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  • How Denver's Disability Activists Transformed the City

    July 01, 2018 |

    5280 - The Denver Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Disability activists have used nonviolent direct action for decades, including lying in the street to protest inaccessible public transit and crawling up the steps of the U.S. Capital to support the Americans with Disabilities Act. “We have never gone out a door that we do not have a solution for,” says ADAPT member Dawn Russell. “That’s ADAPT 101.”

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  • Mobile Drivers' Licenses to Debut in Iowa This Year

    July 01, 2018 |

    Government Technology |

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    Response Location: United States, Iowa

    Iowans will soon store their drivers’ licenses on their smartphones rather than in their wallets. The state is moving forward after a pilot project demonstrated the promise of going digital. Several more states are considering similar programs.

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  • After Decades of Reform, Has Chicago Finally Learned How to Fix Education?

    July 01, 2018 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    In 2017, researchers found that Chicago elementary and middle school students were improving their test scores at a faster pace than almost all of their peers nationwide. Reflecting on this surprising statistic and lessons learned from 30 years of education reform experimentation, CPS points to its emphasis on high quality principal development and teacher mentoring programs as one of the most crucial factors in the turnaround.

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  • A chemical breakthrough could eat the plastic pollution crisis

    July 01, 2018 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: United States, East Menlo Park, California

    When plastics are recycled with remnants of food or grease on them, they are discarded due to market regulations, thus adding to the world's trash problem. One researcher has found a solution to account for these: a bacteria that liquefies the contaminated materials.

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  • How an Unknown Reformer Rescued One of America's Most Troubled School Districts

    June 30, 2018 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

    In his five years as superintendent of Camden public schools, Paymon Rouhanifard shepherded in a new era of increasing graduation and decreasing suspension rates. Rouhanifard "avoided the extremes of zigzagging educational trends" and combined his background as both a politician and an educator to offer up a long term path to improvement, one that took into consideration the fate of public and charter schools alike. As Rouhanifard moves on, he leaves a unique legacy, one he hopes will prove resistant to the whims of short-term education reform trends.

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  • None of the Above

    June 30, 2018 |

    Kerning Cultures |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Because Middle Easterners are classified as “white” in the U.S. Census, their specific needs and identities are not disaggregated. This lack of visibility may prevent discriminatory treatment, but it also impacts the allocation of government resources and leaves many feeling unrepresented in their country. The Arab American Institute is again pushing for change ahead of the 2020 survey, an effort that has now spanned decades.

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  • Data tracking changing Uganda's health care

    June 30, 2018 |

    New Vision |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Amalotor

    In Uganda, a biometric human resources tracking system cuts down on absenteeism in healthcare. The simple tracking system means that regularly absent health care providers see consequences for not doing their jobs. The system has improved healthcare in Uganda and other nations where it is implemented.

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  • Immigrant Farmers Revive Dormant Greenhouse to Grow Food From Home

    June 29, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Kent, Washington

    In a small town south of Seattle an organization called Living Well Kent, made up of immigrants, refugees, and people of color who dominate the region, decided that the best way to promote health in their area would be to start a farmers' market. Now, immigrant farmers grow crops in previously abandoned greenhouses to supply the farmers market and support the local food bank.

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  • Microbial Magic Could Help Slash Your Dinner's Carbon Footprint

    June 29, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States

    "What if we could help plants make their own nitrogen so they wouldn't need manmade chemical fertilizers?" That was the question that drove a plant microbiologist at the University of Washington to begin testing ways to infuse microbes that live inside trees into other plants to promote sustainable agriculture. The early results show not only healthier plants, but a more plentiful production.

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  • Brazil's audacious plan to fight poverty using neuroscience and parents' love

    June 29, 2018 |

    Quartz |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Brazil

    Criança Feliz (Happy Child), is a parent-coaching program that was launched in Brazil in 2017 to help parents and children build healthier relationships. The program works by sending skilled social workers to the most financially disadvantaged regions of Brazil to help parents learn the importance of play, emotional interaction and well-being, and how to stimulate intellectual development through interactive activities. The program has already reached 300,000 families.

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