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  • What Do the Poor Need? Try Asking Them

    August 08, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Neighborhood Centers, a Houston anti-poverty program has a simple philosophy: “The people are the asset, the source of potential solutions, not the problem.” The non-profit has scaled nationally, employing its bottom-up approach to disburse funds in poor communities.

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  • Oakland probation camp offers Freedom School to young detainees

    August 05, 2015 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, San Leandro, California

    Freedom Summer Camp allows for convicted young men to find a sense of community allowing them to connect to the world and fuel greater desires for achievement.

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  • Sharing Art Helps Medical Students Connect With Dementia Patients

    August 05, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Many medical students are intimidated by the challenge of having to gather accurate histories and establish connections with patients with dementia. A non-profit, Arts and Minds, is helping students get more comfortable by connecting them with patients outside of the clinic through museum visits.

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  • UCSF Doctors, Students Confront Their Own Unconscious Bias

    August 04, 2015 |

    KQED |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The UCSF medical curriculum now uses a new unconscious bias approach after realizing the traditional diversity training from the ’80s and ’90s didn’t work.

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  • ‘It's just math': Preschoolers can do more than we might think

    August 02, 2015 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Due to recent brain development research, educators are working to add more math education into pre-school and kindergarten classes. Studies show that children of this age are actually extremely receptive to numbers and learning geometry.

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  • The Problem We All Live With

    July 31, 2015 |

    This American Life |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    At the height of desegregation, the achievement gap between white and black students decreased to 18 percent, compared to 49 percent. Evidence suggests integrating schools works, because it gives students of color access to the same resources as white students. Yet, schools remain largely segregated along class and racial lines. In Missouri, after Normandy School District in Normandy lost its accreditation, black students were given an opportunity to transfer into the much more affluent, and mostly white school district, Frances Howell. This episode shows the challenges of integrating schools.

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  • Low-Cost Schools Are Being Built Out Of Sand In Jordan Refugee Camps

    July 31, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: Jordan, Za'atari

    The living conditions in refugee camps in the Middle East are very poor. Architects are piloting the Re:Build construction system that utilizes materials in the natural environment to construct homes, schools, and clinics. The system engages refugees in the process of building so that they can take ownership of their success and develop skills to integrate in returning to their home country.

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  • The Classrooms Hidden in Mumbai's Seams

    July 28, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai, Maharashtra

    Educators are bringing the classroom to the thousands of Mumbai’s children out of school — in school buses, treehouses, and beyond—enabling them to receive a quality education despite their poverty.

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  • No Child Left Behind's One Big Achievement?

    July 23, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Congress’s proposed rewrites of the law now known as No Child Left Behind, including the Senate’s widely touted Every Child Achieves Act, would weaken federal provisions meant to track the academic progress of students with disabilities. Those who fight for the disabled population are pushing back, saying the law's main strength was helping those with disabilities.

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  • Open Access: How a Nonprofit is Giving Techies Without Tuition Their Shot

    July 23, 2015 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Access Code is a nonprofit in New York that gives young adults, particularly those from minority groups, instruction and resources to learn coding. This education promotes greater access to lucrative careers in the world of technology.

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