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The Black Graduation Gap

Julie Watts

December 31, 2022 |

KOVR-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

In an attempt to close a gap in graduation rates for Black students, campuses in the California State University system, including San Diego State University and Sacramento State University, have shifted hiring practices to improve diversity among faculty and staff, opened resource centers, and implemented new career development programs for Black students. Between 2016 and 2022, Sacramento State's Black graduation rate improved from 21st out of 22 campuses in the system to ninth in the system, though Black students there still graduate at lower rates than average.

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At this Texas school, every student is a teen mother

Angelica Casas

December 29, 2022 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Brownsville, Texas

Lincoln Park High School is one of the only schools in the U.S. that provides education and services exclusively for teenage mothers. The school has served teen mothers aged between 14 and 19 since 2005. There are currently about 70 students enrolled in the school but the number often fluctuates. Along with providing teen mothers with education and needed resources for their children, the school also helps to encourage the teens to go to college, something that often isn’t a reality for teen moms.

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Pods live on: School districts are using the pandemic-era invention to help kids recover from ‘learning loss'

Nancy Walser

December 14, 2022 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Central Falls, Rhode Island

Originally developed to help students succeed academically during the pandemic, learning pods in a Rhode Island community continue to help students through in-person school. The pods create job opportunities for community members and give students a place for one-on-one help.

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Many schools find ways to solve absenteeism without suspensions

Tara Garcia Mathewson Maria Polletta

December 13, 2022 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Arizona

Arizona schools are tackling a rising lack of attendance after the pandemic by helping to address the problems keeping students from school instead of immediately suspending them for absences.

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Colorado community colleges doubled their graduation rate by better meeting student needs

Jason Gonzales

December 13, 2022 |

Chalkbeat |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

Community colleges in Colorado increased graduation rates by reforming remedial class programs, making sure students' food and housing needs are met, and improving academic advising.

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The City That Kicked Cops Out of Schools and Tried Restorative Practices Instead

Andy Kopsa

December 12, 2022 |

In These Times |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Des Moines, Iowa

Theodore Roosevelt Highschool in Des Moines, Iowa, transitioned from employing armed school resource officers to a restorative practices team to prevent and mediate violence with proactive support instead of immediate punishment.

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How a Tucson-based program surrounds college students with support to get jobs with living wages

John Washington

December 09, 2022 |

Arizona Luminaria |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

JobPath provides students at or below the poverty level in Tucson, Arizona, with money, mentorship, and soft skills training to help eliminate the barriers that keep them from finishing school.

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Empty schools! Solutions for absenteeism.

Kimberly Gill

December 07, 2022 |

Solutionaries |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Detroit Public Schools is tackling chronic absenteeism by addressing the underlying reasons students are absent. Attendance agents work with families to address their needs and connect them to necessary resources like food, transportation, and school supplies.

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A reservation school graduates 100% of students. How? They're learning tribal culture.

Tim Trudell

December 02, 2022 |

Flatwater Free Press |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Santee Dakota Reservation, United States, Niobrara, Nebraska

The iSanti Community School in Nebraska has had a 100% graduation rate two years in a row. That success is in part due to the new cultural program that teaches students about the iSanti Dacotach tribe’s language, customs, and history each day.

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Exchanging Plastics for Learning Resources: How This Non-profit Addresses Low-Quality Education

Mohammed Taoheed

December 01, 2022 |

BONews |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Abeokuta, Ogun State

The Recyclearn Initiative is a Nigerian nonprofit that arranges for students to work with its team members in collecting plastic to sell to recycling companies. The profits provide school materials to students in need.

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