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  • Why Des Moines Can Be a Model for Urban Schools

    October 08, 2014 |

    The Atlantic |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Des Moines, Iowa

    In the state of Iowa, refugees come from all over the world and send their children into the public school system. The Des Moines public schools serve many disadvantaged, poverty-stricken children who do not have English language skills. The school district has seen progress by coaching teachers, investing in building renovations, receiving grants for providing students with laptops and iPads, among many other healthy changes to encourage learning.

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  • Teaching Parents to Help Stop the 'Summer Slide'

    September 25, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Middle-class children don’t regress as readers during the summer, because they go to the library, do educational activities, take classes - poor children, however, lose between one and two months in reading achievement. Springboard trains teachers for a summer enrichment program, and has now started to help them coach parents to help their children during the school year.

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  • A Chance to Go From Hard Lives to Healing

    September 18, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    A novel way to help young men growing up in communities in which concentrated poverty, violence and unemployment are well-documented barriers to health and longevity: male youth of color are trained to be the emergency response team to help stabilize street victims before doctors or nurses begin procedures.

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  • The Power, and Process, of a Simple Solution

    August 14, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Khulna, Khulna Division

    With the creation of oral rehydration solution, diarrhea can be treated by inexpensive, homemade remedies. O.R.S. has undeniably helped Bangladesh make big strides in improving child health in recent decades thanks to thoughtful, systemic implementation, and it is now distributed by UNICEF in more than 60 countries.

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  • Freedom University

    August 01, 2014 |

    Latino USA |

    Podcast |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    About half the states in the US don’t allow undocumented students to receive in-state tuition. In Georgia, a state law banned undocumented students from enrolling in the top five universities in the state. In response, three University of Georgia professors created “Freedom University.” “Here, we’re working together because we’re struggling together.” Students don’t get course credit, but they get SAT prep, and recommendation letters. Many have gone on to attend university out of the state.

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  • India's School Lunch Program Imperfect, But Deserves Credit for Feeding Millions

    July 20, 2014 |

    Pulitzer Center |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Dujana, Haryana

    In India, the country with the highest rate of child malnutrition in the world, the government started a free school lunch program which is rescuing children from dire hunger and improving their diets.

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  • When Poverty Makes You Sick, a Lawyer Can Be the Cure

    July 17, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Being poor can make you sick because of where you work, live and eat. Medical-legal partnerships, in hospitals U.S. cities, are attacking these social determinants through legal aid to the poor, often class-action lawsuits.

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  • India's school lunch program not only fights hunger — it can breed tolerance

    July 17, 2014 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: India, Bawani Khera, Haryana

    India’s free school lunch program is one of the world’s largest anti-poverty programs. Despite its many shortfalls, the program feeds 120 million of the country’s poorest school children. The idea is that if children of different castes can be taught to sit and eat together on a daily basis, it makes caste a little less important in their lives.

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  • Public Housing Works: Lessons from Vienna and Singapore

    June 09, 2014 |

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    Response Location: Austria, Vienna

    Public housing programs in Vienna and Singapore provide examples of successful policies. Not only do they provide housing, but they also prevent skyrocketing housing costs, and promote social cohesion. The two cities have created successful housing programs that are worth emulating.

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  • The Bronx's Weight Problem

    June 05, 2014 |

    WNYC |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Bronx is working to solve obesity by turning to healthy eating in a society where fast food is cheaper and of greater quantity. It turns out that increasing access to fruits and vegetables, which the Bronx has done, makes no difference in whether or not people actually eat it - but one resident may have the answer.

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