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  • 35% of Colorado high schoolers are earning college credit as they study for their diplomas

    December 09, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Over one-third of juniors and seniors enrolled in Colorado public high schools are also taking postsecondary education courses. The model is saving students time and financial costs and is helping to close the achievement gap between white and minority Coloradans.

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  • For Veterans in Jail, This Anti-Violence Workshop Provides Support

    December 09, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Tacoma, Washington

    The Alternatives to Violence Project, an international nonprofit, provides workshops around conflict resolution, personal growth, and other social skills to people experiencing incarceration. While a large-scale organization, individual prisons have the agency to implement the workshops. In Washington’s Pierce county, they tailor their workshops for veterans experiencing incarceration, teaching community-building, self-reflection, listening, and de-programming aggression and violence.

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  • In Alaska's Wilderness, A New Vision Of Higher Learning

    December 08, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    The Arete Project in Alaska brings together a diverse group of students to earn college credit while completing classroom-based and outdoor learning assignments. In seminars and experiential courses, students learn from each other and their unique setting.

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  • New Therapies Help Patients With Dementia Cope With Depression

    December 08, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Providing patents with manageable, meaningful activities helps address issues of depression and cognitive impairment. The approach of Problem Adaptation Therapy (PATH) focuses on giving patients tools and small activities to modify their behavior. These can include things like creating checklists, or even just scheduling time for mindfulness. The approach is proven to help patients cope with their feelings, reducing anxiety and depression.

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  • In Search of the Lost Pulse

    December 07, 2019 |

    DoR |

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    Response Location: Romania, Sibiu, Transylvania

    A private healthcare facility in Romania is helping to bring specialty surgeries to the region's children by arranging for doctors from other parts of the nation and world to convene on a rotating, but regular, basis. The surgeons, many of whom specialize in pediatric corrective surgery for congenital heart defects, perform hundreds of surgeries per year financed by the Polisano Foundation.

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  • Meet The Womanikin, The Breasted Vest Working To Close The CPR Gender Gap

    December 07, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    For a variety of reasons, women are less likely than men to receive CPR by a stranger, but an attachment for CPR dummies that gives the maniken silicone breasts is helping to break barriers. This phenomenon is seen worldwide, so this Womanikin training tool is being piloted in several countries with the hope of decreasing the stigma around offering help to a woman in cardiac arrest.

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  • How Do You Solve A Problem Like Lead Pipes? Lessons From Cities Getting It Done

    December 07, 2019 |

    WBEZ |

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    Response Location: United States, Gary, Indiana

    Chicago has thousands of miles of lead pipes supplying water to homes and business, and they all need to be replaced because of the risk of contaminating drinking water. Although this task is difficult, three other cities in the nation have projects underway that are providing a model for Chicago to consider.

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  • Power Struggle

    December 07, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Humboldt County, California

    The Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe in California installed its own small-scale electrical supply grid using solar panels and Tesla batteries to make their community more resilient to energy disruptions and lower carbon dioxide emissions. This proved useful during the 2019 wildfire season when utility companies shut down power for millions of residents. The tribe is now helping other Native reserves to build their own microgrid systems.

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  • Can a diverse neighborhood now integrate its schools? In Mount Airy, it's happening.

    December 06, 2019 |

    The Notebook |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A diverse neighborhood in Philadelphia is working to make its local public schools reflect the same diversity. By working with community partners and ensuring black and white parent voices both help shape the school, the community is trying to find a balance between improving the local resource and preventing any displacement of the longstanding school population. The model is showing early promise.

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  • Counseling minus the counselor

    December 06, 2019 |

    The Beacon Today |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    Online counseling websites that utilize the practice of cognitive behavioral therapy are helping teenagers and young adults access services they may need during challenging times. Psychologists do caution that these aren't replacements for face-to-face therapy, but that they do help when in-person options are not available or feasible.

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