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A Boost for the World's Poorest Schools

Tina Rosenberg

January 19, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Nepal, Kailalia District

How can rural African children learn to read when there are no books in their languages? Save the Children helps kids to create their own books, creating a homemade library for their village.

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Reframing the debate over charter schools

Noliwe Rooks

January 05, 2012 |

PBS |

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Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

Only 19 percent of Latino youth have completed an associate’s degree or higher, with 29 percent of African-American young people having done the same. The Making Waves Academy provides children of minority groups with specific counseling for personal problems as well as improved education to help them have a higher college graduation rate.

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Class Struggle: India's Experiment in Schooling Tests Rich and Poor

Geeta Anand

June 04, 2011 |

Wall Street Journal |

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Response Location: India, New Delhi

The country of India has long suffered from extreme income inequalities, with many poor children growing up with lackluster education. The Right to Education Act, passed in 2009, requires elite private schools to admit 25% low-income or disabled children. The law's success is measured at the Shri Ram School in New Delhi, and some wealthy families are unsatisfied with its inclusiveness.

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A Way to Pay for College, With Dividends

David Bornstein

June 02, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Low-income students are always looking for ways to finance their education. A new system using “human capital contracts” to pay for higher education isn’t as scary as it sounds.

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Publishers as Partners in Literacy

David Bornstein

May 19, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

First Book Marketplace, which makes quality, new books affordable for children in low-income families, is providing not only improved access to engaging educational materials, but a sense of dignity and self worth that a hodgepodge of used, donated books cannot. Additionally, the books are often used by nonprofits to further create opportunities for family bonding and to stimulate children's development.

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A Book in Every Home, and Then Some

David Bornstein

May 16, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lack of reading material is not only a third-world problem – many poor families in the United States lack access to and funds for books. A program that helps get books to into the homes of low-income families can boost literacy, and help publishers, too.

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When Math Makes Sense (To Everyone)

David Bornstein

April 21, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

Many people believe that math is only for a select few. By fostering commitment and providing explicit guidance, Jump, an math education curriculum, is showing people that anyone can do math if they understand it.

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The Power of the Playground

David Bornstein

April 07, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Great minds from Plato to Piaget have recognized the importance of play in healthy child development, but with bullying becoming more prevalent on school playgrounds and increased pressure to maximize school hours to boost performance on standardized tests, schools are struggling to implement meaningful recess. Playworks and other similar non-profit groups provide coaching for adults on how to help structure children's playtime to be healthy, productive, and enjoyable, while allowing children to explore on their own and develop positive relationships.

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Hard Times for Recess

David Bornstein

April 04, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Despite strong evidence that school-based physical activity improves children’s cognitive skills, concentration, and behavior, schools under pressure to produce quantitative results and decrease bullying have drastically cut back on recess in recent years. An Oakland-based nonprofit organization called Playworks is working to make healthy play accessible for more children and show schools how productive recess can be to the whole academic world.

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Some Antiviolence Efforts Are Working

Kristen A. Graham Susan Snyder John Sullivan Dylan Purcell

April 01, 2011 |

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Often social programs at schools fail because they are not implemented fully or over a long enough period. One school in Philadelphia attributes their success in decreasing violence to having a long-term principal, a stable teaching force, and formal training in anti-violence programs.

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