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  • The Cuban Literacy Campaign

    June 02, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: Cuba, La Habana, Artemisa

    More than fifty years ago, Cuba eradicated widespread illiteracy in one calendar year, and its literacy rate still leads the world. They achieved it by sending "brigades" of teachers and students to teach adults and children for two weeks.

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  • Keeping mental health patients stable and out of jail

    June 02, 2015 |

    Marketplace |

    Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Like the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams that help seriously mentally ill people avoid costly long-term hospital stays, Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) teams try to help the same population avoid jail also. By providing intensive case management to avoid the pitfalls that lead to criminal charges, and connecting people living in the community with needed services, these teams have shown early indications that their patients spend less time in both jails and hospitals. They are more expensive than outpatient clinics, but in the long run may be cheaper than hospitals and jails.

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  • In Colorado, Teaching to a Changing Climate

    June 02, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Telluride, Colorado

    Colorado has had challenges teaching climate change to elementary and secondary school students because of political divisiveness. Regional advocacy groups and professionals manage to teach climate change through engaging field trips, filmmaking, and outdoor learning.

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  • How San Antonio is solving the truancy problem

    June 02, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Over the last five years, while other cities in Texas have come under intense scrutiny for truancy policies that subject children as young as 12 to adult criminal charges, and turn their convictions into a revenue stream without having much effect on attendance rates, San Antonio has been in the middle of a bold experiment to find a better way. Working with the city government and school districts, the municipal court in this booming, young, largely Latino metropolis has changed its truancy policies to keep kids out of court.

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  • The controversial method that helped turn one of America's most murderous cities into one of its safest

    June 01, 2015 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    The Office of Neighborhood Safety in Richmond, CA took a radical new approach to urban violence by creating mechanisms to financially stabilize perpetrators of violent acts in crime-ridden neighborhoods - essentially paying people not to kill. They have been dramatically successful at weening violent criminals off the destructive behavior by using a comprehensive approach that includes using solid data, employing mentors with similar backgrounds to the criminals, and monetary incentives.

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  • Why is India flipping over Ultimate Frisbee?

    June 01, 2015 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai, Maharashtra

    Ultimate Frisbee is, in the Indian context, one of the few sports where men and women play on the same team, building gender equality through play.

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  • India's independent farmers embrace organic

    May 31, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: India, Chaina, Punjab

    As India's government promotes organic exports, farmers in Punjab have non-economic reasons for avoiding pesticides: Their health.

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  • Can tweeters be tamed?

    May 31, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In an age of uncivil social media, a simple tweet can bring a torrent of threats and taunts. Online groups – digital vigilantes – are uncovering the anonymous people behind many of the taunts, and many states are trying to reboot the parameters of online behavior by outlawing various forms of cyberharassment.

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  • How a School Network Helps Immigrant Kids Learn

    May 30, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A nonprofit organization, the Internationals Network for Public Schools, delivers a first-class education to the children of illegal immigrants, helping to break the cycle of poverty and provide them a path to advance in life.

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  • Aided by the Sea, Israel Overcomes an Old Foe: Drought

    May 29, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Israel

    Israel has grappled with crippling drought for years. But people have learned to use Mediterranean sea water and recycled wastewater to provide the country with enough water for all its needs.

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