The Philadelphia Citizen
5 February 2019
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Scope of Response: City
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
A nonprofit in New Orleans transforms cheap vacant and underutilized lots into playgrounds and spaces for community events that teach children "design thinking" in the process.
https://www.pbs.org/show/180-days?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Sam Chaltain
PBS
17 March 2015
Broadcast TV News / Over 15 Minutes
Harsville, South Carolina is trying to better its educational program. But first it must change the standard of living in the town to provide greater examples of success for the children to follow.
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://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.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/an-untapped-force-in-the-fight-for-literacy?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
11 September 2014
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Teaching reading skills to children early is crucial, especially with respect to their educational success later in life. School systems are switching reading programs to help underachieving students have one on one time with a tutor.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/474/back-to-school?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Ira Glass
This American Life
14 September 2012
Podcast / Over 15 Minutes
As kids and teachers head back to school, we wanted to turn away from questions about politics and unions and money and all the regular school stuff people argue about, and turn to something more optimistic — an emerging theory about what to teach kids.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/follow-up-beyond-ribbon-cutting?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
David Bornstein
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
22 October 2010
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Two columns introducing Fixes and presenting a program that provides African health ministries with reliable motorcycle transportation, highlighting the importance of challenges NGOs often overlook, such as reliable delivery.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/fear-of-profit?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
David Bornstein
The New York Times
29 October 2010
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Businesses with a social goal walk a line between being a charity or profit seekers. Collaboration of the business sector, government, and non-profits can help keep a balance.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/fixes?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
David Bornstein
The New York Times
27 June 2012
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Funding with too many strings attached makes it hard for non-profits to grow and be impactful. An American organization, N.F.F., is finding ways to finance non-profits likes companies.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/clean-water-at-no-cost-just-add-carbon-credits?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
15 November 2010
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The company that manufactures Lifestraw, a water purification device, has found a way to distribute their product to impoverished Kenyan families for free, while still making a profit. In the global carbon credit market, businesses receive carbon credits for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These credits can then be sold to companies who need to offset their carbon emissions, allowing green companies to make a profit off of their small ecological footprint.
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