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  • Guess Which State Has The Best High School Graduation Rate?

    June 09, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Iowa City, Iowa

    At 90 percent, Iowa's high school graduation rate was the best in the nation in 2015. The NPR Ed Team looked at Iowa City's lowest performing schools to get a sense of how the state differentiates itself. Scavo, an alternative high school for at-risk teens, caters to students' schedules and home lives, offering flexible class times, professional training programs, and child care facilities within the same building.

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  • Life on Parole

    June 08, 2015 |

    PBS Frontline |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    Connecticut is attempting to reduce prison recidivism by changing parole practices. Changes to the system are allowing parole officers to foster relationships with parolees and counsel them as people, not as cases.

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  • Closing the Broccoli Gap

    June 05, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The lack of access to healthy food has always been a problem for the financially unstable. Food stamps can now be used to buy fresh produce at farmers markets, but greater success could be achieved by getting grocery stores involved.

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  • Climate Change-Ready Rice Keeps Farmers' Fields Fertile

    June 04, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Soil in Bangladesh is becoming increasingly saline and infertile due to climate change. Bangladeshi farmers have begun using a saline-tolerant rice seed in order to produce an abundant crop despite salty soil.

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  • Keeping mental health patients stable and out of jail

    June 02, 2015 |

    Marketplace |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Like the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams that help seriously mentally ill people avoid costly long-term hospital stays, Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) teams try to help the same population avoid jail also. By providing intensive case management to avoid the pitfalls that lead to criminal charges, and connecting people living in the community with needed services, these teams have shown early indications that their patients spend less time in both jails and hospitals. They are more expensive than outpatient clinics, but in the long run may be cheaper than hospitals and jails.

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  • How a School Network Helps Immigrant Kids Learn

    May 30, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A nonprofit organization, the Internationals Network for Public Schools, delivers a first-class education to the children of illegal immigrants, helping to break the cycle of poverty and provide them a path to advance in life.

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  • In Europe, Fake Jobs Can Have Real Benefits

    May 29, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: France, Lille

    After the global recession, long-term unemployment can make jobless workers depressed, with their skills becoming unsharpened and obsolete. Practice firms, operating as fake businesses, in the Eurozone aim to keep the unemployed practiced in essential job skills and offer new skills training for those interested in changing careers.

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  • Guiding Families to a Fair Day in Court

    May 29, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

    Millions of families of arrested individuals do not know what to do to help, how to obtain a lawyer, or what the process entails in the court system. Created by Albert Cobarrubius Justice Project, participatory defense is a type of community organizing that teaches and empowers people who face criminal charges. Individuals know how to work with attorneys in order to navigate the system and ultimately feel equipped to become drivers of their own change.

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  • Paper Tigers

    May 28, 2015 |

    KPJR Films |

    Documentary |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Walla Walla, Washington

    Paper Tigers captures the pain, the danger, the beauty, and the hopes of struggling teens—and the teachers armed with new science and fresh approaches that are changing their lives for the better.

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  • Mathcorps

    May 28, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    A local math teacher is trying to bring a successful Motor City tutoring program to Philly. The secret ingredient? Love for math, and building relationships between mentors and students.

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