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  • The Town That Decided to Send All Its Kids to College

    August 18, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Baldwin, Michigan

    College was never much of an option for most students in this tiny town of 1,200 located in the woods of the Manistee National Forest. But residents of Baldwin, Michigan, pooled together their money to provide scholarships for everyone, and it changed the town profoundly.

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  • Why School Should Start Later in the Morning

    August 17, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Research shows that adolescents' grades are suffering due to lack of sleep and early start times of schools. As a result, the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention is asking schools to reconsider their schedules.

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  • Safe Surgery Innovations in Uganda

    August 17, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Uganda

    In Uganda, disease caused by improper surgical protocol is one of the leading causes of death. In response to this problem, Doctors are utilizing a surgical checklist from the World Health Organization, as well as other affordable technology, to help address this epidemic.

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  • Why are low income students not showing up to college, even though they have been accepted?

    August 14, 2015 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Forty percent of low-income students accepted to college never start school because of a fear of debt and feelings they don't belong. A New York college access organization is using peer-mentoring to help perspective students jump over the hurtles.

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  • What Do the Poor Need? Try Asking Them

    August 08, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Neighborhood Centers, a Houston anti-poverty program has a simple philosophy: “The people are the asset, the source of potential solutions, not the problem.” The non-profit has scaled nationally, employing its bottom-up approach to disburse funds in poor communities.

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  • Oakland probation camp offers Freedom School to young detainees

    August 05, 2015 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, San Leandro, California

    Freedom Summer Camp allows for convicted young men to find a sense of community allowing them to connect to the world and fuel greater desires for achievement.

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  • Sharing Art Helps Medical Students Connect With Dementia Patients

    August 05, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Many medical students are intimidated by the challenge of having to gather accurate histories and establish connections with patients with dementia. A non-profit, Arts and Minds, is helping students get more comfortable by connecting them with patients outside of the clinic through museum visits.

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  • UCSF Doctors, Students Confront Their Own Unconscious Bias

    August 04, 2015 |

    KQED |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The UCSF medical curriculum now uses a new unconscious bias approach after realizing the traditional diversity training from the ’80s and ’90s didn’t work.

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  • ‘It's just math': Preschoolers can do more than we might think

    August 02, 2015 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Due to recent brain development research, educators are working to add more math education into pre-school and kindergarten classes. Studies show that children of this age are actually extremely receptive to numbers and learning geometry.

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  • The Problem We All Live With

    July 31, 2015 |

    This American Life |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    At the height of desegregation, the achievement gap between white and black students decreased to 18 percent, compared to 49 percent. Evidence suggests integrating schools works, because it gives students of color access to the same resources as white students. Yet, schools remain largely segregated along class and racial lines. In Missouri, after Normandy School District in Normandy lost its accreditation, black students were given an opportunity to transfer into the much more affluent, and mostly white school district, Frances Howell. This episode shows the challenges of integrating schools.

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