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Future Farmers of America chapter creates leaders
Despite burgeoning urban populations, Future Farmers of America (FFA) demonstrated record involvement this year with about 680,000 members. In Tenino, Washington, the student-led FFA chapter is building community leaders.
Schools install laundry facilities on campus to combat student absenteeism
Schools across the country are realizing one of the main reasons students are absent from class is because of a lack of clean clothes, so administrators are teaming with Whirlpool and the education group Teach for America to do something about it.
UI students launch nonprofit to help disabled classmates navigate college
University of Iowa student Michael Penniman is changing the way disabled students experience college with the help of two friends and a nonprofit start-up they launched last year.
Storytelling for social justice in St. Louis
Students in St. Louis are steeped in gun violence, but a nonprofit art collective is working to change the dynamic by recruiting black youth to produce music, poetry, and other art to raise awareness about social justice issues in their community.
A Story to Tell: The Importance of Education during Incarceration as Told by 22 Men and Women Who Know Firsthand
Available now! Just in time for Second Chance Month—a compelling collection of stories focused on educational programming and criminal justice reform
Single-sex education: what’s old is new again
Education leaders are continuously on the lookout for a new method or technique to improve academic performance, or a way to create better schools. As The 74 reports, one of the latest school models shows that what’s old is new again: single-sex education.
Maine non-profit targets needs of rural schools
A Maine nonprofit is taking a new approach to education in three rural Washington County schools where many students struggle with adverse childhood experiences—problems often tied to poverty that hinder learning.
When our heroes falter: lessons from 3 UCLA athletes
The recent arrest of three University of California Los Angeles players in China for shoplifting, and their subsequent return to the United States, provides valuable lessons on character, humility, and taking responsibility as role models.
‘Culture coordinator’ connects students, family, school and community to build ‘positive environment’
Esek Hopkins Middle School “culture coordinator” Carina Monge is working to connect with students, parents, and local officials to bring her Rhode Island school community closer together.
Jewish school opens its doors to non-Jewish students
The Jewish Academy of Orlando is opening its doors to students of different faiths for the first time.
Boston Collegiate readies students for courageous conversations
In a racially diverse Boston-area charter school, multi-grade small-group teams have courageous conversations about race and anything else the students find troubling.
St. Louis program focuses on ‘character instead of curriculum’
AESM Middle School in downtown St. Louis is implementing a new character education program in hopes it will make a positive impact on students’ lives well into the future.