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As Harlem Children's Zone moves to export its model nationwide, Obama's Promise Neighborhoods offer cautionary tales

Amadou Diallo

December 11, 2020 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States

Under the Obama administration, the Promise Neighborhoods initiative was launched. It granted over $430 million in multiyear grants to nonprofits across 17 cities. The success of these grants have been difficult to measure. Two of the programs that were awarded grants highlight the differences in communities, and how success can’t be measured one way, but across a spectrum. “These first five years are like finding yourself,” said Lepore. “It’s an opportunity to find out what’s working, what isn’t and what we need to invest in.”

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A turnaround school on the rise sees progress halted by the pandemic

Amadou Diallo

June 01, 2020 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Metaire, Louisiana

When the John Q. Adams Middle School in Louisiana received a D rating, a new principal stepped in to restructure and address the ongoing issues with staff and students and was seeing success—but that changed when the pandemic hit and the school was unable to shift to remote learning. Progress started by holding one-on-one sessions with all staff and administrators at the school, tidying up the campus, and by approaching school discipline with a perspective that is conducive to long-term positive change.

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Low tech solutions for students without internet access at home

Amadou Diallo

April 19, 2020 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States

As schools have gone online during the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers and administrators are finding low-tech ways to deliver educational lessons to the students without access to remote learning tools, such as basic internet. A few of the initial innovations include broadcasting lessons on TV, distributing printed packets, and curbside library book delivery.

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A school where character matters as much as academics

Amadou Diallo

September 03, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

At Capital City Public Charter School, students are graded based not only on academic skills but also social and emotional skills. The Washington D.C. school has a high graduation rate and college enrollment rate.

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Teachers go to school on racial bias

Amadou Diallo

April 29, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

At Cambridge Street Upper School, teachers, many of whom are white, meet regularly to discuss their own implicit biases and how they play out in a school in which 60 percent of students identify as black, Latino, or multiracial. "Cultural proficiency is no longer a separate thing we do once a month. It's at the center of what we do," the principal said.

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Using vocational education to teach academic courses

Amadou Diallo

April 11, 2018 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Redmond, Washington

Two schools in New York and Washington state are breaking the traditional high school mold by combining college preparation with career and technical education. Amadou Diallo writes, "Debating whether kids need hands-on training or academic rigor misses the point."

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How a Tulsa 'failure factory' turned around its graduation rate in three years

Amadou Diallo

December 05, 2017 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

In high-poverty urban schools student retention is a major issue, often school is the last concern for these children. Now, City Year and other nonprofits have university students come to the high schools and tutor or mentor the high school kids and provide a place for them to talk, as well as other measures that help keep students in school.

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How one school is rising above gang activity to find college success

Amadou Diallo

November 21, 2017 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Benito Juarez Community Academy in Chicago was once reputed for gang violence, struggled to support its predominantly minority students, and was had been on academic probation for nearly two decades. A revolutionary approach to academics that uses a skills-based model tailored to the needs of each individual student and emphasizes true mastery of a skill rather than memorization and regurgitation has had remarkable success, bringing Juarez up to among the top 50 schools in the state for graduation rates and test scores and making it a destination school for students of color.

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Rural schools unite to make college the rule, rather than the exception

Amadou Diallo

November 16, 2017 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Ohio

High school students in rural areas show lower rates of college degrees and have fewer opportunities such as not having a dual enrolment program that allows them to take college courses while in high school. Ohio Appalachian Collaborative involves rural schools working together to fight for grants and opportunities for the students in rural areas, and so far the statistics show that more students are going to college and are more engaged in high school.

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A Rust Belt City's School Turnaround

Amadou Diallo

July 18, 2017 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

In a Buffalo school district where many students from low-income families struggled with trauma, attendance, and the effects of poverty, a non-profit initiative called Say Yes to Education is implementing drastic change. The program increases graduation rates for minority students, grants scholarships and admissions guidance to colleges, provides medical and mental health care to under-served students, brings in mentors and after-school programs, and even assists students parents with job-readiness workshops and housing assistance. The comprehensive, collaborative approach can serve as a model to educational institutions across the country.

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