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  • If NYC eliminates gifted programs, here's what could come next

    August 27, 2019 |

    Chalkbeat New York |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City will likely phase out its controversial and longstanding gifted and talented programs and shift towards an approach called "schoolwide enrichment models," which are already used in some of the city's schools. In these programs, teachers identify students' interests and develop related units or electives.

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  • How a Vermont school is overcoming the declining enrollment trend that hurts rural towns

    August 27, 2019 |

    USA Today |

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    Response Location: United States, Tinmouth, Vermont

    In stark contrast to schools in the rest of the state, Tinmouth's elementary school population has increased by 30 percent in the past four years, helping to bring in and retain dedicated teachers. Tinmouth, which focuses on outdoor and project-based education and thoughtfully marketing its programs, offers lessons for other rural towns navigating population loss.

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  • Homes are a big part of Salt Lake City's air pollution problem. They also are the solution.

    August 26, 2019 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Across Salt Lake City, Utah, housing developers are building more net zero energy homes. Facing air quality issues, the state has yet to set more energy efficient codes for new homes, which means the kind of homes being built by developers like Redfish, Garbett Homes, and Ivory Homes, are being constructed on a much smaller scale. Such homes, while costing 2-5% more to build, have shown to decrease energy costs by 50-60%.

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  • These Austin Tiny Homes Could House 40% of the City's Chronically Homeless Population

    August 26, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    A tiny home and RV community outside of Austin, Texas does more than house the homeless; it provides community and economic independence. With backing from local business, nonprofits, and religious institutions, Community First Village houses over 200 people and provides residents with ways to find jobs in the community as well as access to healthcare information and services. With homelessness on the rise in Austin, Texas, one community has a solution that includes housing, employment and above all a sense of social connection.

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  • CU Anschutz unveils out-of-home gun storage map to help improve safety, prevent suicide

    August 26, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Aurora, Colorado

    For individuals wanting to store their guns outside of their homes, they can now find a space using the Colorado Gun Storage Map. The interactive tool was developed in collaboration between the Colorado School of Public Health, the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and the Colorado Safety Coalition, with the goal of helping those in crisis situations find spaces like law enforcement agencies and special storage facilities to store their firearms.

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  • Green Thumbs, Black Gardeners: How Urban Gardens Help a Community Grow

    August 26, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Eliminating food deserts is a community effort. Thanks to work of members, volunteers, and other partners of the East New York Farmers’ Market (ENYF), the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, formerly troubled by a lack of nutritious food, now benefits from semi-weekly produce markets. ENYF also serves as a positive community service for youth and young adults.

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  • ‘We still haven't been allowed to be us': Breaking the Silence on Menopause

    August 26, 2019 |

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    Response Location: Scotland, Perth

    Menopause is often regarded as a taboo topic for women to discuss publicly, but a group in Scotland is looking to normalize the conversation through pop-up cafes that go against this norm. "Menopause cafes," which started in Perth, Scotland, not exist throughout the county and attract not just women to the conversation, but also men that want to have a better understanding.

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  • Springfield could be a template for Bridgeport

    August 26, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Springfield, Massachusetts

    Springfield, Massachusetts leaned into urban renewal and public-private partnerships to keep their local economy alive amid the manufacturing downfall. Now, Bridgeport - a town of similar size and economic fate - looks to Springfield as a model for success at it struggles with its own economic insecurities.

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  • Solar Panels as Solution for SEPTA's Power Outage Problems

    August 26, 2019 |

    WCAU-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Storing solar energy improves the resilience of public transportation systems to disruptions in the energy grid. With the potential of extreme heat or weather conditions to cause issues in the reliability of electrical power, Philadelphia’s SEPTA public transportation system has begun to invest in solar power. By storing solar energy in batteries at various hubs, the public transportation system can avoid delays caused by local outages.

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  • This Lake Belongs to Everyone

    August 24, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Euclid, Ohio

    For years, much of the coastline along the Great Lakes has been privately owned. In an effort to stabilize cliff erosion off the coast of Lake Erie, the city of Euclid, Ohio, worked with property owners to acquire those waterfronts. Despite some initial skepticism, the city convinced the owners that turning over their waterfront property would save them money on erosion control and allow public access to the coast. This collaborative approach is being watched by other coastal cities as a potential model for shoreline management.

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