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  • Preventing underage drinking takes more than scare tactics

    November 01, 2015 |

    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |

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    Response Location: United States, Fairbanks, Alaska

    Rasmus and Allen are attempting to take the data they’ve gathered from their years working with western Alaska communities to establish Qungasvik as an evidence-based solution for not only alcohol abuse but also for other issues facing rural Alaska, such as suicide.

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  • Riverview Gardens High leads its district on path to success

    October 28, 2015 |

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch |

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    Response Location: United States, Ferguson, Missouri

    A high school near the heart of much of the Ferguson unrest has been the key driver in what state officials have called the most dramatic improvements of a school district in Missouri. Its graduation rate last year—83 percent—is the highest it’s been in more than a decade, accomplished in part by building relationships with students.

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  • How Creative Expression Can Help Kids With Autism

    October 27, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Reading, Pennsylvania

    The therapists at the Autism Society of Berks County use art and creativity as a way to help kids with autism. Students participate in a class where their illustrations are animated. “The way to unlock any child's brain, autism or no autism, is through using creative expression of some form," says the therapist Maude Leroux.”

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  • International Students Find the American Dream ... in Flint

    October 27, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Flint, Michigan

    International students and the city of Flint, Michigan, have an imperfect but beneficial relationship. The city is a cheap and accommodating place for students to get their foot in the U.S., and the students bring their business; thus, boosting the desperate economy.

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  • This Solution To Poverty In Slums Needs To Be Rapidly Replicated

    October 21, 2015 |

    Forbes |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Port Elizabeth

    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.

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  • As Schools Buy More Local Food, Kids Throw Less Food In The Trash

    October 20, 2015 |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    A national census of farm-to-school lunch programs said the kids ate more healthful meals and threw less food in the trash than kids not on the program. In D.C., by law, schools must incorporate some local food.

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  • How a diverse yet divided school blended ‘segregated' classes

    October 19, 2015 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In the U.S., the practice of tracked classes or special programs have exacerbated racial separation in schools. Leschi Elementary, in Seattle, made changes to their curriculum to draw white families to a traditionally black school.

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  • Stopping Absenteeism at the Age of 5

    October 16, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Britain, Connecticut

    Missing days at school, even when excusable, starts children on a pattern of falling behind. A new U.S. department of education initiative has districts tracking all absences, even in kindergarten, to identify and help kids with chronic absenteeism sooner.

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  • What a successful university mental health program looks like

    October 15, 2015 |

    The Week |

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    Response Location: United States, Carrollton, Georgia

    Many mental illnesses appear during an individual's college years, yet few colleges have effective mental health programs. The Jed Foundation created a framework for universities to follow to address student's need such as peer outreach programs.

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  • Higher Ed's Moneyball?

    October 14, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Orlando, Florida

    A Florida community college is boosting learning and graduation rates with new technology that gets professors access to real-time data on student engagement and performance.

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