Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
16 September 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Voting by mail will increase dramatically due to Covid-19 and drop boxes are one way to collect these ballots. Although fears of fraud have been unfounded, the GOP initiated lawsuits to block or limit drop boxes if th...
14 July 2020
New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
During the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, early efforts at contact tracing by different states in the U.S. proved successful when they relied on people instead of applications or software, which showed high rates ...
14 May 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Maryland and Ohio recently held elections almost entirely by mail and their different approaches provide insight into the impact on low-income voters, particularly those without permanent addresses. All registered vo...
16 March 2020
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The coronavirus pandemic swept the nation at a time when many would be going to polling stations to cast their votes in primary elections, but vote-at-home practices are providing a solution for this civic inconvenien...
26 August 2018
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
One in five Americans lives in a "higher education desert," at least twenty-five miles from the nearest college. To fill the gap, rural counties have created higher education centers or pop-up satellite campuses - one...
26 August 2018
Florida, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The University of North Florida combines an emphasis on predictive analytics with a very human case management system to identify students who are at risk of dropping out and intervene appropriately. In the coming yea...
Washington Monthly
Mel Jones
26 August 2018
New Jersey, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The "New Jersey-STEP" program enables inmates and formerly incarcerated individuals to use Pell Grant dollars towards a degree at several in-state schools. Unlike most other prison-to-college initiatives, STEP allows ...
8 June 2018
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
At Virginia's Discovery Elementary, students learn in a unique environment - one of the 89 "net-zero" schools in the country. Instructors creatively incorporate the building's data, on different energy-saving function...
5 February 2018
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Over the course of 50 years, a CUNY program called Search for Education, Exploration, and Knowledge (SEEK) has provided academic, financial, and counseling support to over 450,000 New York children. Economists are now...
21 September 2017
Virginia, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Launched in 2016, Virginia's New Economy Workforce Credential Grant addresses a rarely discussed issue - the student debt associated with occupational credentialing programs. Funded by the state, the program has empow...
8 August 2017
Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Studies have shown the myriad benefits of dual enrollment programs. Culpeper, Virginia leaders are trying to adapt the 60-year-old model to serve more low income and minority high schoolers. By expanding it to includ...
19 March 2017
San Diego, California, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
End of life planning is a thorny issue, but a pre-hospice program in San Diego is working to address the tough conversations and place seniors in care for their final years. They found that by bringing care to patient...
Washington Monthly
Heather Boerner
1 March 2017
Stanford, California, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Doctors at Stanford University developed per-patient and per-month payment plans to better support patients with complex medical needs. The approach upends the typical per-service payment model. It has radically impro...
Washington Monthly
Shannon Brownlee
1 March 2017
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
While American medicine tops the charts for "acute care," it's notably sub-par when it comes to treating chronic conditions and focusing on prevention. This piece introduces a series on how the U.S. healthcare system'...
Washington Monthly
Sheree Crute
1 March 2017
St. Charles, Missouri, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Crider Health Center was having trouble coordinating the communication between psychiatry and primary care physicians. In 2012, under the Affordable Care Act, Crider and dozens of other mental health centers in the st...
6 February 2017
Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Mounting evidence points to an increasing disparity in the educational achievements of those children who attend and complete pre-school, and those who do not. The Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters ...
29 August 2016
Dallas, Texas, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Using what he calls the "New Urban College Model," Michael Sorrell has led the complete revival of Dallas' previously failing Paul Quinn College. The school combines rigorous academics and a local work-study program, ...
19 June 2016
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Poverty is a problem that only seems to be increasing in the United States. New York City, though, was the only one of America's 20 largest cities to achieve a decrease in poverty rates from 2000-2013. This piece is t...
10 June 2016
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Earlier this month, the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed new rules to regulate payday lending – the business of offering high-cost short-term loans to Americans on terms that many consumer ...
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