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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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  • Anchored in hope: How Toronto is learning from Cleveland's return to prosperity

    Sara Mojtehedzadeh

    April 18, 2015 |

    Toronto Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    After decades of economic and social despair that once saw it named the poorest big city in America, Cleveland has become a model of revitalization, thanks to a unique “anchor strategy” that harnesses the immense wealth and power of the city’s public institutions.

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  • One city's answer to the high two-year college dropout rate

    Lane Anderson

    April 09, 2015 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Yonkers, New York

    Yonkers Partners in Education offers free SAT test prep and college guidance counselors in Yonker's high schools. The program aims to increase college enrollment rates for low-income students who lack the same access to expensive tutors and courses as their afluent peers.

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  • Bringing a Charter School Approach to college

    Amy Crawford

    March 28, 2015 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    There are many reasons why a student might leave university without graduating. Match Beyond helps students who dropped out of college finally receive their degree through personal counselors who make sure that the students are fulfilling all the necessary things in order to graduate.

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  • Out of Debtors' Prison, With Law as the Key

    Tina Rosenberg

    March 27, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Norwalk, Ohio

    Rampant misconduct by judicial systems across the country brought to light a crippling practice of debtors' prisons—where disadvantaged individuals unable to pay fines and fees were continually and wrongfully imprisoned, creating a vicious cycle. The American Civil Liberties Union stepped in to work with governments and private companies to increase transparency, eliminate abuse, and reeducate law enforcement officials. The state of Ohio has emerged as a leader in reforming debtors' prisons, though there is still work to do.

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  • Can a small, rural college that eliminated merit aid survive — and thrive? Hamilton College president makes the case

    Liz Willen

    March 17, 2015 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Clinton, New York

    Hamilton College, a small, rural liberal arts college, is optimistic about furthering its efforts to provide scholarships for low-income students and for those who are the first in their family to attend college.

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  • Stunning surge in graduation rate as Rainier Beach gamble pays off

    Claudia Rowe

    March 16, 2015 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    After implementing the International Baccalaureate curriculum, graduation rates at Seattle's historically underperforming Rainier Beach High School increased 25 percentage points from 2011 to 2015. In a city whose public schools are known for racial tracking in advanced classes, Rainier's programs are uniquely focused on serving its predominantly minority student body. With funding in jeopardy, in the coming years, Rainer will have to prove the worth of the programming.

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  • Trailers as affordable housing: solution or bane to the poor?

    Lane Anderson

    January 18, 2015 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Bath, Pennsylvania

    Many people who own a trailer home live in a corporate-owned community where the rent goes unregulated but it is too expensive to relocate the trailer. In New Hampshire many manufactured home communities are owned by resident co-ops.

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  • Managed Care Plans Make Progress In Erasing Racial Disparities

    Lisa Aliferis

    December 17, 2014 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Management of blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar improved nationwide, yet African-Americans still "substantially" trailed whites. The Kaiser’s clinic in California is closing this racial gap by creating registries of people with various conditions to identify those who are missing preventive care and or better management.

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  • UW, WSU give future engineers a ‘redshirt season'”

    Katherine Long

    November 29, 2014 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In an idea borrowed from college athletics called redshirting, STARS enrolls promising engineering students — many of them women and minorities — to give them an additional year of collegiate academic work before they’re ready for the big time. A similar program is in its second year at Washington State University.

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