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  • Ethnic studies classes in S.F. surprisingly successful

    January 13, 2016 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Stanford University researchers found that at-risk students who enrolled in a ninth-grade ethnic studies class saw significant improvements in performance and attendance compared to their peers who were not enrolled. Reporter Jill Tucker writes, "the academic benefits of the course were so significant, the researchers who conducted the Stanford study said they were shocked by their own findings." The research could have major implications for the education of San Francisco's predominantly non-white public school population.

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  • Reaching for rehabilitation, not retribution

    December 27, 2015 |

    IndyStar (The Indianapolis Star) |

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    Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

    A nonprofit in Indianapolis diverts kids from the juvenile justice system by using a teen court where first-time offenders admit their guilt to a jury made up of fellow students rather than going through suspension or expulsion. Jurors usually give verdicts that include community service, apologies, restitution, counseling and tutoring, and possibly serving on a jury. About 1,000 students participate each year and the county prosecutor named the nonprofit Crime Fighter of the Year for its work.

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  • Curing Hepatitis C, in an Experiment the Size of Egypt

    December 15, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Egypt, Cairo

    A new approach to distributing pharmaceuticals in Egypt could become the blueprint for providing cutting-edge medicines to the poor. The approach, developed to fight Hep. C, capitalizes on local networks and involves negotiating lower prices with drug companies.

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  • Decriminalizing Drugs: When Treatment Replaces Prison

    December 08, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Portugal, Lisbon

    Portugal has gone perhaps the farthest in decriminalizing drug use. It hasn't stopped drug usage, but it has reduced deaths, the spread of H.I.V., drug crime, and imprisonment.

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  • The Story Behind the First-Ever Life Insurance Coverage for People With HIV

    December 07, 2015 |

    GOOD Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Up until 2015, people living with HIV in the U.S. could not buy term life insurance, outside of a few small-value employer policies. Æqualis, a new company in partnership with Prudential Financial, began offering 10- and 15-year life insurance policies to individual consumers to help them and to reduce stigmas surrounding the disease.

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  • ‘Early college' offers chance to achieve in high school

    December 07, 2015 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Pharr, Texas

    A growing number of high schools across the U.S. offer free college courses to low-income students in an effort to help them make the transition from high school to college and afford the rising cost of a degree.

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  • How an ambitious new program aims to fight poverty and help kids learn, one block at a time

    December 02, 2015 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Arvada, Colorado

    To mitigate the pernicious effects of poverty on student success, nonprofit 'Blocks of Hope' in Colorado aims to provide both educational and social services to students and their families, with the goal of leveling the playing field.

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  • Chocolate gets sweeter: How consumer outrage is reducing child labor in Ghana

    November 30, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Ghana, Accra

    The cocoa industry’s worst child labor abuses are beginning to be cleaned up. The changes are, in many ways, unprecedented.

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  • The Remarkable Story of the County That Has Done the Most to Reduce Income Inequality in America

    November 20, 2015 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Zionsville, Indiana

    Indiana officials didn't set out to close the wealth gap. But that's exactly what happened in Boone County, as the middle class moved in to both posh and poor neighborhoods amidst a changing tax regime.

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  • Changing Employers' Perceptions, One Autistic Worker at a Time

    November 17, 2015 |

    Inc. Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Stony Brook, New York

    It is very difficult for people with disabilities to find work. Specialisterne is a Danish company that trains high-functioning autistic employees for IT jobs and partners with IT companies to get them hired by altering the interview process.

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