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  • How one rural Alabama hospital bucked the trend and will reopen its labor & delivery

    May 27, 2015 |

    AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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    Response Location: United States, Alabama

    Rural areas are seeing the shut down of medical services such as Labor & Delivery units, making it harder for expectant mothers to receive proper care. Dr. Waits in Bibb County is opening a Labor & delivery unit through critical funding, and using the unit for more than just obstetrics.

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  • Weathering This Year's Testing Season

    May 21, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Standardized testing is beginning to take over school curriculums as test material becomes the predominantly taught information. Teachers begin to wonder how worthwhile the tests are on their students overall education while trying to keep the events positive for the children.

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  • Houston's Learning Curve

    May 21, 2015 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    When immigrant children come to America, they are faced with culture shock, language barriers, and a system of education different from where their original country. Houston’s Las Americas Newcomer School is designed to ease the adjustment of immigrant and refugee children as they enter the American educational system. Las Americas offers competitive wages for teachers, teaching in several different languages, and preparation for the SAT as the school has the highest rate of minority participation.

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  • ‘You are more than your mistakes': Teachers get at roots of bad behavior

    May 16, 2015 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In 1997, researchers found a connection between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and adult health problems. Seattle's public schools are part of a growing cohort nationwide applying this knowledge in the classroom to help students who are facing immense challenges at home. By considering external stresses and factors, such as divorce, domestic violence, or family substance abuse (All ACEs), teachers are slower to jump to judgement or punishment. After four years of teacher training, Bemiss Elementary School is getting results, with a 33 percent decrease in suspensions for the 2014 school year.

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  • DACA Doctors

    May 15, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Going to medical school might be impossibly hard for undocumented students. That's why a group of DREAMers created Pre-Health Dreamers. The organization connects undocumented youth who want to go to med school, to each other, making med school a more feasible option.

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  • More Than Just Code

    May 14, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Lincoln, Rhode Island

    Currently, women make up only 20% of computing jobs - in 2012, only 18% of computer science (CS) graduates were women , a figure that has been cut in half since 1984 when women made up 37% of CS majors. Now, girls are taught coding and computer programing in an after school program built to inspire girls to become more involved in computer science, a predominantly male job market.

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  • Evergreen, a state college too few know about

    May 09, 2015 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Olympia, Washington

    At Evergreen College, students take fewer classes for longer durations and are instructed by teams of teachers who have not been sorted out by subject departments. As a result, students’ education is exploratory and often self-directed, rather than geared towards grades and tests.

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  • The world is 4 million teachers short. Here's how to solve that.

    May 08, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Central African Republic

    The developing world lacks teachers, doctors, and mental health care workers. A professor in London suggests training capable civilians via online classes and chats to quickly and effectively fill these needs.

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  • Five Cheap Ways Tech Is Transforming Classrooms

    May 06, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Fitchburg, Massachusetts

    Low budget schools across the U.S. are having students use their smartphones as learning tools inside and outside the classroom. At no extra cost they can incorporate technology into the curriculum through a myriad of applications, from homework reminder apps to free cloud document platforms like Google Docs.

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  • How Students At Women's Colleges Are Working To Expand Our Understanding Of Gender

    May 06, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Claremont, California

    Women's colleges are changing their definition of eligible students to include transgender and non-gender conforming students. Though policies differ from school to school, the impact is a nationwide reevaluation of the gender binary.

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