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  • How Nepal Doubled its Tiger Population

    February 05, 2019 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    “If we protect one tiger, all the landscape is protected,” says a park warden in Nepal whose job is to ensure the longevity of the tiger population--and it has worked. In the last ten years, the Bengal tiger population in Nepal has doubled. By working to balance the ecosystem through protecting surrounding animals and vegetation, the balanced ecosystem approach has allowed the tiger population to thrive, while also supporting tourism revenue in local economies.

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  • How the ProComp merit pay system led Denver teachers to the brink of a strike

    February 05, 2019 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    In 1999, Denver, with the backing of the teachers union, rolled out a merit pay pilot program. Twenty years later, the pay-for-performance system has teachers on the verge of a strike for higher pay. Chalkbeat explores the origin and efficacies of the approach.

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  • Inside Marygrove College's new direction: How it was saved and where it's going

    February 05, 2019 |

    Model D |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Like many institutions of higher education, Marygrove College in Northwest Detroit has faced significant financial strains in recent years. However, perhaps unique to Marygrove, the college is in the process of transforming the community anchor and asset into a more sustainable educational model -- a cradle-to-career approach that includes a new preschool and K-12 school on the campus. "It's a big leap. The hope is that this is going to become an educational model that can be used in urban areas throughout the country," Marygrove's president Elizabeth Burns said.

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  • Turning Blight into Play Spaces

    February 05, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    A nonprofit in New Orleans transforms cheap vacant and underutilized lots into playgrounds and spaces for community events that teach children "design thinking" in the process.

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  • What we can learn from Canada's universal child care model

    February 05, 2019 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

    By reducing daycare costs to nearly nothing, Québec's universal child care program allows more women than ever to join the labor force, rather than stay home and care for their children. The United States now looks to this Canadian province as a working model that sheds light upon the benefits of government-funded child care programs.

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  • The Hijabi Monologues: The young Muslims in Britain using the arts to reclaim their culture

    February 05, 2019 |

    The National |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, London, England

    Story-telling, poetry, and other performance art helps to bridge cultural divides and allows individuals to present more nuanced representations of their communities. Thanks to a grant from the Said Foundation, the Hijabi Monologues are working both to combat stereotypes and to increase access to the arts for Muslims. The Foundation partners with festivals and provides opportunities for Muslim artists and storytellers to reach new audiences and build bridges with other communities.

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  • Where Sex Education Fails, Technology Can Help

    February 05, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    A smartphone app connects users with sex experts who are qualified to answer questions about healthy sex and relationships. Juicebox aims to fill gaps in the heteronormative sex education offered in U.S. schools and serves as a substitute for students who receive no sex education or who are only exposed to abstinence-only lessons.

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  • Educators encouraged by results of Arizona recess law

    February 05, 2019 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    A new law that requires more recess throughout the day in Arizona's public schools is helping kids inside and outside of the classroom.

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  • Black Lives Matter Is Making Single Moms Homeowners

    February 05, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Louisville

    In West Louisville, the local Black Lives Matter is working and crowdfunding to buy homes for low-income single mothers and and transient families - and offering homeowner, where the only expense is taxes and utilities, to those who might not otherwise have the opportunity to own their homes. The organization hopes to address the the historical and institutionalized racism that has made homeownership a distant dream for many African Americans in the highly segregated city.

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  • Closing the Connectivity Gap for SF's Homeless Youth

    February 05, 2019 |

    Government Technology |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Access to a smartphone or Internet services can assist in escaping homelessness. By offering WiFi, San Francisco-based homeless shelters hope not only to bring more individuals in off the street, but also to provide them with tools necessary to plan their daily lives, look for work, and connect with other social services. By providing Internet connectivity to those who often need it the most, Larkin Street Youth Services has turned homeless centers into places where individuals in need can reconnect with society.

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