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A By-the-E-Book Education, for $5 a Month

Tina Rosenberg

May 22, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Kenya, Kisumu, Nyanza

For-profit companies are making good private schools available even to Africa’s poor. They can do it – and can do it on an enormous scale – by hiring neighborhood residents to teach, and scripting out every word of every lesson on an e-reader.

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Where Private School Is Not a Privilege

Tina Rosenberg

May 08, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka

Bangladesh schools had very low attendance because children were kept home to work and conditions were unsafe for girls, ethnic minorities, and those with disabilities. BRAC, one of the world's largest and most comprehensive NGOs, has built new schools addressing all the reasons, at home and school, that were preventing children from attending.

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Back to School

Ira Glass

September 14, 2012 |

This American Life |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

As kids and teachers head back to school, we wanted to turn away from questions about politics and unions and money and all the regular school stuff people argue about, and turn to something more optimistic — an emerging theory about what to teach kids.

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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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Mobilizing the Playground Movement

David Bornstein

June 13, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Despite overwhelming evidence that play is vital for children’s physical, emotional and cognitive development, in recent decades, due to many factors, children’s outdoor play opportunities have declined markedly. For 15 years, KaBOOM! has been leading playground construction around the country, mostly in neighborhoods where at least 70 percent of children qualify for the federal government’s free and reduced-cost lunch program.

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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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Going Big

Paul Tough

September 26, 2008 |

This American Life |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Harlem, New York

Studies show the educational divide between affluent and poor people starts early on, before the age of 3, when children learn cognitive and emotional skills that are difficult to almost impossible to learn later as adults. In Central Harlem, parents were not applying methods that stimulate a child’s early development. So, Geoffrey Canada created Harlem’s Children Zone, an 8-week program where parents learn how to help their children. He also expanded his program to include charter schools. The first group of third graders had reading scores above the state average.

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Urban kids dig into science and get friendly with worms

Amy Yee

July 18, 2000 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

New York City’s Apple Seed program gets children who live in the city to experiment, engage with, and learn from nature. The program – which has reached over 4,000 kids in New York Public Schools – teaches children about gardening, photosynthesis, and wildlife through hands-on learning experiences and has shown demonstrable success in higher math and science test scores. This program is part of a larger, nationwide trend toward engaged learning and nature.

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