a deeply rooted commitment to prioritizing the neediest students. Meanwhile, districts like that of Kenderton, Pennsylvania are floundering in a broken system that leaves many kids - especially minorities - behind. What can they learn from Ontario's model?

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Ideas to Save our Failing High Schools

Richard Davies Jim Meigs

July 20, 2016 |

How Do We Fix It? |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Young people are graduating from high schools and not ready for college level work. Liz Willen describes different initiatives around the United States that have provided solutions for improving secondary education. She addresses the importance of STEM, role models for students, and project-based learning.

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Liberia, Desperate to Educate, Turns to Charter Schools

Tina Rosenberg

June 14, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Liberia

In Liberia, a failing educational infrastructure is finding potential solutions through charter school partnerships. Through Partnership Schools for Liberia, these new schools present a unique model for increasing positive educational outcomes.

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How One Mississippi District Made Integration Work

Jackie Mader

April 18, 2016 |

The Huffington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Clinton, Mississippi

The district of Clinton, Mississippi creates grade-based schools to desegregate. Now, the schools are closing the achievement gap with their equal distribution of resources.

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Half of This School's Students Are Homeless or in Foster Care. 82% Go to College.

Peter Slattery

March 28, 2016 |

Daily Beast |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Broome Street Academy uses a data-driven, mentoring, and community schooling approach to get over 80 percent of its student population, half of whom are homeless, into college. Broome distances itself from the typical charter school model - funding comes from independent fundraising, the state of New York, and a local nonprofit that doubles as the provider of free health services to students.

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The San Francisco Jail That Started a School

Rob Waters

March 10, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Five Keys Charter School, established in 2003, works in various California prisons to provide education and job training to inmates. Since its founding, Five Keys has awarded 684 high school diplomas to inmates in custody and 712 more to people who completed their coursework at a network of community sites scattered around San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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A Bold Shift to Make Public Schools Serve Poor Students

Abigail Savitch-Lew

January 25, 2016 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Last year, New York City began turning schools in poor neighborhoods into community schools—combining rigorous instruction and extracurricular enrichment with a broad social support system.

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