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  • Infant Caregiver Project May Be Even Better Than Pre-K

    May 27, 2016 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Delaware

    Mary Dozier's Infant Caregiver Project helps shape young brains for success from their earliest days, well before they enter pre-K, by teaching parents how to form secure bonds with their children.

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  • Sharing the shortage

    May 27, 2016 |

    The Taos News |

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    Response Location: United States, Talpa, New Mexico

    Farmers and land owners in the Rio Grande del Rancho region are using a collaborative, community-based approach fostered by acequias to ensure better sharing of water resources in times of scarcity.

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  • Building Family Assets

    May 26, 2016 |

    PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    To improve financial literacy and knowledge around child development, Prosperity Works – a program in New Mexico – is offering classes focused on these issues to parents. This program offers the foundational education necessary to open a bank account and use Individual Development Accounts to save funds for housing or educational needs.

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  • Have You Ever Been Arrested? Check Here

    May 24, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Across the country, new criminal justice campaigns are seeking to redefine how criminal records are both accessed and interpreted. Given that current crime histories fail to denote context and stories of culmination, these new products are seeking to both delay the effect criminal convictions have, as well as reshape how criminal records are recorded.

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  • U.S. Fish And Wildlife Cease Dell Creek Wolf Pack Kill

    May 20, 2016 |

    Wyoming Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Bondurant, Wyoming

    Growing wolf populations in Wyoming are forcing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make hard decisions about culling the endangered species in order to preserve local wildlife and livestock.

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  • How Colleges Can Again Be Levelers of Society

    May 03, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Higher education has become a guardian of class division and privilege. But leadership can, and is trying to, reverse that and level the playing field.

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  • Without an Address, You're No One

    May 03, 2016 |

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    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Without an address emergency response, voting rights, legal aid, bank accounts and more are difficult if not impossible to get. what3words is a new startup that has given every 3-meter-squares in the world a 3-word address in the hopes of creating a new global addressing system.

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  • Finland's fighting inequality with education, and winning. What's their secret?

    April 23, 2016 |

    The Globe and Mail |

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    Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

    Children of immigrants often tend to be disadvantaged - both financially and educationally. Finland has restructured its education system to provide more one-on-one instruction for children born into poverty or those who have recently immigrated to Finland. The goal is to allow these children to become middle-class success stories one day.

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  • Why Talented Black and Hispanic Students Can Go Undiscovered

    April 08, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

    Relying on teachers and parents to identify candidates for gifted programs appears to discriminate against minority and poor children - a new, more equal screening process reveals that more minority students are 'gifted' than previously categorized.

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  • In a global economy, Mass. lags in teaching foreign languages

    April 04, 2016 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Park City, Utah

    In a global economy, helping students succeed means offering them the opportunity to become multilingual. States such as Utah, Indiana, and Delaware have stepped up their efforts with immersion programs for elementary students.

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