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Kenya's community-first climate approach lets locals pick projects

Geoffrey Kamadi

April 04, 2023 |

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Response Location: Kenya, Isiolo

The Kenyan government provides direct funding to local governments and communities to address climate change adaptation. This ensures locals have a say in the solutions and projects do not inadvertently cause harm.

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A 'game changer' for immigrants: Job-ready college classes in their native language

Debbie Truong Jeong Park Selene Rivera

April 03, 2023 |

Los Angeles Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles Community Colleges are now offering subject-matter courses taught in students’ native languages, including Spanish, Russian, and Korean. The tuition-free vocational classes allow students to earn certificates in a trade or work toward a GED, all while learning in the language they’re most comfortable speaking.

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Here's What Hawaii Can Learn From Other States On Publicly Funded Elections

Chad Blair

April 03, 2023 |

Honolulu Civil Beat |

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Response Location: United States, Maine

Maine's Clean Election Act provides public funding to political candidates who earn a certain number of small donations from voters, with the goal of making it easier for people from a wider range of demographics to run for office. In 2020, the state set a record with 63 percent of women candidates winning their races, and roughly 69 percent of the women who ran took advantage of the Clean Elections program.

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The Case for Free Jewish Day School

Mark Oppenheimer

April 03, 2023 |

Tablet Magazine |

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Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

In recent years, Jewish day schools such as TanenbaumCHAT in Toronto have worked to make their programs more affordable by leveraging philanthropy to reduce tuition and providing tools to help families calculate the financial aid available to them. In the six years since the program was launched, enrollment in TanenbaumCHAT's ninth-grade class has doubled.

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Un programa de ASU está abordando la brecha de diversidad y la retención de maestros en la fuerza laboral educativa de Arizona

Beatriz Limón

March 31, 2023 |

Arizona Luminaria |

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Response Location: United States, Arizona

Los nuevos programas educativos multilingües y multiculturales como el de la Universidad Estatal de Arizona (ASU) ayudan a preparar a los futuros maestros para satisfacer las necesidades de los estudiantes latinos y disminuir la crisis de retención de maestros en el estado.

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Tiny Bus, Big Opportunities for Immigrant Kids

Emily Tate Sullivan

March 27, 2023 |

EdSurge News |

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Response Location: United States, Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado

El Busesito, which means “the little bus” in English, operates four retrofitted buses that provide bilingual preschool education on wheels for Latino immigrant families in five neighborhoods. The free early childhood education has improved developmental progress and school readiness for the nearly 100 children it serves. Valley Settlement, the nonprofit that runs El Busesito, also offers family engagement programs for the communities.

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Can the Increase in Higher Education Diversity and Inclusion Efforts Solve Health Disparities?

Margo Snipe

March 15, 2023 |

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Response Location: United States, Providence, Rhode Island

Medical schools and public health programs have shifted some of their practices in an effort to attract more Black students, such as by removing GRE requirements and recruiting more Black faculty, and these schools have seen an influx of applications during the pandemic. One example is Brown University's Health Equity Scholars program, which offers tuition support, a paid research assistantship, and formalized mentorship to a diverse cohort each year.

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How One City Ended Prison Gerrymandering

Aaron Mendelson

March 10, 2023 |

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Response Location: United States, Wilmington, Delaware

To end prison gerrymandering, the city council in Wilmington, Delaware, counted people who are incarcerated in the local prison at their last address in the city for the 2020 Census. People who are incarcerated there but did not live in Wilmington were not counted.

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Solar for all? U.S. cities take green power to low-income homes

Carey L. Biron

March 01, 2023 |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Community solar projects like the Oxon Run Community Solar Farm in Washington D.C. give lower-income communities a chance to reduce energy bills while helping the city meet climate goals. These solar farms are typically set up on vacant lots and the electricity is directed to specific users through the grid instead of used onsite.

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Contested community college degree programs help fill job training gaps, ease student debt

Naina Rao

February 13, 2023 |

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Response Location: United States, California

A pilot program in California allows community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees programs in areas such as health information management and interaction design. In 2016-17, nearly three quarters of graduates from the pilot degree programs finished their studies without taking any loans, and about 80 percent found work within three months of graduating.

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