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Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

How 12 Educators & Mentors Are Weaving a Stronger Society, Starting With Schools

Over the past six months, we've traveled the country to meet and celebrate educators using community to help students succeed in school — and life

Steve Snyder
Author: Steve Snyder
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afterschool programs
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

Living and Learning Among Refugees in the ‘Ellis Island of the South’

For Atlanta-area students who have fled war and oppression, Allie Reeser does more than help them learn. She’s a translator, parent guide and neighbor

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Texas
music education
700 Days of COVID & Counting

The Band Teacher Who Kept His School Community Connected Through COVID’s Chaos

When students disappeared from remote learning in 2020, Alejandro Salazar tracked them down

Bekah McNeel
Author: Bekah McNeel
Hawaii
Hawaii
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

Watch: How an Island Teacher Builds Community Bridges Through Her Hawaii School

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao
Weaving a Stronger Society
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

David Brooks & Frederick Riley Explain Mission Behind Weave Project

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Oregon
belonging
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

A Former Journalist Reignites an Intergenerational Haven For Portland’s Youth

She once fled Oregon, her teenage home. Now, S. Renee Mitchell has etched out a safe space for generations to heal from trauma through art & community

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock

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Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

How This NYC Teacher Helps Immigrant Students ‘Weave’ Community in a New Country

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

WATCH: An Inner City Teacher Helps His Community Capture Hope & Promise in Art

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

A Rural Teacher Challenges Students and Her Community to Wrestle With the World

Laura Fay
Author: Laura Fay
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

Inspiring: A Rural Teacher of the Year Connects Her 190 Neighbors to the World

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

Amid COVID, Closures & Zoom, a Teacher Fights to Preserve School Relationships

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

Educator. Mentor. Translator. How One Man Aided Immigrant Families Through COVID

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

School Resource Coordinator Overcomes Tragedy to Serve Children in Need

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

Nonprofit Builds Community While Helping First-Gen Students Reach College

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
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Q&A: David Brooks on Schools, Society’s Divides & How ‘Weavers’ Can Heal America

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The Undocumented Youth Changing New Mexico

Beth Hawkins
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