The Rise of ‘Studyblrs'

https://medium.com/bright/the-rise-of-studyblrs-8916998179f9

Kaite Welsh

Bright Magazine

2 April 2015

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Students in today's technical world are now using blogging and other forms of social media, known as studyblrs, in order to help each other improve achievement through online homework help, communication, and encouragement.

Tackling Teen Pregnancy

http://journalism.uoregon.edu/static/j469-spring2016/OR-Magazine_Tackling-Teen-Pregnancy.pdf

Corinne Ellis

OR Magazine

1 April 2016

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Through comprehensive sex education, widely available contraception and their Human Sexuality Education law, Oregon has managed to drastically reduce their teen pregnancy rates.

How One School District Used Buses to Bring the Internet Home

https://psmag.com/news/how-one-school-district-used-buses-to-bring-the-internet-home

Rick Paulas

Pacific Standard

10 June 2016

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Many in the rural town of Indio, CA, didn't have access to the internet. Darryl Adams, superintendent of Coachella Valley schools, devised a frugal way to provide internet access to many of his district's poor neighborhoods - mobile, school bus-based WiFi hotspots.

Elsa's Story

http://extras.denverpost.com/transgender/elsa.html

Jennifer Brown

The Denver Post

17 July 2015

Video / Over 15 Minutes

Children across the U.S. experience gender confusion, causing emotional stress in themselves and their family. Gender identity counselors and gender youth clinics are being created in multiple states to help families find peace in their situation.

How Online Mapmakers Are Helping the Red Cross Save Lives in the Philippines

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/how-online-mapmakers-are-helping-the-red-cross-save-lives-in-the-philippines/281366

Robinson Meyer

The Atlantic

13 November 2013

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After typhoon Haiyan, the devastation to the Philippines was hard to locate and track. The Red Cross staffed volunteers to sort through crowd-sourced data to create maps. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap software application has helped the Red Cross better organize search and rescue operations.

Swedish sex education has time for games and mature debate

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jun/05/swedish-sex-education-games-mature-debate

Sally Weale

The Guardian

5 June 2015

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The United Kingdom’s teen birthrate is as high as 19.7 births per 1,000 women; one contributing factor is that sex education is not a requirement and can span only a day. Gnesta in Sweden offers a four to five week course on comprehensive sex education with a curriculum that makes the topic enjoyable, informative, and sensitive. As a result, the teen birthrate is only 5.2 per 1,000.

The surprisingly simple economic case for giving refugees cash, not stuff

http://qz.com/750020/the-deceptively-simple-economic-case-for-giving-refugees-cash-not-stuff

Elizabeth MacBride

Quartz

7 August 2016

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In the Middle East, refugee camps are expensive to run-- particularly because shipping food aid is expensive, and the refugees feel victimized in an environment where they have no agency or purchasing power. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has moved refugees in Jordan out of camps and has given cash instead of in-kind aid, and new possibilities emerge with mobile money by the aid of new technology. The results have shown that refugees feel more empowered and the costs associated with their aid are reduced.

Addressing The Digital Divide In Education

http://www.newmexicopbs.org/productions/newmexicoinfocus/small-towns-big-change-addressing-the-digital-divide-in-education

Megan Kamerick

KNME-PBS

7 October 2016

Broadcast TV Programs / 5-15 Minutes

Many families in rural New Mexico still do not have high speed internet access at home. In Farmington, the public school district, a local college, and nonprofits are working to close the gap in the digital divide for students by addressing access to technology and the internet.

Sex ed program goes far beyond sex, succeeds by meeting basic needs

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/12/07/carrera-program-pregnancy-prevention-adolescent/94603704

Ann Zaniewski

Detroit Free Press

7 December 2016

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Research has shown that when young people have their basic needs met and feel positive about their futures, they are less likely to engage in risky behaviors. The Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program has reduced pregnancy rates by 40 percent in New York by meeting teens educational, emotional, and employment needs.

Sex ed may be a class, but experts say the best education begins at home

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865670423/Sex-ed-may-be-a-class-but-experts-say-the-best-education-begins-at-home.html

Sara Israelsen-Hartley

Deseret News

5 January 2017

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Polls suggest that teenagers’ attitudes and beliefs about sex come mainly from their parents, but parents rarely feel like experts talking about sex. “Talk, the New Sex Ed,” is a non-profit in Pittsburgh which works with parents in an after-school setting, giving them a conversational framework to talk about sex with their children.