Community-AID

Eden Alonso-Rivera of Grandville, MI is the NPR Student Podcast Challenge 2024 high school winner for her podcast "A Relationship Behind Bars" about her father's incarceration.

'You're not alone:' A teen podcaster sends message to kids with incarcerated parents Eden Alonso-Rivera of Grandville, Mich. is the high school winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. Her winning entry, "A Relationship Behind Bars," is about her father's incarceration.

When it comes to youth justice, New York has another opportunity to lead.

I oversaw education on Rikers Island. Here’s what I learned. Mistakes made at an early age don't need to define a young person’s life.

Detroit public schools adds another tool to combat chronic absenteeism: laundry machines

New washers and dryers in DPSCD schools part of ongoing focus on chronic absenteeism All Detroit public schools should soon have laundry facilities. Administrators hope the move will make a dent in chronic absenteeism.

Old school buildings give new life to child care centers -
Unused public spaces are creating new slots for young kids and offering stability to providers and families

Communities in need of child care find new life in old school buildings Missoula, Montana, has a shortage of affordable child care. But, like a growing number of communities nationwide, Missoula is solving the problem by transforming an unused public space — a closed school — into child care centers. As the projects in Missoula and elsewhere proceed, new ways of doi...

How a Bronx program takes high school students inside cancer research labs

15 Bronx high schoolers spend a summer working in cancer research labs “Usually, these opportunities are found in other boroughs, like Manhattan or Brooklyn or Queens,” one student said. “It felt really nice to have a program here in the Bronx that gave us an opportunity to show our talents.”

Transforming braille education could help millions of visually impaired Americans

Transforming braille education could help millions of visually impaired Americans : Short Wave For blind and low vision adults, the ability to read braille can be life-changing. Braille literacy is directly linked to higher rates of academic success and better employment outcomes for them. But there's a problem. The U.S. is facing a national shortage of qualified braille teachers and there's....

Introducing new Ecological-Community Psychology graduate student and the newest member of the Community-AID Lab, Melody Zakarian!

Introducing New Graduate Student Melody Kay Zakarian | Department of Psychology | Michigan State University Education: I graduated from Truman State University in 2024 with a double major in psychology and music and a minor in statistics. 

Louisiana district shows special education inclusion gains after successful partnership

Louisiana district shows special education inclusion gains after successful partnership East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools and the PROGRESS Center partnership started with strengthening the IEP writing process.

This Indiana educator created a literary journal for Indiana teens. Here’s why.

Indiana high schoolers have a literary journal just for them Munster, Indiana, teacher Ben Boruff created Perspicacity Magazine for students to share their writing and gain confidence.

What Students From Rural Communities Think College Leaders Should Know

What Students From Rural Communities Think College Leaders Should Know - EdSurge News “Places that are less population-dense often don’t have the same resources that you would see in the city,” explains one college student who grew up in ...

Boots on the ground: Topeka superintendent meets families where they are

Boots on the ground: Topeka superintendent meets families where they are For Tiffany Anderson, engaging with the community in authentic, unstructured ways is essential to understanding and addressing learning barriers.

LGBTQ youth group gives q***r students in Detroit crucial space to express their ‘True Colors’

‘True Colors’ youth group gives q***r students in Detroit the space to heal, and to be Some LGBTQ students in Detroit report a lack of support and safe spaces. One educator is working to change that with his youth group ‘True Colors.’