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How Wyoming manages to keep its rural schools open

Mason Baum

May 27, 2019 |

PBS NewsHour |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Wyoming

In Wyoming, the state's school funding model recaptures money from affluent districts and reallocates it to districts with fewer resources. This unique and heralded system has allowed Wyoming to keep the doors of its rural, one-room rural schoolhouses, which often are a key part of a communities' fabric, open.

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How Cities Can Serve Citizens Best Amid a Glut of New Transport Technology

David A. King

May 22, 2019 |

Pacific Standard |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

In the uncertain, ever-shifting landscape of new technology startups trying to change urban mobility, city officials need to prioritize two criteria: mobility policy must promote equity and ensure that options are available to the most number of people and policies must be flexible enough for street and curb space to adapt to the technology. E-scooters and dockless bikes fit these criteria, and city officials must plan around them.

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An (Even More) Inconvenient Truth: Why Carbon Credits For Forest Preservation May Be Worse Than Nothing

Lisa Song

May 22, 2019 |

ProPublica |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Rio Branco, Acre

This story examines the well-publicized climate-change strategy of carbon credits: the idea that a CO₂-emitting company could offset its emissions by funding anti-logging efforts, effectively "saving" the equivalent amount of carbon. However, as it turns out, despite its popularity, most carbon credit programs do not actually work or, worse, may do more harm than good. This article details the shortcomings of this attempted solution to the effects of global warming.

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This Newspaper Hired Homeless People to Report Its Stories

Alison Kotch

May 21, 2019 |

NationSwell |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Street Sense is a biweekly, volunteer-run newspaper whose vendors and content creators are part of the homeless community in Washington, DC. Vendors purchase the issues at a discount and then sell them at a profit, generating an income for themselves, and having the creative outlet of a newspaper allows vendors to tell their stories in their own way. Street Sense Media, the parent organization, also offers vendors workshops in theater, writing, graphic design, podcasting, and more. They also have case workers on staff to help connect vendors with assistance that leads to permanent housing and healthcare.

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Oakland's 'Pothole Vigilantes' Take Street Repairs Into Their Own Hands

Sonja Hutson

May 20, 2019 |

KQED |

Radio |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

In Oakland, CA, two men deemed the Pothole Vigilantes have paired up to fix every pothole in the city. Made possible by crowdfunding the venture, the two have now developed public meetups to teach others how to fix potholes themselves. This has caught the attention of city officials, who, partly because of this effort, have passed a $100 million plan to repave Oakland streets.

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How cities are convincing voters to pay higher taxes for public preschool

Brenda Iaesvoli

May 19, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Undeterred by a lack of funding from the state and federal government, U.S. cities are successfully getting citizen approval to raise property taxes for the purpose of funding early childcare education programs. In Seattle, the city subsidizes tuition, regulates class size and length of the school day, and pays teachers more. In turn, cities are highlighting concrete improvements in student performance, helping to further secure resident support.

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Microgrants help Fort Lewis College students with unexpected financial hardships

Mary Shinn

May 17, 2019 |

Durango Herald |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

It's not just soaring tuition expenses that prevent students from completing their college education - emergency expenses such as medical care and car repair can also be disruptive. A new program at Fort Lewis College in Colorado provides microgrants to students who find themselves in these situations.

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Bok choy and bread fruit: How traditional crops fit a food secure future

Audrey Cleo Yap

May 16, 2019 |

NBC News |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Maui, Hawaii

Organizations like Ho’oulu ka ‘Ulu are reintroducing small-scale farmers to breadfruit — a traditional Hawaiian starchy fruit that fell out of style following the rise of plantation farming and colonialism. Growers are taught how to cultivate and sell the fruit, and their network of now 200 farmers are helping to keep part of their culture alive. Similarly, in California a Food Roots program connects farmers growing traditional Asian produce like bok choy to local businesses and markets to provide accessibility to culturally relevant fresh produce.

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How free is ‘free college'?

Stacy Teicher Khadaroo

May 16, 2019 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

Politicians and education advocates are increasingly using terms like "free college" and "college promise." As the model gains traction as a solution to the nation's overwhelming student debt, Stacy Teicher Khadaroo explores what it actually means in practice and how lack of information and confusing terms can still leave students with unexpected fees.

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#FreeBlackMamas works to bail black mothers out of jail in time for Mother's Day

Erin Evans

May 11, 2019 |

NBC News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Community organizing groups around the country have mobilized to get black mothers out of prison. The initiative #FreeBlackMamas has raised over $1 million dollars in donations since 2017 and comes as a growing response against the cash bail system. Besides bailing out black mothers, the groups seek to build community and address the larger systemic issue of race and incarceration.

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