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  • How One School Is Using House Calls to Keep Kids Learning During the Pandemic

    Every Wednesday, the Culture Team at Achievement Preparatory Academy in Washington, D.C. makes house calls to help battle chronic absenteeism. The team celebrates some students for improvements and perfect attendance, helps motivate others who are falling behind, and maintains contact with others who just need a little push.

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  • The Fight to Change Social Studies in Nebraska

    Students and educators in Nebraska are driving the change to change history curriculum to reflect history that places more emphasis on the narratives on indigenous and marginalized peoples. Students are emphasizing of historically erased narratives by creating social media videos, as well as creating petitions to change curricula in English and history classes.

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  • With gun suicides on the rise, a rare hotline staffed by St. Louis teens saves lives

    Kids Under Twenty One has taken phone calls from thousands of St. Louis-area youth to its 24/7 crisis hotline and has educated many more students at 60 schools in four counties. Teens staff the hotline, a rarity. KUTO counters the myth that talking about teens' suicide risks encouraging suicides. Instead, education about mental health care and gun safety promotes intervention during critical moments and reduces the stigma associated with seeking help. Missouri's teen suicide rate is among the highest in the country, but the St. Louis area, where KUTO has worked for 20 years, is among the state's lowest.

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  • Leader in vaccination, Denmark has lessons for Lithuania

    Denmark has one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in part because decisions around the distribution campaign was centrally organized. All doses start at the national institute for epidemic control and are sent to the country’s five healthcare regions, where they were prioritized to hospital workers and residents and employees of nursing homes. Special identification numbers in an online system helps notify residents of their vaccine appointment date. The country also made their own decision about how many vaccines they can get from a single vial, increasing it from five to seven.

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  • Should We Genetically Engineer Carbon-Hungry Trees?

    As a way to combat climate change, scientists are experimenting with genetically modified trees as a way to draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to store in its leaves, roots, and trunk. The startup Living Carbon has genetically modified poplar and pine seeds in the ground and expect them to be ready by the end of the year. Some scientists are worried about how these trees can impact forest ecosystems, but they grow faster than normal trees, allowing them to study and assess the risks quicker.

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  • A High School in Ohio Is Giving Students a Choice: Keep Up With Remote Learning — Or You Have to Come Back to the Classroom

    In order to address high rates of student absences, administrators at Shaw High School in East Cleveland had to make an extreme decision—bring all students back to the classroom two days a week amid the pandemic, unless they had attended 80% of classes and had a passing grade. So far, the administrators are seeing students' grades rising and the approach seems promising.

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  • When a California city gave people a guaranteed income, they worked more — not less

    A guaranteed income pilot program in Stockton increased full-time employment rates amongst recipients. Cash payments provided “the stability they needed to set goals, take risks, and find new jobs.” In addition to employment, guaranteed income also improves mental health and stimulates local economies, sending out positive ripple effects in a community.

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  • Real Meat That Vegetarians Can Eat

    Cultured meat is the newest menu option for vegetarians. A restaurant in Singapore is selling cultured chicken nuggets made out of chicken cells that were steeped in a nutrient solution. However, one ingredient in that solution is bovine serum which is harvested from butchered cattle, so the process isn’t completely animal-free. Many companies are exploring the idea of developing cultured meat like Wagyu beef, salmon, and even kangaroo.

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  • Does a Complete Streets policy really make a difference?

    Complete Streets initiatives promote traffic and pedestrian safety In 400 communities across the United States. The goal of the program is to help residents live more active and healthy lifestyles while also making communities more attractive to potential residents. The initiative has resulted in higher property values, increased consumer spending, and better transportation options.

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  • How therapeutic clowning injects humour for a different kind of healing

    A growing therapeutic clowning community is helping to bring emotional relief to children and the elderly who are in hospitals and eldercare facilities. While not all patients are receptive to this play therapy, of those who are, some have shown both emotional and medical improvements in their conditions.

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