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  • Mobilizing the Playground Movement

    June 13, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Despite overwhelming evidence that play is vital for children’s physical, emotional and cognitive development, in recent decades, due to many factors, children’s outdoor play opportunities have declined markedly. For 15 years, KaBOOM! has been leading playground construction around the country, mostly in neighborhoods where at least 70 percent of children qualify for the federal government’s free and reduced-cost lunch program.

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  • Class Struggle: India's Experiment in Schooling Tests Rich and Poor

    June 04, 2011 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    The country of India has long suffered from extreme income inequalities, with many poor children growing up with lackluster education. The Right to Education Act, passed in 2009, requires elite private schools to admit 25% low-income or disabled children. The law's success is measured at the Shri Ram School in New Delhi, and some wealthy families are unsatisfied with its inclusiveness.

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  • Publishers as Partners in Literacy

    May 19, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    First Book Marketplace, which makes quality, new books affordable for children in low-income families, is providing not only improved access to engaging educational materials, but a sense of dignity and self worth that a hodgepodge of used, donated books cannot. Additionally, the books are often used by nonprofits to further create opportunities for family bonding and to stimulate children's development.

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  • A Book in Every Home, and Then Some

    May 16, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Lack of reading material is not only a third-world problem – many poor families in the United States lack access to and funds for books. A program that helps get books to into the homes of low-income families can boost literacy, and help publishers, too.

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  • Beyond the Business Suit

    January 28, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    For young people, learning the social norms of the office is crucial for survival in the new economy. Year Up is an organization that is unusually successful at preparing young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds for jobs in big companies.

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  • Going Big

    September 26, 2008 |

    This American Life |

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    Response Location: United States, Harlem, New York

    Studies show the educational divide between affluent and poor people starts early on, before the age of 3, when children learn cognitive and emotional skills that are difficult to almost impossible to learn later as adults. In Central Harlem, parents were not applying methods that stimulate a child’s early development. So, Geoffrey Canada created Harlem’s Children Zone, an 8-week program where parents learn how to help their children. He also expanded his program to include charter schools. The first group of third graders had reading scores above the state average.

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