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  • The Co-op Farming Model Might Help Save America's Small Farms

    Annelise Jolley

    October 03, 2018 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States

    Throughout the United States, farmer co-ops are gaining popularity as a means to share work and resources with fellow small farms with the goal of keeping rural communities alive. Although this model can look slightly different depending on the region and can create limitations, overall, many believe this approach may create a more resilient farming practice.

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  • Volunteer scientists study flowers to battle climate dread

    Jane C. Hu

    October 03, 2018 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    As climate change takes it's toll across the world, volunteer scientists in Washington are helping to track the changes. MeadowWatch, a program made up of these volunteer scientists, encourages the collection of data while hiking the Mount Rainier National Park. Not only does this help in data management, but offers a tangible way for people to take their climate awareness a step further.

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  • How a Teacher in Rural Oklahoma Started a Science-Fair Dynasty

    Kristina Rizga

    October 02, 2018 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma

    Over the course of her tenure, a third generation Oklahoma teacher transformed the way students at her school engage with STEM education, opening the door for rural white and American Indian students to join the national conversation. Instead of relying on lectures and in-class assignments, Deborah Cornelison looked beyond the classroom doors, "orient[ing] her STEM teaching around students' ability to take what they learn and improve their communities."

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  • The Hellerup School: Lessons from a school without walls

    Daisy Yuhas

    October 02, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: Denmark

    An innovative school and architectural endeavor in Denmark offers 16 years of lessons for the increasingly popular personalized learning movement. At the Hellerup School, students check in with their teachers at the beginning of the lesson and then disperse throughout the open-plan building to work where they are most productive. While the school has found the model highly rewarding, in recent years, Hellerup has grappled with how to build more group interactions into the intensely individualized curriculum.

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  • The Power of Student Peer Leaders

    David Bornstein

    October 02, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    PeerForward, a youth leadership development organization, taps into the power of peer networks to increase the number of students in low-income schools applying to college and submitting FAFSA forms. Working with teachers, elected students develop their own custom action plans to achieve PeerForward's common goals. For instance, at some schools, student leaders required a completed FAFSA for admission to a dance.

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  • Worker Co-ops Catch on in Philadelphia

    Sandra Larson

    October 01, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Worker co-ops, a business model that many people are not aware of, are gaining momentum in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Cooperative Alliance (PACA) has helped push more education and funding around co-ops to come to the city. Specifically, 20/20 is a program that invited 20 groups interested in working as co-ops to learn together. The co-op model has the potential to help immigrants, women, and people of color who are traditionally underrepresented in business.

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  • Why this father-son team is "trash fishing" in the Detroit River

    Anthony Lanzilote

    October 01, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    On an annual basis, tens of thousands of tons of plastic ends up in the Great Lakes. One man and his son are inspiring change and action amongst others in Detroit, Michigan by regularly fishing the trash out of the Detroit River.

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  • Armed with award-winning app, Kenyan tribe fights forced evictions

    Kevin Mwanza

    October 01, 2018 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi Area

    A new app known as TIMBY aims to reduce the amount of illegal forest activities such as logging and forced evictions of tribal communities. By allowing those using the app to document real-time evidence of illegal activity, the Sengwer community will be able to present the gathered data to courts and forest authorities.

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  • The Hot New Musical Trend In Zanzibar Is From The '80s — The 1880s

    Amy Yee

    September 29, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Zanzibar

    Teaching folk arts and music helps to keep cultures alive. On the island of Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania, the Dhow Countries Music Academy teaches students “taarab,” a form of 19th century music that reflects the island’s role as a hub of trade across the Indian Ocean. The school is supported largely by philanthropic donations from institutions like Swiss Embassy in Tanzania, the Ford Foundation, and others.

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  • 78207: America's Most Radical School Integration Experiment

    Beth Hawkins

    September 25, 2018 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    In just three years, San Antonio superintendent Pedro Martinez has raised the bar for school integration efforts nationwide - in this time, the district, where 93 percent of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch, has opened 31 schools of choice that are "diverse-by-design." The curriculum, which ranges from talented and gifted to dual language programs, is intended to attract more affluent students from surrounding areas to fill 25 percent of the classroom spots. Journalist Beth Hawkins says, "In 20 years of writing about failed integration efforts, I’ve never seen anything like this."

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