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Another tool to improve student mental health? Kids talking to kids

Lillian Mongeau

January 27, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Taos, New Mexico

Taos High School's EQ Retreat is an opportunity for seniors to share their experiences with stress and trauma with underclassmen, providing a relatable voice and lessons for overcoming the challenges inside and outside the walls of high school. "Peer-led social emotional learning is the answer," the teacher-leader of the retreat said.

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Meet the Young Alaska Natives Pursuing a Successful Career in the STEM Fields

Lillian Mongeau

November 19, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

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Response Location: United States, Anchorage

The Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program is working to provide full scholarships, a strong STEM background, and most importantly, a sense of community, to the majority Alaska-Native group of students in the program. The program's results are impressive - ANSEP students "outperform students of all backgrounds in math and science" and groups around the country are trying to emulate those results for other disadvantaged and negatively stereotyped groups.

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Alaska Native students pursue STEM, with great success

Lillian Mongeau

November 19, 2018 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

Middle and high school students of Alaska Native descent enrolled in the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program at the University of Alaska, Anchorage outperform most of their peers in the rest of the country on math and science standards. The program encourages collaboration, hands-on learning, and community building and fights back against negative stereotypes of Alaska Natives that have been shaped by generations of repeated trauma.

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What happens when a regular high school decides no student is a lost cause?

Lillian Mongeau

August 11, 2017 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Sequim, Washington

Although trauma-informed approaches to education have become increasingly popular in alternative schools, they are still rare in traditional "comprehensive" schools. Sequim Senior High School in Washington State is at the forefront of this movement. In addition to its standard instruction, Sequim offers a different classroom experience for a small group of students who have endured significant trauma and are struggling in normal classrooms as a result. The trauma-informed school within a school has so far seen fewer suspensions and better attendance, but, still in its early years, faces myriad challenges.

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How to hire more black principals

Lillian Mongeau

May 12, 2017 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Although the diversity of the teacher pool is low, several nonprofits are successfully recruiting and training more principals of color from this same group. New Leaders has shown particular promise - 64 percent of principals that have gone through its program are educators of color. Leaders at the program say that they are able to recruit a more diverse class by "focusing on mindset, a willingness to share leadership with other adults and a proven track record of success" in lieu of GPA and college "prestige." The outcome of the selection process is "naturally diverse," according to the CEO.

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Is universal preschool the answer? Britain says ‘yes'

Lillian Mongeau

August 23, 2016 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, Bristol

Since 2004, the national government in England has paid for all three-year-olds to receive 15 free hours of child-care per week. Since the program was implemented, the academic achievement gap between high-income and low-income children has been shrinking and more children are performing well upon entering primary school on both academic and non-academic measures. Can the United States, where the average family with children under 5 spends 9% of its annual income on child care, translate any parts of the UK's model to its own early education policies?

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Why Oklahoma's public preschools are some of the best in the country

Lillian Mongeau

February 02, 2016 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Clinton, Oklahoma

Free, universal preschool education has been a priority - one that transcends politics - for leaders in the small town of Clinton, Oklahoma.

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Teachers Wanted: Passion a Must, Patience Required, Pay Negligible

Lillian Mongeau

September 09, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Across the country, an improving economy has pulled teachers and potential teachers away from the profession, creating a growing national shortage. Leaders at Elmhurst Community Prep managed not only to completely staff the school by early June, but to avoid taking on anyone who was not fully certified.

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