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  • Some Seattle schools end ‘tracking' in push for equity and success

    July 09, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Educators in the Seattle area are making a move to desegregate schools by removing track-based course structures. Inspired by the work and research of one school in New York, Washington is seeing results in closing the achievement gap by blending general-education students with those in advanced courses, creating a stimulating environment for all and better opportunities for minority students.

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  • In Southern New Mexico, a public clinic offers a model for rural care

    July 09, 2016 |

    The Santa Fe New Mexican |

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    Response Location: United States, Silver City, New Mexico

    Hidalgo Medical Services is a nonprofit public health clinic that has set out to develop a model for delivering quality, affordable health care to rural communities through a comprehensive approach that addresses multiple patient needs at once.

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  • Giving Girls a Second Chance at Education

    July 07, 2016 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: India, Kodanna, Uttar Pradesh

    A special accelerated education program named Udaan in India offers a chance for girls aged 11-14 from rural areas to quickly complete their primary schooling. The highly interactive and engaging curriculum teaches girls language, math, environmental science, and gender politics. In 2016 the program joined President Obama's "Let Girls Learn" initiative to expand across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Malawi, Mali, Nepal, Pakistan and Somalia to reach 3 million girls.

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  • Project ECHO Expands Reach Of Medical Specialists In Rural New Mexico

    July 05, 2016 |

    Santa Fe Public Radio (KSFR) |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    In many rural communities, access to specialty care represents the biggest health challenge. Since 2003, a groundbreaking initiative called Project Echo at the University of New Mexico has confronted that gap — with promising results in small towns across New Mexico and, now, around the world.

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  • Breaking bad habits: Mindful addiction recovery

    July 04, 2016 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    One of the hardest problems in tackling addiction is understanding how to approach it. In this video a University of Massachusetts psychiatrist is implementing mindfulness tools as a way to steer the brain away from addictive tendencies.

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  • Why Summer Vacation Can Mean Empty Plates for 4,000 Seattle-Area Kids

    June 29, 2016 |

    ParentMap |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Food insecure children in Seattle amount to the hundreds of thousands in number. Local nonprofit, Food Lifeline’s Kids Café, has become an accessible option for poor children to receive free nutritious meals and snacks. The operation has expanded to 18 different branches across Seattle in locations where children go for enrichment and is currently looking into establishing locations in rural areas.

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  • Why Fight Poverty When You Can End It? Padua Project Calls The Nonprofit Bluff

    June 28, 2016 |

    American University Radio (WAMU) |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Worth, Texas

    For five decades, tens of thousands of people have fought poverty. Trillions of dollars have been spent, but poverty is a stubborn enemy. In the second part of a five-part series, WAMU’s Kavitha Cardoza tells us about one innovative program in Fort Worth, Texas, that may have cracked the code.

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  • ‘Microcosm of the city': Garfield High principal navigates racial divide

    June 25, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    After leading Seattle’s storied Garfield High School for more than a decade, Principal Ted Howard is having a crisis of conscience, wondering if his hard line with youth of color is hurting the very students he most wants to help.

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  • The Proven Way to Keep More Innocent Teens From Confessing to Murder (and Why Police Won't Adopt It)

    June 17, 2016 |

    TakePart |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Standard interrogation, the Reid Technique, which includes badgering and lying to suspects until they confess, is psychological torture, especially for the young and mentally frail. In order to combat false confessions and try to get to the truth, the PEACE method uses psychological foundations to offer an alternative technique of interrogation.

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  • How Cincinnati Salvaged the Nation's Most Dangerous Neighborhood

    June 16, 2016 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Cincinnati Center City Development Corp., a local NGO, has invested more than half a billion dollars into what was once the city's most dangerous neighborhood - and now is comparable to Greenwich Village.

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