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Forget profit. It's love and fun that drive innovation like Parkrun

Aditya Chakrabortty

August 29, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Teddington

Paul Sinton-Hewitt, founder of the charity Parkrun, never set out to create a revolution. All he wanted was a low-pressure space to run. Now, his organization supports over 1,600 community running events around the globe, with an expected one million participants by 2023. This is part of a trend of “people’s innovation,” or the idea that innovation can come from users rather than just executives. Parkrun exemplifies the inclusive spirit of people’s innovation and the positive impacts it can spread all around the world.

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‘You can't teach a child without family': It's the magic ingredient at one preschool

Jackie Mader

August 26, 2018 |

The Washington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Christopher House, a nonprofit organization in Boston, believes wraparound services and family support are key to running a successful preschool. “You can’t teach a child without family,” says Karen Ross-Williams, director of early-childhood and youth development for Christopher House. “This is what makes the difference, when you’re able to partner with the family." In return for free services such as trauma counseling and parenting classes, the nonprofit asks that parents stay as actively involved as possible in the school community.

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Empowering Teenage Girls in a Traditional Village and Across Morocco

Marjorie Olster

August 17, 2018 |

The New York Times |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Morocco, Douar Laadam

Project Soar is trying to get more young girls in Morocco to finish school, and it’s working. The nonprofit offers after school programs and tutoring to teenage girls, in hopes they continue their education and don’t get married at a young age. “This academic support has increased the passing rate for girls in Project Soar to 73 percent compared with the average passing rate of 44 percent for ninth grade girls in the Marrakesh region, according to the American Embassy in Morocco.” Around 475 girls have benefited from the project.

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Nonprofit's double-decker bus puts eco-education on the road

Jessica Peralta

August 16, 2018 |

Los Angeles Times |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, San Juan, California

The San Juan Capistrano-based Ecology Center has taken its "green"-centric experiences on the road in the form of a 32-foot-long, 14-foot-tall double-decker bus called Road Trip. It has a prep kitchen and multiple stations designed for hands-on ecological workshops.

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The Conflict of Interest That Is Killing Recycling

David Bornstein

August 15, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Recycling is having a moment of reckoning across the United States as many people continue to dispose of garbage in recycle bins. Mitch Hedlund, executive director of Recycle Across America, explains that a lack of public outreach and education is to blame. Through implementing a labeling system, however, the organization has seen an uptick in people successfully designating their trash to the correct bin.

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Closing the ‘Perception Gap': With 3 in 5 Teachers Saying Students Are Not at Grade Level on First Day of School, New Digital Tool Offers Parents a ‘Readiness Check'

Esmeralda Fabián Romero

August 13, 2018 |

The 74 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

A new "readiness check" digital tool, available in English and Spanish, gives parents realtime feedback about whether their child is prepared to enter the next grade level and provides resources and activities to practice if a child is behind in English or math subjects. By offering a concrete, standardized assessment, the tool gives parents the data they need to advocate on behalf of their child and ensure teachers are aware of areas where a child may need extra support before they even enter the teacher's classroom on the first day of school.

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School Started by Refugee Students Now One of Uganda's Best

Tonny Onyulo

August 09, 2018 |

Al-Fanar Media |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda

In 2005 refugee youth at the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, founded the Coburwas school in order to provide students with a better education. Now, it is one of the best performing schools in the camps, ranking in the top four nationally, and has about 530 students. More importantly, students get a quality education, which is hard to come by at the camp where many of the schools are low performing.

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'A perfect circle of helping': 3 nonprofits join forces to feed people in Kensington

Michaela Winberg

August 08, 2018 |

Billy Penn |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In Philadelphia, a collaboration between three nonprofits is providing 500 free lunches, both filling a gap in nonprofit service on Friday afternoons and giving those recently entered into recovery for addiction a task and sense of purpose. How does it work? The Sunday LOVE Project, a hunger nonprofit, delivers extra food to First Stop Recovery, an addiction recovery center, where residents assemble and pack lunches. Those lunches are then delivered to people with addictions at Prevention Point Philadelphia.

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Preschool playgroups offer rural families a head start on school

Liz Bell

August 08, 2018 |

The Hechinger Report |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Rocky Mount, North Carolina

In rural North Carolina, an organization holds bi-monthly playgroups to teach parents about the importance of "basic interactions between parents and their kids." Based on the principle of "child-directed play," the research-backed programming allows parents to connect and share and helps students prepare for the unfamiliar social setting of kindergarten.

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How a New Generation Is Saving Zambia's Lions

Vanessa Serrao

August 08, 2018 |

National Geographic |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Zambia

Poachers are causing the population of lions in Zambia to decline at rapid rate. Conservationists working with the Zambian Carnivore Program are not only actively tracking the lions, but also teaching students about the importance of the species and how to contribute to the research in order to inspire the next generation to continue protecting wildlife.

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