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  • DIY-style school helps educate Indian migrants facing eviction

    February 19, 2021 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: India, Delhi

    Evictions can have devastating effects on a student’s access to education, forcing some to drop out of school. In Delhi, a city in India, a school was built by students, community members, and volunteers using locally-sourced materials. The community had been forcibly removed from their homes, and the students were left without a school.

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  • Towards a greener construction with fly ash bricks

    February 19, 2021 |

    Climate Tracker |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: India

    Fly ash bricks help reduce construction waste by utilizing the powdery by-product of burning coal. They are a green replacement for red clay bricks, which contribute to 5-15% of India’s emissions. They also utilize waste from coal-based thermal plants, which often gets disposed of by being dumped in water bodies and on roadsides. In comparison to red clay bricks, fly ash bricks are less expensive and the production process doesn’t emit smoke or use the more fertile top soil. Their use has been mandated by some regions and about 150 small fly ash enterprises have emerged.

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  • Vaccine nationalism? Why Jordan includes refugees in rollout.

    February 19, 2021 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Jordan, Zaatari

    The Jordan government is prioritizing offering the Covid-19 vaccine to refugees before most citizens with the goal of decreasing the transmission rate for those who must live closely together and in crowded conditions. Working with The U.N. Refugee Agency, this antidote to "so-called vaccine nationalism" has been received well by citizens and has allowed the Jordanian government to already distribute a "remarkable" number of the vaccines to those in refugee camps.

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  • A College Program for Disadvantaged Teens Could Shake Up Elite Admissions

    February 18, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    About “1,500 (High School) students from 75 of the nation’s poorest schools in 35 cities,” are enrolling in college courses in elite universities like Harvard and Columbia through an initiative started by a nonprofit—and succeeding. The aim of the program is to prepare underprivileged students for the rigors of college education, and give them a confidence boost before they enter college. They complete the same coursework as the college students and get a grade. “All of these schools talk this game, ‘We want diversity, but we can’t find these kids,’ and this proves they can build a pipeline."

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  • Can a Community Water Lab Restore Trust in Flint?

    February 18, 2021 |

    Belt Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Flint, Michigan

    A community-based water testing and lead-education pilot program aimed to rebuild confidence and trust among Flint residents, who are skeptical of state-affiliated testing. Trained students collected water samples that were tested by University of Michigan labs. Educational materials provided with results included how to install, maintain, and use filters. While most samples didn't show issues, households with dangerous lead levels were given bottled water, filters, and other services. Once the pilot ended, the Mckenzie Patrice-Croom Water Lab secured funding to continue free community-based water testing.

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  • Integration Starts in the Village

    February 18, 2021 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Georgia

    Ethnic Azeri students face disproportionate barriers in achieving university education compared to Georgians. One of those reasons is due to language barriers. Isolated from Georgian society, it's not uncommon for Azeri communities to not speak Georgian fluently. The center has now expanded into a network of multiple centers. One center serves as many as 160 children. It’s working. Some of the centers had a 100% success rate in helping Azeri students enter college.

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  • Seattle Bets on Equitable Development

    February 17, 2021 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    An Equitable Development Initiative was launched as a result of a racial equity analysis that gauged the effect that Seattle’s economic growth would have on communities of color. Funding for the initiative has gone toward capital for these communities to purchase real estate and develop projects that build up affordable housing, child care, food security, and other issues that would best serve longtime residents and prevent gentrification.

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  • Anti-Racist Science Education : Short Wave

    February 17, 2021 |

    NPR |

    Podcast |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Science is dominated by white men, and some of the most well-regarded scientists were notoriously racist. Some science teachers are not shying away from the history of racism embedded in science but are embracing it. In this episode of Short Wave, three teachers share how they’re integrating race into the curriculum from delving into the ethics of experiments, to journaling, to reading “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks." “To fix the lab we have to fix the classroom.”

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  • If You Can't Get To Your Vaccine Appointment, These Cities Will Drive You

    February 17, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Some cities across the U.S. are offering "free or cheap transportation to vaccine distribution sites" as a means of increasing access for those who don't have access to a vehicle, are unable to drive, or don't live near a vaccination site or public transportation network. In Austin, the city converted their already-existing bus and commuter rail system, which was experiencing a decline in use during the pandemic, to a curb-to-curb service.

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  • District-led parent mentor program promotes path to college for English learners

    February 17, 2021 |

    EdSource |

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    Response Location: United States, Whittier, California

    Padres Promotores del Camino al Éxito Universitario (Parent Mentors for the Road to College Success) is a three-month program at Whittier Union High School District that taps into the collective knowledge of parents of English learners and provides them with a medium to share that knowledge and/or mentor other parents. There is also a curriculum for parents that are part of the program, which includes "classes on managing stress during the pandemic," information about the district's special education program, and other related information. Parents now help lead, inform, and present at district meetings.

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