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How 3 Loved-To-Death Parks Are Taking Action: Permits, Poop Bags And New Paths

Ann Awad

May 24, 2018 |

Colorado Public Radio |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Colorado

As Colorado's popular parks become slammed with visitors park officials are noticing dramatic environmental impacts to the areas. To mitigate against continuous damage, three parks - Garden of the Gods, Conundrum Hot Springs and Hanging Lake - are piloting stricter Leave No Trace policies via targeted outreach and education.

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How Max's injury became Max's Law

Lee van der Voo

May 23, 2018 |

InvestigateWest |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

After a high school football player in Oregon was concussed in a game, his condition elevated to a traumatic brain injury when he was sent back in to play without proper rest. To combat this lapse in judgment from happening again, the state passed legislation that "set out guidelines that a coach must follow in the event that he or she suspects a player has received a blow to the head or body and then exhibits signs or symptoms consistent with a concussion."

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How 6.5 tons of trash generated at an IPL match gets managed in Bengaluru

Seema Prasad

May 23, 2018 |

Citizen Matters |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Bengaluru

At Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, some 40,000 spectators per match are testing a waste management system that helps reduce pollution and encourage recycling. The program has shown promise. To boot, the project provides an opportunity to educate captive audiences about waste management.

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Phoenix Union helps with financial aid forms to get more students into college

Stephanie Morse

May 22, 2018 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

During the 2017-2018 school year, students in Arizona missed out on $65 million in free federal financial aid. The Be a Leader Foundation counsels first-generation and low-income students - during the inaugural year of the program, Be a Leader saw a 26 percent increase in students who filled out the FAFSA form.

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15 Michigan prison inmates earn degrees from Calvin College

Monica Scott

May 22, 2018 |

MLive.com |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Ionia, Michigan

Calvin College recently awarded degrees to fifteen men living in a prison facility in Michigan. Proponents of the program say the program helps students reframe their hopes and expectations for life post-prison. "They've gone from expecting the worst to now actually believing something good may happen," the co-director of the Calvin Prison Initiative explained.

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An Honors College That Honors Grit

David L. Kirp

May 22, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

Unlike the honors colleges at most universities, the Honors Living-Learning Community at Rutgers University-Newark recruits students based on "grit" and commitment to social justice. The Community creates a supportive experience within the larger campus and focuses students' studies on issues ranging from civil rights to environmental justice. “For the first time these students are learning about themselves and about that corner where they come from,” an assistant dean commented. Honors students' freshman GPAs are on average half a grade higher than the grades of non-honors students.

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Com tecnologia e pais, Vitória põe 71% das crianças em creches

Luiza Bandeira

May 22, 2018 |

Folha de S. Paulo |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Vitória, Espírito Santo

A reportagem mostra como Vitória, capital do Espírito Santo, tem um sistema de creches eficiente com tecnologia para matrículas, participação da comunidade em conselhos e bons salários para os professores. Vitória era a capital com a melhor taxa de matrículas em creches, segundo dados de 2016.

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UO's science literacy program cultivates scientific curiosity

Becky Hoag

May 20, 2018 |

Daily Emerald |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

Since 2010, the University of Oregon Science Literacy Program has provided professors and graduate students with ideas about effective and engaging active learning teaching models in order to improve science literacy among non-science majors. Interested instructors meet weekly to discuss literature and research about teaching methods. So far, over 21,000 undergraduates have taken a course designed through this program.

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Britain's Studio Schools: when best practice met political reality

Thomas Graham

May 16, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: England

In 2010, the Studio School identified an opportunity to expand a promising new model in British education - noting growing support for project-based and hands-on learning, the organization took steps to develop a curriculum and bring it to scale. However, eight years after the first schools opened, a third of the schools have closed. This article offers lessons for administrators and educators designing for widespread adoption.

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Kids Say #MeToo After Each Performance of This Play

Meera Vijayann

May 16, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Virginia

Since the mid-1980s, Prevent Child Abuse Virginia (PCAV) has used theater to teach elementary and middle school students about sexual abuse and in the process empower them to report it. Over the course of 34 years, 13,000 students have disclosed their abuse experiences following a viewing of the play. “Many parents are very uncomfortable talking to their children about personal body safety because it gets all mixed up with the sex conversation,” executive director of PCAV explains. "The messages in the play fill the gap left behind by ineffective policy and cultural roadblocks," the author says.

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