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  • Inside Marygrove College's new direction: How it was saved and where it's going

    February 05, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Like many institutions of higher education, Marygrove College in Northwest Detroit has faced significant financial strains in recent years. However, perhaps unique to Marygrove, the college is in the process of transforming the community anchor and asset into a more sustainable educational model -- a cradle-to-career approach that includes a new preschool and K-12 school on the campus. "It's a big leap. The hope is that this is going to become an educational model that can be used in urban areas throughout the country," Marygrove's president Elizabeth Burns said.

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  • Where Sex Education Fails, Technology Can Help

    February 05, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    A smartphone app connects users with sex experts who are qualified to answer questions about healthy sex and relationships. Juicebox aims to fill gaps in the heteronormative sex education offered in U.S. schools and serves as a substitute for students who receive no sex education or who are only exposed to abstinence-only lessons.

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  • What we can learn from Canada's universal child care model

    February 05, 2019 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

    By reducing daycare costs to nearly nothing, Québec's universal child care program allows more women than ever to join the labor force, rather than stay home and care for their children. The United States now looks to this Canadian province as a working model that sheds light upon the benefits of government-funded child care programs.

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  • Educators encouraged by results of Arizona recess law

    February 05, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    A new law that requires more recess throughout the day in Arizona's public schools is helping kids inside and outside of the classroom.

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  • Restoring the Range: Can Beef Be Earth-Friendly?

    February 04, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Hayes, South Dakota

    Mortenson Cattle Ranch in Hayes, South Dakota is redefining sustainability practices for cattle-raising farmers by using a model that restored the habitat, wildlife, and water sources on their land. Mimicking the habits of bison herds, the Mortensons use a technique called holistic range management to rotate their cattle's grazing areas, which increases distribution of wildflower and grass seeds, as well as planting trees and replenishing groundwater using dikes and dams. Having started this in the 1980s, 90% of their 19,000 acre property is back to native vegetation, and efforts are still ongoing.

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  • Denver Pays Homeless Residents to Help Clean Up the City

    February 04, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    After a highly successful pilot run, Denver formally instituted Denver Day Works, an initiative that pays homeless residents to clean up and landscape the city during the day. So far, the program has helped over 150 people find permanent employment.

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  • Staying Connected: Moms Who Pump in Prison

    February 04, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Riverside Correction Facility in Philadelphia has implemented a program that allows incarcerated new mothers the opportunity to both learn about the benefits of maintaining breast milk supply, and also provide it for their newborns. The lactation program not only carries significant health benefits for the infant and mother, but also encourages crucial bonding between the two.

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  • Picture clue: cops turn to amateur web sleuths to help crack cases

    February 04, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, The Hague

    The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, otherwise known as Europol, is using crowdsourcing to identify locations involved in both past and current child abuse cases. By posting unedited images online and asking for tips to help identify the clue, tens of thousands of emails have been sent in by individuals and groups which has lead to the identification of nine victims and potentially stopped repeat offenders.

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  • The streets weren't safe for drug users. So these countries created spaces for them.

    February 04, 2019 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    Response Location: Switzerland, Geneva

    Despite hesitance and not complete buy-in, European countries are seeing signs of success from implementing drug consumption rooms. While the United States has been hesitant to adopt this tactic as a solution for fear of normalization of drug use, countries with these facilities are reporting less “injection-related litter in public spaces,” increased public awareness, less stigma, and fewer overdoses.

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  • When It's Hard to Make Ends Meet, Can Smart Apps Help?

    February 04, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Elsie, Michigan

    Smartphone technology levels the playing field for low-income people, utilizing services that manage SNAP food-assistance budgets, pay parking tickets on time, payday loans, and more. Applications like Fresh EBT work with families to create budgets to better manage their monthly income.

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