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Farming in the Desert

Deborah Fallows

June 01, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Ajo, Arizona

Ajo, Arizona is home to a growing collective, collaboration of local agriculture and food-based initiatives. The small town coordinates actors from schools, restaurants, the farmers’ market, local gardens, and community supported agriculture initiatives in a network under the Ajo Regional Food Partnership. The network also works with the Desert Senita Community Health Center, making sure the benefits of the collaboration equitably reach all citizens.

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How Libraries Are Becoming Modern Makerspaces

Deborah Fallows

March 11, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Throughout the country, libraries are hosting “maker spaces”—places where patrons can use technological tools to develop and fabricate their ideas and use the library to not only consume but create.

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The Troubled City of San Bernardino Works to Save Its Library

Deborah Fallows

February 16, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, San Bernardino, California

In the aftermath of the 2015 shooting in San Bernardino, the city relies on the public library as a grounding location that welcomes all. Though the library has seen drastic cuts in funding and staff, it invests in community ties and volunteer relationships to make sure the city has a welcoming place with adequate resources and an environment that fosters acceptance and curiosity.

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A Library of Good Ideas

Deborah Fallows

August 02, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Bend, Oregon

Staff members at a library branch in central Oregon take steps toward community engagement and participation by crossing the barrier from employee to neighbor. By building personal relationships with other community members, offering "maker" spaces and other public engagement opportunities, and listening to the desires of the community they are serving, the 6-branch Deschutes Libraries make a name for themselves.

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When High School Means a Build-It-Yourself Education

Deborah Fallows

June 23, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Redmond, Oregon

When students take ownership over their own learning, they are more likely to be successful, the executive director of Redmond Proficiency Academy in Oregon, believes. He has used this philosphy to develop a charter school where students choose their own classes and are assessed based on their proficiency in the related content and skills.

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The California High School Where Students Are Finding Ways to Excel

Deborah Fallows

May 27, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, San Bernardino, California

In San Bernardino, California - a city that has declared bankruptcy and struggles to keep kids in school, one high school uses a comprehensive approach to teaching by offering positive clubs and college prep education, and even a daycare for students with young children. The school allows for mistakes and windy paths along the road to graduation and offers AVID, a national program that gives one-on-one support for students in exchange for a tough course load and promised dedication to school work.

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Ajo, Arizona: Oasis in the Desert

Deborah Fallows

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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Fresno's Tiniest Citizens: An Elementary School Of and For the Urban Community

Deborah Fallows

March 16, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

Located in downtown Fresno, Kepler Neighborhood School is raising the city's next generation of informed citizens. Through a service learning model, students regularly engage with local businesses and leaders and complete projects related to the history and revitalization of their city.

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Reinventing High School: How Fresno Prepares the Kids in the Middle

Deborah Fallows

March 11, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

A career high school in Fresno offers 16 tracks ranging from game design to environmental science taught by a team of teachers with work background in the respective fields. Studies have found that students enrolled in the Center for Advanced Research and Technology attended community colleges at higher rates than "demographically-matched" students taking standard high school curriculum.

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America's Tiniest Innovators: Report from Pittsburgh

Deborah Fallows

November 15, 2014 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

In a Pittsburgh elementary school, kids grapple with electricity and circuits, breeding a familiarity with technology that founders of the “Children’s Innovation Project” hope equips them for a better future. This partnership between Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh public schools, and the CREATE Lab (Community, Robotics, Education, Technology, Empowerment) is helping kids incorporate a passion for technology into their lives and their futures.

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