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  • Even with progressive education funding, 'fairness' eludes Berlin schools

    August 29, 2017 |

    Keystone Crossroads |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Berlin, Berlin

    Part 1 of 3 - A progressive funding model has been a boon to schools in Berlin’s poorer neighborhoods, which receive a baseline of staff and resources that would make them the envy of many of their counterparts in Pennsylvania. But schools in poorer neighborhoods face a myriad of struggles that additional resources haven’t been able to quell, due to the deep socioeconomic disparities between the home neighborhoods of wealthy and poor students. This "social wall" lies exactly along the lines of the once physical Berlin wall.

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  • A system of support: How Ontario sets its teachers up to succeed

    August 29, 2017 |

    Keystone Crossroads |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    Part 3 of the "Equity or Bust: Are Ontario's Public Schools a Model for Pennsylvania" Series: Ontario is widely lauded for its education system, celebrated for both high performance and relatively smaller achievement gaps between wealthy and poor students. One of the key factors to their success is rigorous preparation of and support for their teachers. Pennsylvania, meanwhile, struggles to find and retain educators.

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  • Germany bets on second time lucky with migrant workers

    August 18, 2017 |

    Reuters |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Gescher

    Germany is learning from its past, and implementing measures that will safeguard successful integration of refugees into the workforce. In the 1960s thousands of Turkish people were recruited to fill labor shortages, but were not given support to help them integrate. They still struggle to enter the workforce. Now, the country devised a program aimed at language learning and job skills development for incoming asylum seekers. “The lesson that Germany learnt is that integration is something you work on.”

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  • When Families Lead Themselves Out of Poverty

    August 15, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    The traditional approach to poverty emphasizes government and social assistance from well-meaning social workers. Mauricio Lim Miller, a social services expert, spent years researching how families escape poverty before founding the Family Independence Initiative, an organization that provides no services or direct assistance and still sees results for the families involved.

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  • New York City Guarantees a Lawyer to Every Resident Facing Eviction

    August 14, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City passed the first law in the nation guaranteeing legal representation to any low-income resident facing eviction. Pilot programs in California show that the right to counsel levels the playing field between tenants and landlords in the courtroom and can reduce the number of cases that result in homelessness, a huge cost savings for both tenants and governments.

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  • Meet the Men Who Invest in Women Entrepreneurs

    August 10, 2017 |

    The Story Exchange |

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    Response Location: United States

    Women tend to invest in female-owned and run companies, but men disproportionately invest in male-run companies, which means female companies lose out on a huge market. Some male investors, such as Adam Quinton, see the female-run businesses as a better investment because of the lack of competition and that these firms tend to outperform the male-owned companies, this finding is shifting where people invest.

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  • Across the Arab world, a 'Women's Spring' comes into view

    August 09, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Jordan, Amman

    Women’s right activists are gaining traction in Jordan and Tunisia. Their efforts have led to the rejection of old laws that protected rapists, and more representation in parliament. The progress women activists are making is sustained through cross border collaborations, and is part of a larger movement happening in Arab countries.

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  • Lag In Brain Donation Hampers Understanding Of Dementia In Blacks

    August 09, 2017 |

    Kaiser Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Davis, California

    There is a racial disparity in science, the black population is extremely underrepresented and due to historically terrible treatment of black individuals by science they are very reluctant to engage in research. Therefore, researchers are now starting to directly target black and other underrepresented groups to try to spur involvement.

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  • Native Youth and the Prophecy of Crazy Horse

    August 02, 2017 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

    After generations of waiting, the Oglala Sioux prophecy of an economic, spiritual, and social renaissance is coming true. "Now the Seventh Generation is here," and they are creating dynamic change in one the least developed communities in the United States. Providing highly reduced tuition and parental efficacy at excellent schools has allowed many children to break the generational poverty chain.

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  • In Ethiopia, model drought defenses are put to the test

    July 24, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s cosmopolitan capital, has long been considered a world apart from surrounding rural communities, all of which suffer from reoccurring droughts and civil war. However, thanks to international aid and government intervention, things are looking up for the whole of Ethiopia, dubbed one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Success is particularly linked to a government program designed to predict natural disasters before they occur, and an innovative economic development program, which employs Ethiopia’s poorest in exchange for labor on public works projects. So far, these measures h

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