Problem Solving Must-Read

Pre-K for the Whole Family

Plus: Using theater as a planning tool, and intersections that don't need stoplights or stop signs

Problem Solving Must-Read

Pre-K for the Whole Family

Plus: Using theater as a planning tool, and intersections that don't need stoplights or stop signs

BY Stephen St. Vincent

Apr. 01, 2016

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Here at The Citizen, we do problem-solving journalism, looking for ideas and solutions to move the region forward and make a better city. Here are some other great ideas for solving the world’s problems, from media outlets around the globe:

When the Whole Family Goes to Pre-K

San Antonio is bringing everyone to the classroom, offering educational services not just for kids, but for their parents as well.

From The Atlantic
Related from The Philadelphia Citizen:
More Than Just A School
An AmeriCorps program helps select District schools turn from academic centers into providers of social services. Is this a model for the future?

Philly Community Uses Theater as a Planning Tool

Lisa Jo Epstein, executive director of the Philadelphia-based theater group Just Act, knows the power that can flow from stories. Schooled in the practice of the “theater of the oppressed,” she has spent the last several years helping ordinary people reach inside themselves to devise ways to effect social change using theater as a tool.

From Next City
Related from The Philadelphia Citizen:
The Citizen Recommends: People’s State of the Union
Interactive theater company Just Act uses the audience as “spect-actors” to address social problems

On These MIT-Designed Streets, There Are No Traffic Lights, Or Need To Stop At All

The intersection looks like chaos, but it's really a perfectly timed work of art and technology.

From Fast Co.Exist

 

Previous entries in this series:

  • Student sleeping
Problem Solving Must-Read: Better Grades Through Sleeping In
Plus: Teaching prisoners to code and a refrigerator for the homeless and hungry
Problem Solving Must-Read: Recycling Air Pollution
Plus: Using water fountains to combat child obesity and taxing drivers by the mile
Problem Solving Must-Read: An App to Stop Sexual Abuse on Campus
Plus: Pigeons wearing backpacks and support for vulnerable teens

 

Photo header: Lauren Summers

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