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Safe haven or breeding ground for corruption: how Ukraine is building underground schools

Vladsylav Lesyk

July 21, 2025 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ukraine

To safely get students back into in-person learning environments amid ongoing Russian attacks, the Ukrainian government has prioritized building underground schools, some of which are in repurposed metro stations while others are dedicated shelters attached to existing schools. So far, the country has completed 20 underground schools, with 221 more under construction, but concerns have also been raised about potential corruption among contractors.

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Building Empathy Through the Sounds of 'a World in Motion'

Geetanjali Krishna

July 18, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Crossing Borders Music is a group of classically-trained Western musicians who perform music from Haitian, Palestinian, Rohingya, Native American and other marginalized communities via free concerts held in libraries, cultural centers and university spaces. The goal is to not only showcase diverse cultures and musical traditions, but to build a deeper understanding of immigrants and other communities that are often overlooked. The group reaches about 10,000 people in-person and online each year, and hosted 27 free concerts in 2024.

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Coconino County, federal agencies team up on backcountry alert system for Grand Canyon

Sam McLaughlin

July 18, 2025 |

Arizona Daily Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Coconino County, Arizona

The Grand Canyon River Alert System is a first-of-its-kind system in the U.S. that uses satellite messaging technology to deliver flash flood warnings and emergency alerts to travelers in the remote wilderness areas. Users subscribe by texting from their satellite devices and receive real-time alerts about imminent flash flooding, hazardous conditions, and other emergencies within five minutes of detection. During its test phase, the system successfully issued 29 alerts, and has since made plans to expand.

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Connecticut Serves 1.75 Million Free Summer Meals As Federal Cuts Hit School Nutrition

Karla Ciaglo

July 18, 2025 |

CTNewsJunkie |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Connecticut

The Sun Meals Program distributes free breakfast and lunch to Connecticut children in the summer, with no registration or identification required. The program has handed out more than 1.75 million meals since June, but federal funding that helps support the distribution is being eliminated, leaving the state to shore up the gaps.

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'It's everyone's business.' In Finland, national security is a shared responsibility.

Mark Sappenfield

July 18, 2025 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Finland

Finland’s approach to national security focuses on creating a comprehensive culture, emphasizing the idea that defending the country is a shared responsibility. Regular citizens can take volunteer courses in everything from using firearms and recognizing disinformation to surviving in the wild and interpreting maps, and the country’s men are conscripted at 18 for military or community service.

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How One School Turned Career Training Into a Turnaround Strategy

Elizabeth Heubeck

July 17, 2025 |

Education Week |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

DeWitt Clinton High School offers formal career pathway programs that allow students to gain real-world work experience and sometimes even earn industry credentials while completing their high school diploma requirements. There are pathways available for everything from visual arts to agriculture to health care careers, and the high school has seen its graduation numbers go up and absenteeism rates drop since establishing the programs.

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Even in uncertain times, local farmers are focused on making produce affordable

Hannah Loss

July 16, 2025 |

GBH |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Around Boston, local farms and community markets are using creative financing and marketing tactics to reach and incentivize lower-income communities to benefit from access to fresh, local Massachusefts foods.

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Comment financer les luttes écologiques ?

Thibaut Schepman

July 16, 2025 |

Socialter |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: France

Le Fonds des luttes soutient les efforts des citoyens contre les projets de développement néfastes, dans le but de rendre la collecte de fonds plus équitable et d’encourager la coopération entre les causes liées. Le fonds a soutenu une vingtaine de projets sur deux ans.

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The Aromatic Roots Indians Turn to for Cooling Relief

Sushmita Pathak

July 14, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Bharuch

Khus (vetiver grass) curtains are a traditional, climate-friendly cooling method in India that is seeing a revival as extreme temperatures rise. Locals hang woven curtains made from dried vetiver roots in doorways or windows and spray them with water throughout the day. As hot air passes through them, evaporative cooling reduces indoor temperatures. This low-cost, low-energy solution has been implemented in homes and public areas like bus stops to combat the heat.

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Hard up for students, more colleges are offering college credit for life experience, or 'prior learning'

Jon Marcus

July 10, 2025 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Some colleges and universities, such as the Community College of Allegheny County, are expanding opportunities for students to earn academic credit for previous work and life experience, allowing them to bypass some courses and requirements covering skills they've already learned on the job. According to one study, these programs can result in significant tuition savings and help students cut down on the time it takes to finish a degree.

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