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  • 'Transformative': More college programs are slowly coming into prisons

    Amanda Hernández

    April 29, 2024 |

    Stateline |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The United States Department of Education made federal Pell Grants available to college students who are incarcerated to help cover school expenses. This spurred the development of new prison education programs and partnerships with colleges.

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  • ‘Ruthless in our pursuit of equity:' Inside Denver's Black Student Success work

    Melanie Asmar

    April 29, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    To better serve Black students, Joe Shoemaker Elementary School uses “equity cohorts.” Teachers select four to seven students of color who are reading below grade level and then focus on building relationships with them, helping to nurture their social and academic skills. Over the past two years, they’ve seen improved test scores and reading levels among students who participated.

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  • Street to Class: NGO Provides Free Education, Transforms Lives

    Toheeb Babalola

    April 29, 2024 |

    African Change Stories |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Magboro, Ogun State

    Dolly Stars School is a tuition-free school run by the Dolly Children Foundation, which helps students who have been out of the education system get back on track with their studies. The foundation has programs in 30 communities that have reached more than 23,000 out-of-school children.

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  • Inside the Icelandic plant turning CO2 into rocks

    Adrienne Murray

    April 28, 2024 |

    BBC |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Iceland

    A direct carbon capture plant in Iceland sucks carbon dioxide out of the air, mixes it with water, and pumps it underground to help combat climate change. When the mixture reaches the basalt bedrock, it causes a chemical reaction that turns the carbon into a solid so it can be stored underground in the porous rock.

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  • Citec como agente de soluciones climáticas

    María A. Carrasquilla R.

    April 27, 2024 |

    La Estrella de Panamá |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Panama

    El Centro de Innovación, Investigación y Tecnología Hidroambiental (Citec) realiza proyectos e investigaciones de forma independiente, utilizando tecnologías de punta y disruptivas, que buscan respuestas a los cambios ambientales. Incorpora investigadores panameños y colabora con universidades locales y internacionales para destacar varias iniciativas.

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  • Journalist Changes Rural Women's Story With Mushroom Farming

    Rhonet Atwiine

    April 26, 2024 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Rwanda, Kabuga

    The Simbula Ventures Initiative unites women from various communities and teaches them how to grow mushrooms. The Initiative teaches the women how to grow mushrooms with agricultural waste, yielding a harvest in about 18-21 days. The women can then use the mushrooms to cook for their families or sell them to make a profit, providing them with a sense of economic empowerment.

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  • Mexico's Floating Gardens Are an Ancient Wonder of Sustainable Farming

    Peter Yeung

    April 26, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

    Farmers in Mexico are keeping a 1,000-year-old tradition alive to produce reliable yields of healthy crops despite facing historic droughts. They're using chinampas, which are man-made “floating gardens” created by placing soil from the lake on top of reeds and grasses.

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  • A lifeline for orphaned children in Taraba

    Yahuza Bawage

    April 26, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Jalingo, Taraba State

    The United Methodist Church in Nigeria Orphanage provides children who have lost their parents with a place to live, education, and healthcare.

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  • Philly Is Giving Free SEPTA Rides to 25,000 Low-Income Residents. No Strings Attached.

    Maylin Tu

    April 26, 2024 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A pilot program in Philadelphia is providing low-income residents with unlimited free rides on public transportation, which they may not otherwise be able to afford. Participants did not need to apply and were selected by lottery or through community-based organizations.

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  • Results are in for a Los Angeles cool pavement experiment

    Ysabelle Kempe

    April 26, 2024 |

    Smart Cities Dive |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Pacoima, California

    A partnership between local nonprofit Climate Resolve and roofing and waterproofing manufacturer GAF covered 700,000 square feet of dark asphalt surfaces with a solar-reflective coating to help keep residents cool in the summer. Research found that during an extreme heat event, the area with the pavement coating saw ambient temperatures 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than an adjacent neighborhood.

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