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  • This Woman Is Single-Handedly Eradicating Child Marriage from Malawi

    March 19, 2018 |

    Marie Claire |

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    Response Location: Malawi, Dedza District

    Since beginning office Senior Chief Theresa Kachindamoto, tribal ruler of the Dedza District in central Malawi had one mission: To end child marriages. “In 2017 alone, the chief annulled some 200 child marriages in her district. During her 14-year reign, she has terminated the marriages of roughly 2,600 child brides and helped the girls finish their education, often by subsidizing their school.”

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  • At 25, Running Start is a success. Now it must attract students who need it the most.

    March 15, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Washington state boasts one of the country's most established and successful dual-credit programs, allowing students to earn college credits while still in high school (at no cost). Some participants even graduate high school with an associates degree, significantly cutting potential student loans. Now the nationally recognized program is turning to face its own limitations - how can it increase access for low-income students, who only made up 5 percent of the 2016-2017 cohort?

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  • Here's one of the best things schools can do to prevent mass shootings

    March 14, 2018 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, New Bedford, Massachusetts

    As gun violence continues to threaten schools across the country, school districts have stepped up to put preventative measures in place. One such measure are threat assessment teams, comprised of mental health professionals, teachers, and law enforcement, who work to proactively identify students that may be a potential threat. In doing so, they seek to address issues like bullying or problems at home that may cause students to turn to violence in the first place.

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  • Fukushima powers toward 100% goal on renewables as grid and cost woes linger

    March 11, 2018 |

    The Japan Times |

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    Response Location: Japan, Fukushima, Ōkuma

    Despite the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011, the region is working diligently towards reaching a goal of being 100 percent renewable energy efficient by 2040. Through a series of pilot programs as well as partnerships, the region has gained strong community buy in as well as central government and business support.

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  • Helping Montgomery Families Initiative seeks comprehensive approach to truancy, suspensions

    March 09, 2018 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

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    Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

    Inspired by Mobile, Alabama's own program, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office is implementing a crime prevention program that identifies students missing school and intervenes with informational meetings and home visits. Since the Mobile program began in 2003, over 4,000 children have benefited from the services. District Attorney Daryl Bailey noted, "It’s a proactive program in terms of law enforcement, which is unusual."

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  • Mansfield follows lead of cities transformed by America in Bloom

    March 08, 2018 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    It is often hard to build up cities when they are filled with blight. Three cities in Ohio are benefitting from America in Bloom, a program that gives awards based on community improvement initiatives. Already in Mansfield, Logan, and Gallipolis, America in Bloom awards encourage volunteerism and garner enthusiasm around community beautification initiatives.

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  • Three years in, an ambitious experiment to improve the odds for kids at one elementary school is scaling back

    March 08, 2018 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    A Colorado nonprofit takes a "place-based" approach to improving student outcomes. By offering wraparound social and educational services, Blocks of Hope aims "to flood a carefully defined geographic area with services in the hopes of touching a critical mass of residents, usually around 60 percent." On its third anniversary, the trumpeted program has started to lose steam, running up against the realities of a gentrifying neighborhood and funding shortages.

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  • Crowded cities search for nature-based solutions for residents' well-being

    March 05, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Italy, Milan

    A new investment project, worth almost 11.4 million euro, is creating public green spaces in concrete jungles across Europe. The projects include green roofs, parks, street trees, and more, all worked on in collaboration with local governments and organizations -- but concerns exist about their overall impact and the possibility of what some have termed "green gentrification."

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  • Getting a GED while still enrolled in high school

    March 05, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) partners with local high schools to reengage "under-credited, over-age students" who haven't graduated from high school. Counselors prepare students for the High School Equivalency Test and lay out an individual path for each student to pursue after earning their certification. YEP aims to reach young adults who have given up on education, sometimes for a matter of years : “We want to stop that disconnection, catch them before they become opportunity youth,” Jerome Jupiter, a former teacher who holds a leadership role at YEP, said.

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  • Instagram art project spreads awareness about femicides in Mexico

    March 02, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Mexico

    The project No estamos todas (“We are not all here”) was founded to call attention to rising rate of female homicide victims in Mexico as well as to commemorate victim’s lives. Artists are commissioned to make a woman’s portrait—often incorporating aspects of their lives—and these portraits are shared on the project’s Instagram account. Since November of 2017, over 80 portraits have been made and shared.

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