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  • After the Wars, Common Ground in Oregon's Forests

    April 27, 2015 |

    InvestigateWest |

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    Response Location: United States, Ashland, Oregon

    Summer in the Northwest presents a great risk of wildfires. A pile burning operation, just one facet of the strategy that Oregon has enacted to conserve its forests, clears undergrowth to lessen the risk of mega-fire. The work stimulates the local economy and provides employment, but it's also a very small part of what needs to be done.

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  • Carbon Pricing Helping Farmers Ease Methane Pollution

    April 24, 2015 |

    Climate Central |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    The government wants more farmers turning waste methane into biogas to help combat the negative effects of global climate change. California is leading the initiative, largely through a cap-and-trade program.

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  • Teaching Law in a Country Where Justice Hardly Exists

    April 22, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: Haiti, Port-au-Prince

    Advocates are on a quest to improve the quality of life in Haiti through legal education.

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  • Now It's Personal

    April 22, 2015 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Pacific Grove, California

    Marine biologists around the world are adopting personalization technologies into their work to help them better understand the movements and lives of the undersea creatures they’re monitoring. For example, the Shark Net app allows California researchers to receive notifications via smartphone about individual white sharks. Initiatives like this allow for a combination of personalization and crowdsourcing, which can be a boon for marine conservation efforts.

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  • Anchored in hope: How Toronto is learning from Cleveland's return to prosperity

    April 18, 2015 |

    Toronto Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    After decades of economic and social despair that once saw it named the poorest big city in America, Cleveland has become a model of revitalization, thanks to a unique “anchor strategy” that harnesses the immense wealth and power of the city’s public institutions.

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  • One city's answer to the high two-year college dropout rate

    April 09, 2015 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Yonkers, New York

    Yonkers Partners in Education offers free SAT test prep and college guidance counselors in Yonker's high schools. The program aims to increase college enrollment rates for low-income students who lack the same access to expensive tutors and courses as their afluent peers.

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  • The Rise of ‘Studyblrs'

    April 02, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    Students in today's technical world are now using blogging and other forms of social media, known as studyblrs, in order to help each other improve achievement through online homework help, communication, and encouragement.

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  • How Pinterest Is Revolutionizing Your Child's Classroom

    March 31, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Colorful volumes of books have aided teaching for centuries; however, the scope of engagement in the internet age demands newer methods for pedagogy. Pinterest, a social media-constructed visual bulletin board, has become a venue in which teachers share their pinned visual media, lesson plans, and charts with students and other teachers. The success of Teaching Pinterest expands pedagogy, reduces teacher alienation, enables collaboration with other teachers, and directs readers to other sites that offer teachers’ curriculum ideas for a cost.

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  • Minnesota ramps up hunt for arsenic in wells

    March 26, 2015 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Michael, Minnesota

    A new three-year project between the health department and the U.S. Geological Survey designed to improve the way arsenic, a carcinogen, is measured in private wells and to develop guidelines to help contractors avoid drilling high arsenic wells in the first place.

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  • What if a high school diploma guaranteed a highly paid job?

    March 25, 2015 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Waco, Texas

    A new vocational school in Waco makes a promise to its graduates: A good-paying job. The school focuses on blue-collar skills with a practical edge, ensuring employability.

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