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  • Free Birth Control for Philly Teens

    Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

    July 27, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    A Colorado program reduced the state’s teen birth rate by 40 percent by providing young women with long-acting reversible birth control.

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  • Books Around the Block

    Emma Eisenberg

    July 14, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Want to ensure that Philadelphia children can read? Let’s do what they did in Minneapolis: Get books into their homes.

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  • The Cuban Literacy Campaign

    Larry Platt

    June 02, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: Cuba, La Habana, Artemisa

    More than fifty years ago, Cuba eradicated widespread illiteracy in one calendar year, and its literacy rate still leads the world. They achieved it by sending "brigades" of teachers and students to teach adults and children for two weeks.

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  • Mathcorps

    Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

    May 28, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    A local math teacher is trying to bring a successful Motor City tutoring program to Philly. The secret ingredient? Love for math, and building relationships between mentors and students.

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  • Judging Schools Based on Inspections—Not Test Scores

    Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

    March 04, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    In England, schools are evaluated by actual visits to schools by a group of professional educators, rather than simply by test scores.

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  • Let's Diet!

    Rosella Lefevre

    January 28, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    Challenged by its mayor, Oklahoma City lost a collective 1 million pounds. Philly once tried—and failed— the same thing.

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  • Go Small!

    Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

    January 06, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Large one-size-fits-all high schools are failing. In New York City, an experiment in small schools seems to be working.

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  • Compulsory Voting

    Emma Eisenberg

    October 01, 2001 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: Australia

    In the U.S. the electorate skews white, wealthy, and old because such demographics are more likely to vote. Creating mandatory voting laws would increase voter turnout and thus increase voting equity.

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