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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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  • A Better Way to Teach Math

    David Bornstein

    April 18, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    Can we improve the methods we use to teach math in schools — so that everyone develops proficiency? A grade-school math program is changing how children learn based on the assumption that all children can achieve a high level of understanding.

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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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  • The Power of Partnerships

    David Bornstein

    March 10, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Some problems are simply too complex to solve with any single approach. The “collective impact” strategy of creating alliances of civic and business leaders is being applied to social problems across the nation.

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  • Coming Together to Give Schools a Boost

    David Bornstein

    March 07, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    A 2006 report noted that Ohio and Kentucky were lagging behind other states in college attainment rates - community leaders were concerned about remaining competitive in a global economy. A group of leaders in the Cincinnati area are improving school systems by using data for progress, not punishment.

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  • A Network of Support

    David Bornstein

    February 25, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    It’s now common for youth to remain in foster care or residential treatment for years. For troubled or victimized children in need, assistance at home is often more effective than foster placement.

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  • A Families-First Approach to Foster Care

    David Bornstein

    February 21, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    The foster care system is widely acknowledged to be 'broken', and to ignore those who age out of the system. A program in Memphis is improving the lives of at-risk youths by working to reunite them with their original families.

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  • Making the Text-to-Mom Connection

    David Bornstein

    February 11, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Text4baby is a free service that sends text messages to pregnant women, and new mothers to provide them with useful tips to keep themselves and their babies healthy. This solution involves many different types of organizations such as for-profit health care providers, nonprofit community groups, wireless carriers, and government agencies. This program shows how you get a country — with all its diverse institutional strengths — to work as a team.

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  • Mothers-to-Be Are Getting the Message

    David Bornstein

    February 07, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Martinsville, Virginia

    An average of 28,000 children born in the U.S. each year die before their first birthday – and many more face disabilities and serious life-long health problems, often because they are born prematurely or at low birth weights. A free service, text4baby, delivers crucial health advice via text message to pregnant women and new mothers.

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