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  • Treating Student Teachers Like Doctors-In-Training

    June 08, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Emporia, Kansas

    Tired of seeing ill-prepared teachers, Kansas’ Emporia State University has adopted an “all hands on deck” approach to training their students.

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  • Zanzibar's 'Solar Mamas' flip the switch on rural homes, gender roles

    June 05, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Matemwe, Zanzibar

    In Zanzibar, hundreds of households too poor and remote to have access to the electrical grid are getting low cost solar power for the first time, from a group of local female engineers trained by and Indian NGO. It's the first of several "solar mamas" projects planned for parts of rural Africa, and it's turning some traditional gender roles on their head.

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  • Myanmar's Smart Farmers & Saving Mozambique's Forests

    May 13, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Myanmar, Yangon, Yangon Region

    The effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels and hotter global temperatures, are already having drastic impact on many communities, especially the rural, agricultural regions of countries such as Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Mozambique. Earthrise explores how people in these communities are learning new skills, implementing new techniques, and are striving in every way possible to adapt to these environmental changes while creating hope for sustainable growth in the future.

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  • The world is 4 million teachers short. Here's how to solve that.

    May 08, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Central African Republic

    The developing world lacks teachers, doctors, and mental health care workers. A professor in London suggests training capable civilians via online classes and chats to quickly and effectively fill these needs.

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  • 'Recovery is work; work is recovery'

    May 03, 2015 |

    Newark Advocate |

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    Response Location: United States, Newark, Ohio

    Research shows that successful addiction recovery requires a comprehensive approach and multiple types of support. Ohio is in the midst of shifting its approach to vocational rehabilitation to an evidence-based approach focusing on providing close employment support, rapid job search and placement services, and emphasizes that "work is not the result of treatment and recovery but integral to both."

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  • Anchored in hope: How Toronto is learning from Cleveland's return to prosperity

    April 18, 2015 |

    Toronto Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    After decades of economic and social despair that once saw it named the poorest big city in America, Cleveland has become a model of revitalization, thanks to a unique “anchor strategy” that harnesses the immense wealth and power of the city’s public institutions.

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  • What if a high school diploma guaranteed a highly paid job?

    March 25, 2015 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Waco, Texas

    A new vocational school in Waco makes a promise to its graduates: A good-paying job. The school focuses on blue-collar skills with a practical edge, ensuring employability.

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  • Rebuilding the Rust Belt

    February 19, 2015 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    For years, one of Cleveland's poorest neighborhoods seemed unalterable no matter how many government programs and well-meaning philanthropies got involved; a place where abject poverty, joblessness and crime reinforce the racism in a city long divided, and where infants still die at a higher rate than almost anywhere else in the country. But a former CIA executive and a new breed of lettuce are transforming the poorest parts of the Rust Belt city.

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  • How to Create a Tech Startup Scene If You're Not in Silicon Valley

    December 23, 2014 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Creating a synergy between the various stakeholders in a city’s economic performance leads to success. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the tech industry is thriving thanks to cross-sector collaborations between the region’s universities, businesses, and local government. By working together, entities like Carnegie Mellon University, the Pittsburgh Technology Council, the Ben Franklin Technology Partners, and Keystone Innovation Zone program have created a space that is attractive to financial capital and the growing tech sector.

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  • Across the ocean, discerning Japanese customers take to Silky Pork

    December 10, 2014 |

    The News & Observer |

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    Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

    After the success of North Carolina pork in Japan, the NC department of agriculture aims to help other local producers try their products in this foreign market to stimulate the state's economy.

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