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  • How one state is sending thousands of WiFi hotspots to keep students in school

    October 12, 2020 |

    WSPA-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Travelers Rest, South Carolina

    In South Carolina, 180,000 households don’t have access to Wifi, according to estimates. A problem for students who are trying to attend virtual classes. Using CARES funds, the state purchased hotspots. In one county, almost all of the students are connected. “The hotspots are working well, with just about all of the county’s 77,000 students logging on to learn.”

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  • How one school district is closing the equity gap with a school bus and a card table

    October 12, 2020 |

    KXAN-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Hutto, Texas

    While virtual learning can work for some, for special education students, many services and lessons get lost. “When it comes to those occupational needs and those speech needs, they’re not getting those services met because they’re not in school.” In Texas, one school district is using a bus to provide curbside education to special education students. A teacher, a table, and materials are all inside the bus. Once inside, students receive lessons from specialists. “As soon as Arwyn got on the bus the first time, she was super excited to see her teachers, to see her occupational therapist."

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  • What smaller Texas communities can learn from startups about COVID-19 economic recovery

    October 12, 2020 |

    KXAN-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Since the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses in Texas are struggling to stay afloat. A university-sponsored crash course might help struggling businesses find solutions catered to their community. Fifty-eight communities participated in the Regional XLR8 program sponsored by the IC institute at the University of Texas at Austin. The “secret sauce” for innovation the institute has used for decades involves getting people to work with one another as opposed to working separately.

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  • How a #Litterati army on Instagram sparked a global fight against litter

    October 12, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    What started as a small group of people taking pictures of waste in their communities and tagging it on Instagram with the hashtag #Litterati, turned into a global effort, and even an app, to map and dispose of trash. Users can upload to the app an image of trash and machine-learning algorithm can tag it location, material, and company who made it. The city of San Francisco asked the makers of the app for help documenting cigarette butts and tobacco products on its streets and ended up winning a legal victory over the tobacco industry to increase the taxes on their products.

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  • Akron wants to help small business owners grow, but officials say they need more help from banks

    October 12, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Motor City Match is an entrepreneurial development initiative that provides grants for historically marginalized business owners in Detroit. It also matches minority entrepreneurs with empty retail space in addition to providing business coaching and planning services. The program depends on nontraditional lenders to provide the funding. Motor City Match inspired the formation of Rubber City Match in Akron but that program has faced financing hurdles due to a lack of nontraditional lenders in the city.

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  • Old learning concept can help students without resources learn online amid the pandemic

    October 12, 2020 |

    KDVR-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    In Denver, learning pods are helping students access virtual classes during a pandemic. At the Adams 12 school district, 4000 students, district-wide, participate in the pod. Similarly, HOPE Online Learning Academy Co-Op launched a learning center. Students can sit in a classroom, access Wi-Fi, and count on the support of an adult. They also distributed 600 computers, 400 webcams from PCs, and 1,077 laptops to enrolled middle and high school students.

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  • Nashville schoolroom helps single parents with students' online learning

    October 12, 2020 |

    WKRN-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    The Dream Center is providing a free schoolroom in Nashville for the children of single parents to stay on track for school. The nonprofit, which is run and staffed by volunteers, provides free meals to 32 students throughout the day, and helps them complete their daily lessons, all while following Covid-19 protocols.

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  • Is Early Los Angeles A Model For Food And Agriculture In Hawaii?

    October 11, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Thousands of small farmers moved onto homesteads in Los Angeles County in the 1940s and transformed the area into one of the most productive agricultural hubs in the United States. If the Hawaiian government could share some of its lands with up-and-coming farmers, then the state could follow a similar path and reform its agriculture and community food systems.

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  • How Nigerians coped with mental stress during COVID-19 lockdown

    October 10, 2020 |

    Nigerian Tribune |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Funding from a professional coaching, therapy, and counseling academy has helped a certified life coach and non-clinical psychotherapist offer free sessions to people in Nigeria who are struggling to cope with setbacks brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program, which utilizes video calls and WhatsApp messaging, has broadened access for those who may not be able to seek help due to financial constraints.

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  • Wisconsin election infrastructure is mostly secure — but inaccurate counts are hard to catch and correct

    October 10, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    Same-day voter registration and the implementation of advanced cyberdefenses have bolstered Wisconsin's voting database, fortifying it against hackers and data breaches. Apprehension about election security prompted the formation of a watchdog group, Wisconsin Election Integrity, which regularly prompts the Wisconsin Elections Commission to update and improve the existing systems. Some machines have been identified as risky and measures to safely use and secure them are underway.

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