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In Rwanda, Building a “University in a Box”

Wyatt Orme, Tik Root

May 04, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali, Kigali

Kepler University in Rwanda reduces the cost of a university education by hiring teachers based on their willingness to innovate — not necessarily their expertise — and by blending online and in-classroom learning. Students receive the equivalent of a college diploma and job training in order to facilitate a possible rise out of poverty.

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'Recovery is work; work is recovery'

Jona Ison

May 03, 2015 |

Newark Advocate |

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Response Location: United States, Newark, Ohio

Research shows that successful addiction recovery requires a comprehensive approach and multiple types of support. Ohio is in the midst of shifting its approach to vocational rehabilitation to an evidence-based approach focusing on providing close employment support, rapid job search and placement services, and emphasizes that "work is not the result of treatment and recovery but integral to both."

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Montana Offers A Boost To Native Language Immersion Programs

Amy Martin

May 02, 2015 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Missoula, Montana

Montana, home to nine Native American languages, becomes the second state to fund indigenous language immersion programs in public schools. The same languages were once forbidden, but now they are helping to preserve a disappearing culture and closing the graduation rate gap for Native American students.

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Another Chance for Teens

David L. Kirp

May 02, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Since the 1960s, New York City has run the nation’s largest publicly managed summer jobs program. Nearly 50,000 14- to 24-four-year-olds spend six weeks working, not only in publicly funded day care centers, summer camps, hospitals and city agencies, but also high-tech firms and Fortune 500 companies. The summer jobs help at-risk kids keep from dropping out of school.

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Behind Prison Walls, This Program Demonstrates That It's Never Too Late to Learn

Spencer Parts

April 30, 2015 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, Princeton, New Jersey

The Petey Greene program, which has students tutor prison inmates, is helping to create positive impact and change in the lives of both the university student tutors and the inmates they mentor. It provides prisoners with better opportunities once they are released, and the tutors with a renewed appreciation of the power of education.

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Mozambique's life-saving surgeons aren't doctors at all

Bridget Huber

April 27, 2015 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Mozambique, Chokwe

Mozambique has a shortage of practicing surgeons, so medical technicians are being trained to fill their roles in various situations, especially in rural locations. Although there are challenges to using this tactic, the technicians-turned-surgeons have similar complication rates as those who are practicing surgeons.

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Cultivating a New Immigrant Narrative

Diana Prichard

April 27, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Gonzales, California

Half of U.S. farm workers are Hispanic, but few make it to leadership positions. A historically white non-profit, FFA, is creating equal education programs in California to increase leadership opportunities for minorities in agriculture.

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These Schools Are Refusing to Throw Out Arts Education in Favor of Test Prep

Sara Neufeld

April 27, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

With arts funding on the cutting board across the country, students can lack motivation to go to school and the creative resources for critical thinking skills. In Brooklyn, Ascend Learning is an inner-city network of public charter schools that offer a rich arts environment to teach Common Core and the student academic performance has surpassed other schools in the neighborhood.

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Teaching Law in a Country Where Justice Hardly Exists

Jessica Carew Kraft

April 22, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: Haiti, Port-au-Prince

Advocates are on a quest to improve the quality of life in Haiti through legal education.

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Sex Ed That Turns Boys into Men

Leslie Garrett

April 21, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: Canada, Calgary, Alberta

A nonprofit based in Calgary, Canada, created a sex ed class for boys that includes critical discussion of human rights, sexual health, gender, and healthy relationships, as well as a safe space for boys to share their thoughts.

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