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  • Planting Exotic Crops for the Sake of the Local Economy

    July 12, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Immigrants to St. Louis are capitalizing on urban gardens and helping to revitalize the city by repopulating it. The program enrolled 31 refugees and their families who plant food for their own household and to sell them. While the profits aren't huge, the entrepreneurial program offers refugees who may speak little or no English a chance to learn how to operate in the local economy.

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  • The Best Way to End Homelessness

    July 11, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States

    America has the largest number of homeless women and children in the industrialized world - it’s a depressing statistic exacerbated by a housing crisis that forced thousands of families out onto the street. The first-ever large-scale study on the topic finds that permanent, stable housing can be more cost-effective than shelters.

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  • Prison Born

    July 01, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Bedford Hills, New York

    More women are being incarcerated around the United States and that has spurred more institutions to create prison nurseries, which allow women to be with their newborns. It's not a new idea, but it's finding support among prison advocates as well as budget hawks because research shows nurseries can lower recidivism rates among mothers. The idea of children in prison remains controversial however.

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  • Those Who Can, Teach

    June 30, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    A California-based nonprofit is working to solve the state's teacher shortage by bringing private-sector professionals who have worked in science, technology, engineering, and math fields into public school classrooms. The rigorous application process, which is followed by professional development and training, has had no shortage of interested applicants.

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  • When High School Means a Build-It-Yourself Education

    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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  • How Central Oregon Bet Its Future on Community College

    June 22, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Bend, Oregon

    Despite the economic hardships brought on by the downfall of the lumber industry in the '80s and the housing market crash of 2008, Bend, Oregon has managed to successfully enter the ranks of a technology hub, without the presence of a university. The small but thriving city bet on its local community college, which offers a unique campus feel and rigorous course load that sets it apart from other community colleges of the same size. When the lumber industry left, the region bet its future on technology—even though it lacked a research university.

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  • How Chicago Is Trying to Integrate Its Suburbs

    June 17, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Glenview, Illinois

    Many wealthy, white communities in the Chicago suburbs would not welcome an affordable housing development - perhaps residents wouldn’t say so outright, but instead they might pass laws prohibiting apartment buildings or deny permits to units targeted at low-income people. But now, through the Regional Housing Initiative, the housing authorities pool a portion of their Section 8-voucher funds and use that money to subsidize the construction of affordable developments in areas with a low poverty rate, a high homeownership rate, good schools, and access to jobs.

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  • Building for the Future, in California's Famously Failed City

    June 14, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, San Bernardino, California

    In a city with a long-struggling school system, a nonprofit trade program is helping unemployed adults find work in the high-tech manufacturing field. Technical Employment Training in San Bernardino ensures participants gain nationally recognized credentials, get on-the-job-training, and have placement options with local employers.

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  • The California High School Where Students Are Finding Ways to Excel

    May 27, 2015 |

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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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  • 'Generation Now'—What People Do, When There Seems to Be Nothing to Do

    April 28, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, San Bernardino, California

    San Bernardino's Generation Now, a diverse group of young adults, is injecting their city with a boost of civic action through organizing local people at forums and increasing voter turnout at the polls. From rehabilitating local parks and gardens to holding open dialogues on San Bernardino's greatest challenges, the group is changing the civic landscape of an economically depressed city.

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