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Even rural America can have good public transportation

Ben Adler

July 23, 2014 |

Grist |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Aspen, Colorado

Rural areas are known for requiring tourists to rent a car in order to move around, which can be a significant added expense. But Aspen has developed a bus system that can bring residents or tourists from Aspen to suburban areas and back, and the area is also well geared to bicycle use.

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Colorado offered free birth control — and teen abortions fell by 42 percent

German Lopez

July 07, 2014 |

Vox |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

Colorado has seen a dramatic decrease in teen pregnancy rates after a privately funded program worked to offer intrauterine devices (IUDs) at little or no cost to low-income women. The program, combined with other factors, is being partially credited with helping Colorado see a decrease in both teen birth rates and teen abortion rates, although funding is in jeopardy.

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A decade of homelessness: Thousands in S.F. remain in crisis

Heather Knight

June 27, 2014 |

San Francisco Chronicle |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Between 2004 and 2014, San Francisco’s mayor attempted to rid the city of chronic homelessness with a ten-year plan. Despite dramatic successes in moving thousands of homeless from the streets, the homeless population numbers remain the same and chronic homelessness may never be eradicated. In reexamining the problems from the ten-year plan, the current administration has new ideas to decrease their number of homeless.

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Coordinated Care for Those Nearing Life's End — But Does It Save Money?

April Dembosky

June 25, 2014 |

KQED |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

A coordinated care program is helping provide in-home care to those who are considered pre-hopsice and who are combatting chronic health issues. While the program doesn't always financially help the hospitals it operates out of due to a reduction in emergency room visits, the patient is able to save almost half of what they would have spent on regular hospital visits.

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The Abstinence Method

Maryn McKenna

June 17, 2014 |

Modern Farmer |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Netherlands, Beers

Dutch farmers are saying no to antibiotics for livestock. The Netherlands is in the midst of a high-stakes, government-mandated experiment: Can large-scale meat production succeed without routine use of antibiotics?

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Fewer dropouts, more degrees: How Walla Walla Community College does it

Katherine Long

May 17, 2014 |

The Seattle Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Walla Walla, Washington

Individualized advice and counseling, boosted by software tools, is helping hundreds more students earn degrees and certificates each year at Walla Walla Community College in Washington.

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Peer Pressure Can Be a Lifesaver

Helen Coster

May 14, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kenya

Positive peer pressure - most specifically encouraging community influencers to lead by constructive example - has served as the key to adoption of various technologies and practices to improve quality of life for people worldwide. Whether it's using a new water purification device in Africa or encouraging mothers to breastfeed in South America, it has been behavioral psychology - the human need to meet social norms - more than other incentives that has instigated true and positive change.

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In Delivery Rooms, Reducing Births of Convenience

Tina Rosenberg

May 07, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The rate of Cesarean sections is on the rise in the United States, despite the higher risks of hysterectomy, hemorrhage, and infection, as well as the elevated expense. San Francisco General’s maternity ward, however, stands as an outlier by following evidence-based medicine that suggests decreasing C-sections and has also shifted from a pay-per-service incentive for the doctors to a salary or shift position.

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Tackling Mass Incarceration

Dax-Devlon Ross

April 02, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chelsea, Massachusetts

Deep-end youth frequently have extensive criminal records, incomplete education histories and no formal work experience. These backgrounds make them hard to retain in programs and even more difficult to place in gainful employment if/when they are released from prison.

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How One Teacher Achieved Insane Reading Growth Last Year

Matt Bowman

March 18, 2014 |

EdSurge News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Navarre, Florida

Tracy Fischetti's high school students improved their reading level scores about three times as much as expected last year, thanks to her innovative approach of heavy content integration into collective class activities, plus an emphasis on students tracking their own Lexile level reading growth.

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