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  • The Little College Where Tuition Is Free and Every Student Is Given a Job

    October 11, 2018 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Berea, Kentucky

    Berea College is unique for a number of reasons - in the South, it was the first integrated, co-educational college. But perhaps Berea is best known for its tuition-free structure, made possible by endowment investment earnings and a universal work-study program. Without Berea's unique history, can other schools successfully adopt this model?

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  • How a Teacher in Rural Oklahoma Started a Science-Fair Dynasty

    October 02, 2018 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma

    Over the course of her tenure, a third generation Oklahoma teacher transformed the way students at her school engage with STEM education, opening the door for rural white and American Indian students to join the national conversation. Instead of relying on lectures and in-class assignments, Deborah Cornelison looked beyond the classroom doors, "orient[ing] her STEM teaching around students' ability to take what they learn and improve their communities."

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  • A Grassroots Call to Ban Gerrymandering

    September 23, 2018 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Lansing, Michigan

    In Michigan, a group of people decided they were done with gerrymandering: a political process in which district maps are redrawn to favor one party over another. They formed a group called “Voters Not Politicians,” and did what no one thought they would be able to do. “The crowdsourced campaign held 33 town-hall meetings in 33 days, wrote a ballot proposal to give redistricting powers to a citizens’ commission” and “collected 425,000 petition signatures in four months to secure a spot on Michigan’s ballot—a rare feat, usually accomplished only by hiring paid signature gatherers.”

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  • Is Your Local Coffee Shop a Low-Key Opioid Clinic?

    September 21, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States

    More and more service workers are finding people overdosing on opioids inside public restrooms. In cities such as Boston and New York, businesses are training service workers to identify signs of an overdose and administer naloxone. “For a heart attack, we train employees how to do CPR until the paramedics arrive. Why is that not the case with naloxone and Narcan?”

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  • How 50 Years of Latino Studies Shaped History Education

    September 07, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States

    In 1968 Cal State founded the first Chicano studies program, which focused on the history of Mexicans and their relationship to the U.S. Since then, several universities followed suit. The program was also made possible through the activism of 15,000 students, who walked out of class in the historic East L.A. walkouts demanding a better education. While there are critics, educators believe these type of programs are beneficial to Hispanic students. “Now they have tools to understand the microaggressions they’ve experienced or the economic struggles in this society, and that they’re not the only ones.”

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  • Big Tech's Newest Experiment in Criminal-Justice Reform

    August 29, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Building on the Last Mile program that teaches inmates to code in some California prisons, Slack launched an apprenticeship program for the formerly incarcerated. It's a small initiative compared to the vast need, but organizers hope other companies will join the effort. While Last Mile graduates have stayed out of prison, it's been challenging for them to find actual coding jobs and critics say the effort does not addresses systemic issues around incarceration.

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  • Can Philanthropy Save a City?

    August 02, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

    Stockton is courting philanthropists by billing itself as a budding hub of innovation for fighting poverty. The city is mitigating the risks of tapping private foundations to fund city services by identifying target policies and programs ahead of time.

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  • How to Win Elections in a System 'Not Set Up for Us'

    July 30, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    120 people attended the second annual Black Campaign School, a training program created by the Collective PAC, a progressive political action committee that is trying to get more black candidates into office. The Collective also trains and recruits candidates. In 2016 the Collective backed five candidates, four won. “It was the kicking-off point to say we want to bring folks together on the local, state, and federal level to share and learn, build a community, and hopefully help folks win.”

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  • The Rise of College ‘Grade Forgiveness'

    June 29, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Universities around the country are participating in a policy called grade forgiveness, which allows students to retake a course they failed. Around 91 percent of universities allow this practice. Nationally, grade forgiveness has been working “In 2015, 42 percent of grades were top marks, compared to 31 percent in 1988.” Ultimately, the policy can lead to student retention and higher graduation rates. “We see students achieve more success because they retake a course and do better in subsequent courses or master the content that allows them to graduate on time.”

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  • Climate Change Can Be Reversed by Turning Air Into Gasoline

    June 07, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Canada, Squamish, British Columbia

    A professor at Harvard may be on the path to being able to transform carbon dioxide into useable fuel, thus changing the game for the rapidly warming planet. By leveraging already existing technology, the professor and his company Carbon Engineering have already piloted the methodology and are looking for ways to scale-up production.

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