Forbes
21 October 2015
Multi-Media / Over 15 Minutes
Scope of Response: National
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
In South Africa, the extreme gap between rich and poor is the root cause of cyclical poverty, and those living in slums face particularly high barriers to education, healthcare, and quality of life. The Ubuntu Education Fund is using a comprehensive approach that includes sustainable investment in community leadership and infrastructure, a cradle-to-career household stability service, and a dexterous, community oriented approach to helping break the cycle of poverty.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/a-book-in-every-home-and-then-some?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
David Bornstein
The New York Times
16 May 2011
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Lack of reading material is not only a third-world problem - many poor families in the United States lack access to and funds for books. A program that helps get books to into the homes of low-income families can boost literacy, and help publishers, too.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/118675?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
19 January 2012
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How can rural African children learn to read when there are no books in their languages? Save the Children helps kids to create their own books, creating a homemade library for their village.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/upshot/a-case-study-in-lifting-college-attendance.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
David Leonhardt
The New York Times
10 June 2014
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Many qualified high school students are unable to attend college due to financial reasons. Delaware's governor works hard to make sure that all college-ready graduates, regardless of socioeconomic status, make it to college.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/a-digital-tool-to-unlock-learning?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
David Bornstein
The New York Times
19 September 2012
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Teacher effectiveness is often focused upon as the most important factor in making education better - but what about the students themselves? PowerMyLearning, a program that any student, parent or teacher can use for free, helps students take ownership of their own learning.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/28/a-housecall-to-help-with-doctors-orders?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
28 February 2011
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The health problems of millions of Americans are directly related to patients' failure to follow doctors’ orders. Community health workers are increasingly successful in New York and other American cities – not to substitute for doctors, but to help patients stick to their treatment plans.
http://hechingerreport.org/a-low-income-brooklyn-high-school-where-100-percent-of-black-male-students-graduate?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Meredith Kolodner
The Hechinger Report
14 July 2015
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The overall graduation rate for black male students in New York City was 58 percent in 2014 - student retention rates are equally poor. But one school achieved a 100% on-time graduation rate last year, motivating their students with a student-founded, student-sustained 'fraternity'.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/16/upshot/a-national-admissions-office-for-low-income-strivers.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
David Leonhardt
The New York Times
16 September 2014
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Attending college is not always a given option for gifted teenagers from less-than-wealthy backgrounds. National organization QuestBridge creates a way for low-income and minority high-achieving students to go to their dream colleges free of cost.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/health/a-racial-gap-in-attitudes-toward-hospice-care.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Sarah Varney
The New York Times
21 August 2015
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Despite years of change, African Americans still feel ostracized from the Medical care community that is dominated mainly by whites, especially when it comes to hospices. Some are trying to remove the stigma of hospice care as well as make health care systems more fair.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/a-trade-barrier-to-defeating-aids?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
26 July 2011
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One-pill-a-day generic AIDS drugs for poor countries are hard to make because each ingredient is patented by a different pharmaceutical company. The Patent Pool provides a way for companies to donate their intellectual property safely.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/a-by-the-e-book-education-for-5-a-month?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
22 May 2013
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For-profit companies are making good private schools available even to Africa’s poor. They can do it – and can do it on an enormous scale – by hiring neighborhood residents to teach, and scripting out every word of every lesson on an e-reader.
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