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  • These Activists Were Fed Up With The Education System, So They Came Up With Their Own 

    September 12, 2017 |

    GOOD Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    There are numerous problems with the education system, and the Red Bull Amaphiko Academy helps activists figure out how to tackle these issues. From racism to trauma survivors, these activists have started movements dedicated to helping improve conditions.

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  • How Philly plans to ditch cash bail and what stands in the way

    September 11, 2017 |

    Billy Penn |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A candidate for district attorney in Philadelphia is pushing to do away with cash bail entirely as other places have done, including Washington D.C., and New Jersey. Both of those places have seen their jail populations drop, and Philadelphia has taken some initial steps that reduce pre-trial populations in jail, but it faces a number of challenges in implementing no-cash bail. Those include getting widespread buy-in and a conservative legislature.

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  • Taking Advantage Of Behavioral Economics Can Get Aid To More People In Poverty

    September 05, 2017 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    To successfully address some of our most pressing social, economic, and health issues, simply making resources available is not always enough. Behavioral science is helping non-profits and other organizations to leverage natural human traits and tendencies to increase successful adoption of life-improving initiatives in fields from healthcare to development finance.

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  • Argentinians Are So Sick of the Media, They're Inventing Their Own

    September 03, 2017 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: Argentina

    In Argentina, where less than half the country trusts media and most believe mainstream media to be biased, many people are creating their own forms of media. One collective, DTL! Comunicacion Popular, assembles antennas and trains citizen journalists to subvert the country's media monopoly.

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  • The low-cost device saving newborns in India

    August 30, 2017 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Indore

    A neonatal hospital in Indore, India has been using a device called a MiraCradle that is showing success in treating birth asphyxia. This low-cost solution is helping to address a significant problem of neonatal deaths in the country and is also now being used in South Africa.

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  • Ontario celebrates diversity, but still works to close achievement gaps

    August 29, 2017 |

    Keystone Crossroads |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    Part 2 of the "Equity or Bust: Are Ontario's Public Schools a Model for Pennsylvania" Series: Ontario has become widely lauded for its education system, celebrated for both high performance and relatively smaller achievement gaps between wealthy and poor students, particularly compared to the system in Pennsylvania. Keys to Ontario's success include celebrating diversity and catering education modules to the varied backgrounds of their students, as well as increased parent-teacher involvement.

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  • A system of support: How Ontario sets its teachers up to succeed

    August 29, 2017 |

    Keystone Crossroads |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    Part 3 of the "Equity or Bust: Are Ontario's Public Schools a Model for Pennsylvania" Series: Ontario is widely lauded for its education system, celebrated for both high performance and relatively smaller achievement gaps between wealthy and poor students. One of the key factors to their success is rigorous preparation of and support for their teachers. Pennsylvania, meanwhile, struggles to find and retain educators.

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  • No Room on a Bike Rack? Not a Problem for These Smart Bikes

    August 28, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    Bike share programs have helped decrease pollution and traffic in urban areas. However dockless city bike programs are now threatening bike docking stations because they are cheaper and more accessible. Dockless bike programs rely on apps for users to find the nearest available bikes. This new technology and dockless system of bike-share still need to prove that they are a better alternative.

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  • Trauma and transitions: How San Diego grapples with educating refugees.

    August 28, 2017 |

    Investigative Reporting Workshop |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    San Diego County public schools have a large number of refugee students and changes such as lowering noise levels (such as school bells) that triggered post-traumatic stress, reducing class sizes, providing daily teacher consistency, and integrating language and academic instruction has helped them feel more comfortable and fill the gaps in their education. Not all of the interventions have led to academic success, but schools are juggling very limited budgets to address the specific needs of refugee students, including extra English language instruction and counseling services.

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  • We Went to a 'Form-a-Palooza,' a Hackathon for Better Paperwork

    August 08, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    The forms required to receive social services can be long and difficult to navigate, despite their essential nature for many people in need. In D.C., a new team meant to coordinate innovation across agencies gathered wonks and interested residents to figure out how to make those forms clearer and easier to use.

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