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Reinventing High School: How Fresno Prepares the Kids in the Middle

Deborah Fallows

March 11, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

A career high school in Fresno offers 16 tracks ranging from game design to environmental science taught by a team of teachers with work background in the respective fields. Studies have found that students enrolled in the Center for Advanced Research and Technology attended community colleges at higher rates than "demographically-matched" students taking standard high school curriculum.

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The Excitement of Learning From Profit and Loss

David Bornstein

March 06, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

500,000 young people drop out of high school each year; they feel disengaged and uninspired; they fail to see how school is relevant in their lives. An educational program called Build makes it possible for low-income students, as part of their high school studies, to work in teams, conceiving, testing, and ultimately operating their own small businesses. In the process, they discover — often to their surprise — their potential to deal with unexpected problems, persist through failure, and create something that the world values.

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From Our Prison to Your Dinner Table

Graeme Wood

March 03, 2015 |

Pacific Standard |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

In prison, most inmates are alienated from social practices and can be a tax burden for the states. The Colorado Correctional Industries is a program that positions inmates in different forms of labor such as making stuffed toys, farming fish, picking fruit, tending livestock, and creating crafts to be sold at grocery stores. The program makes inmates into taxpayers instead of tax burdens and offers skills that are useful for future employment once they leave prison.

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Shedding light on human rights: do businesses stand up to scrutiny?

Annabel Short

February 25, 2015 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Netherlands, The Hague, South Holland

There are increasing costs to business when they fail to respect basic human rights. Many are therefore taking steps to avoid abuses – and are taking a proactive rather than reactive approach.

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Vancouver versus the rising sea: how the city is adapting to climate change

Jim Hall

February 23, 2015 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

The densely populated Canadian city is tenth most at risk of flooding in the world as climate change raises sea levels. The government has instated a number of successful flood adaptation projects, with an ambition to become the “greenest city in the world."

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Only 1 in 5 NYC students graduates from college. This nonprofit is going to change that

Chris Peak

February 20, 2015 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Educational nonprofit OneGoal has proven that its model of education helps provide low-income students in Chicago and Houston with the tools needed to pursue a college degree. Now, the nonprofit hopes to improve the college graduation rate in New York City by assisting high school students in understanding the basic techniques to achieve success.

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How cities are searching for solutions among massive mounds of data

John Lorinc

February 20, 2015 |

The Globe and Mail |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

New York City suffered from fires that erupted in overcrowded, run-down apartments. Then the city sleuthed through residential records and found that landlords who foreclosed let their properties fall apart and ignored safety-code violations. Greater Toronto wants to expand upon New York City’s method by using transportation surveys, census data and computer data to build transit lines.

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Principal in the Classroom: Can New Orleans make it work?

Peg Tyre

February 18, 2015 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

When a New Orleans school principal prioritizes and structures her day to maximizing opportunities to empower her staff and provide targeted professional development so that the teachers can best serve under-performing students and ensure they receive the best education possible.

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How to Topple a Dictator (Peacefully)

Tina Rosenberg

February 13, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Serbia, Belgrade

The Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies provides a "blueprint" for peaceful and democratic revolution, busting myths about the process of nonviolent revolt and helping dissidents in countries around the world to accomplish political goals, such as fighting corruption or protecting the environment.

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How police can get it right

Patrik Jonsson

February 08, 2015 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta Police Chief George Turner is building a diversified department that's less reactive and more humane. It could offer lessons after Ferguson.

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