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  • San Francisco Had an Ambitious Plan to Tackle School Segregation. It Made It Worse.

    April 25, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    San Francisco's choice-based enrollment process, once heralded as a solution to the city's segregated schools, is now called "a cautionary tale" by most local parents. The system gives preference to residents of neighborhoods with low test scores. Among other issues, such as incomplete transit options, this system fails to account for rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods where affluent residents are increasingly living in historically low test score zones.

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  • Could a regional approach to teacher home visits work in King County? It has in Dallas and Fort Worth.

    April 25, 2019 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Teacher home visits have been hailed as a strategy to improve student performance; however, in areas where students regularly move across district lines, a regional home-visit approach may be necessary. The Dallas-Fort Worth area has emerged as one model.

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  • In D.C., a call for restaurants to give fasting Muslims an alternative to IHOP in Ramadan

    April 25, 2019 |

    Religion News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Being inclusive involves demonstrating consideration and making space for the traditions and customs of others. To encourage these practices among businesses and restaurants in the Washington D.C. area with regard to the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, Katherine Ashworth Brandt started Dine After Dark. Currently, the nonprofit partners with Martha’s Table, offering additional meals during designated hours.

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  • Coming home: How offender re-entry programs increase job placement and decrease recidivism

    April 25, 2019 |

    WGME-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Windham, Maine

    Maine's only offender re-entry program for women in Windham is on its way to replicate the success of similar programs in Texas and Nevada. Federal justice research has shown that offenders that go through re-entry programs are less likely to reoffend and more likely to hold down a steady job. The Windham program works towards this through their education program that incorporates students from local colleges as well as utilizing a collection of best practices developed by similar programs.

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  • Creating a high-tech island to save one of the world's rarest birds

    April 25, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: New Zealand, Little Barrier Island

    After a rare flightless parrot called kākāpō almost went extinct in 1995, scientists in New Zealand created a high-tech sanctuary for the birds on three nearby islands. They eliminate all possible predators from the island, use data-tracking tags for health information, and supplement their efforts with artificial insemination to ensure that the birds' species starts to grow again. 2019 is already a record year for kākāpō breeding, and the scientists' methods are even being replicated elsewhere to bring back other endangered species.

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  • Youth Voter Turnout Is Already Ridiculously High In Colorado. State House Democrats Want It Even Higher

    April 24, 2019 |

    Colorado Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    In 2013, Colorado lawmakers passed a comprehensive voting reform bill which put a mail-in ballot in every voter's mailbox and allowed for same-day voter registration. Many credit the bill for boosting youth voting 13 percent in the past year, putting Colorado second behind Minnesota for highest youth voting turnout.

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  • How USA Today and its network of local papers prioritized investigative journalism

    April 24, 2019 |

    Poynter |

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    Response Location: United States

    Shrinking newspaper staffs that deprive communities of local news have struck the nation's largest newspaper chain, Gannett, as well. The company has responded by deploying limited resources toward stories in the public interest with the most potential impact, on such topics as hospital safety and government corruption. Local newspapers pool resources to do investigative-reporting joint projects, which then feed into the chain's national newspaper, USA Today. Some stories have inspired reform legislation.

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  • The library of things: could borrowing everything from drills to disco balls cut waste and save money?

    April 24, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: England, Oxford

    From London to Vancouver, across the globe libraries of things are popping up to rent out common, but rare-to-use, household objects. Items include telescopes, lawn mowers, ice cream makers, power drills, you name it. These volunteer-led shops take reservations online and lease the items at no or low-cost to the user, all while strengthening the sharing economy and reducing waste.

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  • Road Work Ahead: Treatment providers get creative with transportation for patients

    April 24, 2019 |

    Granite State News Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    New Hampshire has a lack of reliable public transportation which often impacts those seeking medical attention, so facilities are taking matters into their own hands. Although it's yet to be determined how long these provider's creative methods will work, that's not stopping them from trying a myriad of options such as using grant money to pay for Lyft rides.

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  • Black birth workers help moms struggling when — and after — the baby is born

    April 24, 2019 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    To better serve women of color during pregnancies and childbirth, women in Philadelphia have started offering workshops to teach about and advocate for increased understanding around the birthing experience. With statistics indicating that black women are more likely to experience complications during their pregnancies, these workshops address in a gap in care for "black women’s desires for alternative, and better, birth and postpartum experiences."

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