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  • Why Foster Care Students In Seattle Are Beating The Odds

    December 17, 2017 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    TreeHouse, a nonprofit in Washington state, achieved an 89 percent five year graduate rate for the hundreds of high school students in the foster care system it serves. This figure is a stark contrast to a 2010 statistic that found only 36 percent of foster students in King County and Seattle were completing high school. By providing the missing resources and guidance to students, TreeHouse hopes to expand the model to all Washington state counties.

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  • The return of Mexico's midwives is helping rural and indigenous mothers

    December 15, 2017 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Mexico

    The CASA school in Guanajuato was founded to train midwives and advocate for their role during childbirth. CASA's students receive an education in modern medicine as well as traditional practices, with the goal of being able to effectively care for indigenous women. The Mexican government recognized midwives as health care professionals as 2011, and schools based on the CASA model have been started across the country.

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  • A Museum Designed for City Life Debuts

    December 15, 2017 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    MICRO, a new New York City-based non-profit, has developed niche-emphasizing, science-focused “museums” around the city. Through these installations, MICRO brings art and environmental knowledge to people outside of a formal museum setting as well as shining a light on often overlooked topics. In order to bring niche-emphasizing, science-focused museums into being, a non-profit named MICRO has begun creating small exhibitions in public places for New York City residents to discover.

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  • Meet The School Educating Homeless Kids

    December 13, 2017 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    A private school in Oklahoma City that exclusively educates homeless children also provides medical services, clothing, school supplies, and parent counseling. Proponents point to increased stability for families and academic improvements for children, while dissenters say the approach is flawed, costly, and difficult to scale.

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  • In the race to help Latino students, one California county pulls ahead

    December 13, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Moreno Valley, California

    In 2016, California's Riverside County achieved an 86 percent graduation rate, second to only Orange County in the state. The impressive spike followed in the wake of a multi-pronged, data-focused drive to support predominantly low-income students through the oftentimes complicated and unfamiliar college application process. Local nonprofit director Ryan Smith says, “We often ask [students and families] to navigate a system not designed for them, instead of meeting students where they’re at." Riverside is working to change that reality.

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  • Be Cool, Stay in School

    December 12, 2017 |

    This American Life |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Most jobs require at least a high school education, but 80 million Americans don’t have one, leaving millions of people locked out of the social economic ladder. In Rochester, New York, an organization called Pathstone trains people without a high school degree. They created an optics apprenticeship program, graduating 9 students.

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  • The Talking Cure

    December 12, 2017 |

    This American Life |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    At Lyons Community School in New York City, there's a different approach to discipline: Restorative Justice. Instead of suspending students for inappropriate behavior, teachers, and administrators try to talk it out with students. They see kid's emotional responses as a long-term project, rather than actions that should be treated with punishment. "Talking is how you are successful." Some students say the method is working.

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  • Tech careers in Kentucky: A future emerges after coal

    December 12, 2017 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Pikeville, Kentucky

    While many areas in Kentucky become increasingly less dependent on the coal industry, the state is looking for new ways to add jobs to the economy. SOAR, or Shaping Our Appalachian Region, is working to create jobs locally by partnering with organizations that provide training in areas such as coding and app development. This is part of a broader push to connect Kentucky to jobs, technology, and capital.

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  • Perfect match: website gives academic refugees chance to connect

    December 09, 2017 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Using a dating service model, a professor in Germany is matching local academics with refugees who were experts in related fields in their home countries. The hope is that these connections and networks will enable refugees to find jobs and remain active in the academic community, an option that is often stripped from immigrants when they move.

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  • Friends of the Children

    December 07, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    The organization, Friends of the Children, is dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty by giving at-risk children adult mentors to help guide them. The program results in kids who avoid teen pregnancy, graduate from high school, and don't end up in the criminal justice system.

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