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  • Small Town, Big Success With Reentry Program

    March 06, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Castle, Pennsylvania

    Jail-to-Jobs, a program with one employee, has helped more than 260 formerly incarcerated people find full-time jobs. Created by a district attorney who saw former felons struggling to be considered for openings, the program links local companies with insurance and support in order to promote hiring.

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  • طالبة تطور اختراعا فاز بجائزة دولية لمكافحة السحب السوداء في مصر

    March 06, 2017 |

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    Response Location: Egypt

    توصلت طالبة إلى طريقة للاستجابة لتلوث الهواء في مصر الناجم جزئيًا عن حرق مزارعين لقش الأرز. إذ لاحظت أن درجة حرارة حرق النفايات الزراعية هي ذاتها التي تستخدم عند تقطير المياه، وثم يمكن معالجة الغازات المنبعثة من العملية لإنتاج وقود حيوي، وسماد، وفيتامين ب وطاقة كهرومائية.

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  • This county slashed sugary drink sales

    March 06, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    With rates of childhood obesity increasing around the county, Howard County, Maryland, launched a three-year media campaign to combat sugary drink sales. After looking at data, researchers conclude that soda sales in the area have reduced by nearly 20%. The effort is one of the first of its kind, mirroring efforts to reduce tobacco consumption.

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  • 'To focus on young adults who are in prison is very cutting edge'

    March 05, 2017 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    The state of Connecticut is partnering with the Vera Institute of Justice to creating a new model of incarceration for young people ages 18 to 25. That state has created four integration centers to help inmates transition back to the community and opened a unit for young male prisoners who are mentored by those serving life sentences. They engage in circle-based conversations daily to promote communication and curtail conflict within the correctional center.

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  • STEM: Teaching critical thinking for the new age

    March 05, 2017 |

    Arizona Daily Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Flagstaff, Arizona

    Flagstaff STEM City partners schools with professionals and creates kits that teachers can use to bring science into the classroom, teaching students and parents how to think critically and search out information through the application of real world skills like the culinary arts, mechanics, and childcare.

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  • Building Better Cities

    March 05, 2017 |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Cali, Valle del Cauca

    By 2050 the percentage of the world's population living in cities will increase to two-thirds with significant environmental strains. In Colombia, a company called Conceptos Plasticos collects recyclable plastic material, melts it down and moulds it into bricks used to build houses for the local community. Singapore too, is on the cutting edge of environmentally sustainable urban solutions including vertical farms and living buildings.

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  • How China is Cleaning its Air

    March 05, 2017 |

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    Response Location: China, Beijing, Jingjinji

    Air pollution is a huge problem for China, but surprisingly, the Air Quality Index in several cities is improving because of a variety of experimental projects that are being rolled out and a number of clever pollution solutions from around the country.

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  • Role play: teaching gender equality in India

    March 03, 2017 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: India

    In India gender inequality and stereotype perpetuation have been barriers to reaching equality, Gulika Reddy tried to implement changes and work with adults but these ideas were so firmly entrenched that they could not adjust to other ideology. Thus, she started 'Schools of Equality' where children receive lessons (in their regular schools) and creatively engage in analysis and discussion of gender equality issues in order to help shape more equal perspectives at an earlier age.

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  • Is your kid absent more than classmates? School ‘nudge' letters tell parents just how much

    March 02, 2017 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Tacoma, Washington

    Adapting tactics that have helped persuade homeowners to use less electricity by comparing them to their neighbors, schools in Tacoma and other school districts across the nation are trying to boost student attendance with “nudge” letters. These nudges compare students’ attendance rates with school and district averages. Research has shown that the nudges reduces chronic absenteeism.

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  • In a Rust Belt Town Where Tuition Is Covered, Economy Begins to Revive

    March 02, 2017 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    For over 10 years, a non-profit in Kalamazoo, Michigan has been covering 65 to 100 percent of college costs for local public school students. Kalamazoo Promise, which has inspired similar programs throughout the country, aims to retain and increase the city's population (after dropping numbers in recent decades) and improve college attendance and completion rates. So far, high school dropout rates have declined and more Kalamazoo students are enrolling in college. Furthermore, the improvements have been the same for low-income and minority students as for middle-income and white students.

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