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  • This High School Gave Spending Power to Students

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    February 23, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Central Falls, Rhode Island

    An elective course at Central Falls High School in Rhode Island allows students to research and propose improvement projects for their school, which are then voted on and implemented using earmarked funding for the program. The participatory budgeting process has helped revamp the school cafeteria, upgrade the library furniture, replace outdated bathroom mirrors, and more.

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  • Report: More States Are Giving Students a Say in Education Policy

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    September 19, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    At least 33 states now involve students in education policymaking through formal advisory roles or positions on state boards, and these youth have helped spearhead changes, such as a Massachusetts rule requiring student feedback to be considered in the teacher evaluation process and a Washington bill creating school-based liaisons to coordinate homelessness services.

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  • ‘Too Good to Be True': NH Gives Students $1,000 for Tutoring — Yet Sign-Ups Lag

    Asher Lehrer-Small

    August 29, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    To stem pandemic-related learning loss, New Hampshire allocated $2.5 million in COVID-19 relief funding to offer $1,000 scholarships to any student in need of private tutoring. But less than a third of the fund has been used, with only 724 students receiving scholarships for this year, leading experts to posit that the state has failed to adequately advertise the opportunity to the families most in need of aid or remove other barriers to accessing tutoring.

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  • Helping First-Generation Students Reach College — and Build Community on the Way

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    May 09, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Yonkers, New York

    Yonkers Partners in Education is a nonprofit making college more accessible for low-income students of color through mentorship and tutoring.

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  • Inside the ‘TA to BA' Educator Fellowship: How One Rhode Island Initiative Is Elevating Experienced Paraprofessionals — and Creating a More Diverse Teacher Force

    Asher Lehrer-Small

    April 12, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Rhode Island

    The "TA to BA" fellowship is Rhode Island program is helping veteran TAs become full-time teachers while diversifying the workforce. Through the program, fellows enroll in college classes and are able to present their lengthy classroom teaching experience and turn it into a certification, which will also allow them to be better compensated for their work. Equity Unbound, which developed the fellowship, is also looking to get approval as an alternative licensure program to decrease certification barriers for Teaching Assistants.

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  • Colorado District Uses High School Apprentices to Grow Its Own More Diverse Teacher Workforce

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    March 09, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    The Cherry Creek School district is using apprenticeships to create a more racially diverse pipeline of K-12 educators in Colorado. High school juniors and seniors are paid to participate in the apprenticeship, and are able to earn college credit as well. This is one of the ways the district is working on having its workforce reflect its student bodies more accurately. Currently 85% of teachers are white, and half of its student body is kids of color. Now in its second year, the program has grown from an initial cohort of 12 youth apprentices to 26,

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