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  • D.C.'s Education in School Reform

    July 16, 2015 |

    Politico |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    The ecosystem of D.C. charter schools that has evolved over the last two decades represents a cornucopia of creative and nontraditional approaches to education, in addition to fairly traditional college-prep schools, and is now producing some of the highest graduation rates, college acceptance rates, and average test scores in public schools in the nation.

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  • Bangladesh volunteers learn to make a life-or-death difference in a disaster

    July 14, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka, Dhaka Division

    In the wake of the Rana Plaza collapse, Bangladeshi civilians—often first on the scene of disasters in poorer countries–are being trained to support emergency teams.

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  • A College in Maine That Tackles Climate Change, One Class at a Time

    June 30, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Bar Harbor, Maine

    As institutions look for ways to fight climate change, the College of the Atlantic has made the search for solutions a central part of its curriculum.

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  • Watch Out for Refugees

    June 21, 2015 |

    Respekt |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Geisenhausen, Bavaria

    Bavaria has integrated thousands of refugees into the public sphere by helping them learn German, find housing, and maintain employment through apprenticeship programs and other volunteer-run organizations in the community. Now, with Bavaria as an unlikely example, the Czech Republic looks to these program models in the wake of its own refugee crisis.

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  • Pozor, uprchlíci

    June 21, 2015 |

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    Response Location: Germany, Geisenhausen, Bavaria

    Česko odmítá uprchlické kvóty. Místní politici říkají, že společnost není na příchod a integraci utečenců připravená. Budují v lidech strach z toho, že migrace rozvátí zemi. Zcela odlišný obraz uprchlické krize nabízí sousední Bavorsko. Tato spolková země integrovala tisíce uprchlíků, kterým pomohla naučit se německy, najít si bydlení i najít a udržet si zaměstnání. Využívají k tomu dobrovolníky, kteří téměř po celém Bavorsku organizují vzdělávací a volnočasové aktivity.

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  • In the Male-Dominated Oil Industry, Efforts to Build Stronger Networks Among Women

    June 17, 2015 |

    Texas Standard |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Women are often undervalued, overlooked and discriminated against in the oil industry. To overcome this, women have started to form organizations to support women in their careers and to try to close the gender gap.

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  • Agroecology can help fix our broken food system. Here's how.

    June 17, 2015 |

    Ensia |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    What we sometimes call the “agri-food system” is broken — just ask farmworkers and food workers (exploited, underpaid), honeybees (collapsing), forested landscapes (fragmenting), the climate (warming), and the ever-growing number of people without access to nutritious food, or the land and resources with which to produce it. But a new branch of sustainability, agroecology, helps farmers and researchers develop farming practices that enhance soil fertility, recycle nutrients, optimize the use of energy and water, and, perhaps most importantly, increase the beneficial interactions of organisms in ecosystems.

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  • How a school is transforming not only its students, but its community

    June 16, 2015 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Cincinnati is making efforts to close the achievement gap between poor children and more advantaged students by fighting the effects of poverty. Lower Price Hill’s Oyler School is part of a growing national movement to help poor children succeed by meeting their basic health, social, and nutritional needs at school.

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  • How some nail salons in California are finding a less toxic way to work

    June 08, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Alameda, California

    Nail salons offer services that often are toxic to their workers, from manicures causing acrylic dust in the air to the chemicals that can permeate through skin. Salon workers complain of respiratory problems and sometimes cancer. The California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative offers certification in maintaining safe practices for their workers, offering an incentive for the use of ventilation equipment and gloves.

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  • The Cuban Literacy Campaign

    June 02, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Cuba, La Habana, Artemisa

    More than fifty years ago, Cuba eradicated widespread illiteracy in one calendar year, and its literacy rate still leads the world. They achieved it by sending "brigades" of teachers and students to teach adults and children for two weeks.

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