Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
24 June 2020
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Radio
1500-3000 Words
When schools and daycares closed at the onset of the pandemic, YMCA centers around the country remained open to provide care for the children of essential workers. In Phoenix, YMCA staff worked to screen children for ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Amy Schwabe
8 June 2020
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Virtual classes have become an unexpected advantage for children with autism and other sensory processing disorders. In-person acting classes can make some children with these disabilities uncomfortable and unable to ...
25 May 2020
San Carlos, Arizona, United States
Multi-Media
3-5 Minutes
The San Carlos Apache tribe in Arizona has been able to increase dental healthcare access for children through targeted outreach and an educational marketing campaign. The goal of the multifaceted approach is to addre...
24 March 2020
New York, New York, United States
Video
Under 3 Minutes
As 80 percent of school children worldwide are out of class due to social distancing or quarantining measures, many teachers are bringing classes online, like in New York City. While online schooling is better than no...
24 March 2020
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
In Alaska, the Anchorage School District’s mobile food delivery service is delivering thousands of meals every day to Anchorage students. By repurposing school buses, school district leaders are packing sack lunches, ...
March 2020
Rochester, New York, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
In Rochester, NY, the Center for Teen Empowerment, a nonprofit that trains youth in community organizing, personal development, and anti-violence, is working to bring kids off the street and into safety. The program, ...
17 February 2020
Beijing, China
Text
Under 800 Words
To help students access the resources they need while schools are closed due to the coronavirus, administrators in China are utilizing "a national cloud learning platform," as well as broadcast television. While both ...
12 February 2020
Berlin, Germany
Text
1500-3000 Words
Back On Track Syria is a tutoring initiative in Berlin helping Arabic-speaking students keep up with school subjects by offering help in their native language. The students in the program are often refugees and migran...
The Beacon Today
Brenna Brown
8 January 2020
West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Libraries around West Palm Beach, Florida, have collaborated to offer resources to children who need to work on technology-dependant homework after school, but who don't have access to the Internet or a computer at ho...
18 December 2019
New York, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A partnership between a nonprofit health organization and a community health service program has helped provide enhanced training and more robust mentorship opportunities for home health aids in the New York City area...
11 November 2019
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Text
1500-3000 Words
A program launched by the Equal Community Foundation (ECF) in 2011 called Action for Equality (AFE) educates more than 5,000 teenage boys in Pune, India about violence against women. They spend 43 weeks learning curri...
Concentrate
Sarah Rigg
16 October 2019
Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Telling It, a Ypsilanti, Michigan based organization, uses creative writing, spoken word, and other forms of self-expression as a method of healing and mental health care for area youth. It hires people with similar l...
15 October 2019
Amador County, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
To increase the number of mental health professionals in Amador County, California, the county has created an online program that culminates in a certificate or associate degree in human services. Preference to this s...
7 October 2019
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A growing trend of documented instances of Islamophobia in schools lead the Islamic Networks Group to create a youth training program that empowers students to speak up in their schools. Built on the idea that many st...
17 September 2019
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Public libraries can serve as vital community resources. In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the Forsyth County Public Library operates as a multi-use facility thanks to investments from a voter-approved bond and state ...
26 July 2019
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Multi-Media
Under 3 Minutes
World Relief Durham hosts a summer program for kids. Like other summer programs, it is meant to reduce summer learning loss—but this is specifically for children from forcibly displaced families. The kids face unique ...
3 June 2019
Ferguson, Missouri, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
As American schools have become increasingly focused on preparing students for higher education and careers, life skills classes like home economics, financial literacy, and wood shop classes have fallen to the waysid...
PBS NewsHour
Hari Sreenivasan
21 May 2019
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The University of Chicago and Eureka College are teaming up to bring together college students from urban and rural Illinois to discuss political differences. As part of Bridging the Divide, community leaders from bot...
5 May 2019
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The average American family spends more than two hours at the local laundromat. The Clinton Foundation and other partners have set up "Reading & Play Spaces" in 250 laundromats across the country to encourage literacy...
The Seattle Times
Neal Morton
25 April 2019
Dallas, Texas, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Teacher home visits have been hailed as a strategy to improve student performance; however, in areas where students regularly move across district lines, a regional home-visit approach may be necessary. The Dallas-For...
23 April 2019
United Kingdom
Text
Under 800 Words
Enrolling parents in simple, scalable ways can improve early child learning outcomes. Building on a model used in the US state of California, firms in the UK are developing an SMS-based curriculum geared toward parent...
22 April 2019
Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
City Cuts is a special barbershop in Kutztown, PA that, in addition to being a barbershop, is simultaneously running an internationally-acclaimed literacy program for kids. Barber Jon Escueta gives young clients $3 to...
The Seattle Times
Neal Morton
19 April 2019
Reno, Nevada, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
For the past decade, teachers in the Reno, Nevada school district have visited their students' homes to build relationships with parents. New research shows that home-visits have led to reduced student absences and in...
26 March 2019
Manitou Springs, Colorado, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Growth-based Alternative Learning and Leadership Opportunity program combines outdoor education with core academic subjects - "attempting to connect math, history, and language arts with a physical experience." Te...
26 March 2019
Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Text
800-1500 Words
In Santa Cruz, Costa Rica, the organization Cepia has started Girls Clubs in nine different neighborhoods and are teaching young girls, ages 8-12 about female empowerment, safety, and how to report crimes. In the area...
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