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  • Education lessons from Maine, New Hampshire

    April 07, 2015 |

    Vermont Public Radio |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Maine

    As Vermont struggles to create legislation regulating school district management and financial efficiency, the state looks to models in Maine and New Hampshire for guidance. In Maine, school districts have tried to save money and resources through consolidation; in New Hampshire, officials have reworked the way schooling is financed altogether.

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  • iPads < Teachers

    April 06, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

    Well-trained teachers cannot be replaced solely by technology, as has been increasingly apparent at Carpe Diem schools, where students learn largely via computers enabled with educational software.

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  • Glasgow smiles: how the city halved its murders by 'caring people into change'

    April 06, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Scotland, Glasgow

    Ten years ago, Glasgow was western Europe’s murder capital. But the Violence Reduction Unit, an offshoot of the police force, invented an offender rehabilitation strategy – borrowed from anti-gang violence initiatives spearheaded in Boston in the 1990s – that combined creative thinking with old-fashioned enforcement.

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  • Community-college students learn math by using it

    April 06, 2015 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Many students who are funneled into remedial courses don't end up completing their community college degrees. For the past decade, I-BEST has offered students a hands-on approach, connecting academic work with direct job skills training to make classroom content less theoretical. Called "the most-copied idea to come out of Washington’s community-college system," I-BEST has increased students' likelihood of learning a credential by nine times.

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  • Dutch nursing home offers rent-free housing to students

    April 05, 2015 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Netherlands, Deventer

    A Dutch nursing home brings together students and seniors with an innovative housing plan: offering rent-free apartments to students. In exchange, the students must partake in nursing home events for at least 30 hours per month as an effort to help bridge the generational gap and give senior residents a larger community.

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  • Fighting TB with a Drive-in Film and Test

    April 03, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Tanzania

    Slow test results make it difficult to stop the spread of tuberculosis. Using faster diagnostic technology and driving vans to rural areas in Tanzania, GeneXpert is making progress in treating this curable disease.

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  • The Rise of ‘Studyblrs'

    April 02, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    Students in today's technical world are now using blogging and other forms of social media, known as studyblrs, in order to help each other improve achievement through online homework help, communication, and encouragement.

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  • Ajo, Arizona: Oasis in the Desert

    April 01, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Ajo, Arizona

    Redeveloping and repurposing unused real estate provides a path toward economic revitalization. With a combination of public and private grants, the nonprofit group, International Sonoran Desert Alliance (ISDA), has purchased and redeveloped real estate in the town of Ajo, Arizona. The renovated town plaza and Curley School complex contain retail spaces, artist studios, and even house community gardens of the Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture.

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  • The irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous

    April 01, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

    For decades, the only good option for alcoholics seeking recovery was an abstinence-based 12-step program called Alcoholics Anonymous. John David Sinclair, an American neuroscientist, has developed a new method, where an alcoholic takes naltrexone one hour before drinking. The naltrexone blocks the brain's opioid receptors and prevents an alcoholics strong synaptic reward response from occurring, which allows their craving for alcohol to eventually subside.

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  • Female Veterans pose homeless challenge for VA

    April 01, 2015 |

    Women's eNews |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Female veterans are more likely to have a history of trauma, be unemployed, and be homeless. To address this disparity, the VA has started awarding grants to organizations that help female vets.

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