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Hopeworks Mixes Tech and Life Skills in Camden

Donna Liu

January 30, 2019 |

CivicStory |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

An organization in New Jersey called Hopeworks combines trauma-informed practices with career and life-readiness skill-learning. Teens who enter the program are equipped with a team of mentors (academic and life) to help guide them along the way, and they have a range of classes teaching tech skills such as web design or data management. Students testify to the importance of the community and the self-confidence it builds.

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Building the Prison-to-School Pipeline in California

Zoe Sullivan

January 28, 2019 |

Next City |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

Providing those experiencing incarceration with educational services has shown to reduce recidivism by 28%. While many prisons offer GED or higher education classes, the opportunities are still hard to come by consistently, so organizations like Underground Scholars help recruit individuals after prison to colleges. Looking forward, those pushing for criminal justice reform hope to overturn a 1994 legislation that banned incarcerated individuals from being eligible for Pell Grants, which could help drive more people from prison to school.

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Finland's grand AI experiment

Janosch Delcker

January 02, 2019 |

Politico |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Finland, Helinski

The government of Finland is positioning its country as the leader in practical applications of Artificial Intelligence technology by providing its citizens with a free course. Recognizing the potential in AI technology, and the coming shifts in the global economy that will favor countries well versed in these technologies, the government has partnered with the University of Helsinki and a consulting agency named Reaktor to develop the free course. “We’ll never have so much money that we will be the leader of artificial intelligence. But how we use it — that’s something different," says one minister.

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Sleepless No More In Seattle — Later School Start Time Pays Off For Teens

Patti Neighmond

December 12, 2018 |

NPR |

Radio |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Sleep deprivation is an issue that plagues many people today, but is especially detrimental to the health of children that are still in school. Recognizing this, Seattle middle and high schools have shifted the start time for school and are already reporting higher attendance and improved grades.

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Madrasa Discourses equip tomorrow's Islamic scholars with scientific literacy

Aysha Khan

December 03, 2018 |

Religion News Service |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, South Bend, Indiana

In collaboration with Notre Dame University, graduates of madrasas in India are receiving additional education about Islam’s role in scientific development as well as a grounding in current scientific thought. In this manner, traditional education is being ‘refreshed’ from within by people who were educated by and are a part of the traditional madras education.

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In a California elementary school, parents have a classroom of their own

Zaidee Stavely

October 24, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

In Oakland, California, parents, many of whom are immigrants, take family literacy classes at their child's elementary school. These programs empower parents to help students with their homework and provide parents with a better understanding of curriculum expectations, such as common core standards.

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Women in Kenya Change Their Lives Through Basic Literacy Skills

Dominic Kirui

October 15, 2018 |

The Epoch Times |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya

In a small town outside the Kenyan capital, a school offers adult education classes. Business and language courses have helped women to maximize the profits of their businesses and other entrepreneurial ventures.

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In Argentina, public servants get promoted for learning how to innovate

Jennifer Guay

September 07, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Argentina

Every public servant in Argentina has to collect education points throughout the year. To spark innovation, the Government Lab of Argentina (LABGobAr) is offering courses in design thinking, evidence-based policymaking, and more with instructors from across the world. Sixty-eight percent of participants say they are likely or very likely to use the methods they learned.

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This sex trafficking survivor is moving on — by learning how to code

Arthur Nazaryan

August 17, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

AnnieCannons, is a nonprofit that teaches sex traffic survivors computer software skills so they can be employed as developers. It also emphasizes networking and tries to secure job placement. “I’ve never been happier ... having a steady paycheck for the first time since I was like 16 and just like actual real financial security where I know I’m going to get paid every two weeks, and I can start to like just settle into my life, finally.”

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'Girls who leave militias get rejected': helping child soldiers go home

Lucy Lamble

August 15, 2018 |

The Guardian |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Enrolling in school can help former girl soldiers reintegrate into society. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Child Soldiers International interviewed community members and former soldiers, and then shared this finding with local organizations to guide programming.

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