Peter Balonon-Rosen

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Between Swimming And Archery, This Camp Helps Kids Overcome The Stigma Of HIV/AIDS

Friday, August 04, 2017

One week a year this summer camp welcomes children affected by HIV and AIDS. The goal, aside from having fun, is to help kids cope with the stigma they or their families face because of the disease.

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When School Vouchers Don't Offer Much Of A Choice

Saturday, May 20, 2017

Indiana is home to the largest private school voucher program in the country, but what does that mean for students in Eminence, Ind., where the closest private school is a 40-minute drive away?

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The Promise And Peril Of School Vouchers

Friday, May 12, 2017

Indiana's private school voucher program is the largest of its kind in the U.S. Whether it's "social justice" or "an assault" on public schools depends on whom you ask.

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Using Improv To Help Kids With Autism Show And Read Emotion

Monday, February 13, 2017

Communicating and interacting socially can be hard for some children with autism. Researchers are looking at how improv classes may help these kids do better day to day.

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Schools Hustle To Reach Kids Who Move With The Harvest, Not The School Year

Monday, October 31, 2016

The children of migrant farm workers are some of the country's poorest, most undereducated and hardest to track down. Programs like one in southern Indiana are working to change that.

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Want To Address Teachers' Biases? First, Talk About Race

Friday, August 12, 2016

One teacher in Indiana leads conversions with her fellow teachers and students about race and bias. She's never thought it was more important than she does now.

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Woman Wins 'Math Nobel' For First Time

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

For the first time ever, a woman has won the Fields Medal. Iranian-born Stanford mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani is among the four winners of what is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of mathematics.

“It’s absolutely huge,” Keith Devlin, a mathematician and co-founder and director of Stanford’s H-Star Institute, told ...

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What Are You Agreeing To In Online Contracts?

Wednesday, August 06, 2014

Many Facebook users were recently surprised to find that they had agreed essentially to be part of a social science experiment for the company without any notification. However, they agreed by accepting the site’s privacy agreement, known as a wrap contract.

Professor Nancy Kim, author of “Wrap Contracts: ...

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Russian Hackers Sweep Up 1.2 Billion Online Passwords

Wednesday, August 06, 2014

A gang of Russian hackers has gathered up what today’s New York Times is calling “the largest known collection” of stolen internet usernames and passwords. So far, the hackers have not sold much of the information.

David Gelles, reporter for The New York Times, speaks with Here & Now’s ...

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Students Toil In Texas To Give Names And Burials To Migrants

Monday, August 04, 2014

Here & Now’s Robin Young recently spoke to a rancher in the town of Falfurrias, Texas, 70 miles inland from the border, who felt that the recent spotlight on child migrants was taking the focus away from adults and teens crossing — and sometimes dying — on ...

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As War And Conflicts Proliferate, Children Become Unwary Victims And Targets

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

With political, military, economic and religious strife proliferating globally, children are increasingly turning up in the headlines.

And while kids have always suffered during the turmoils of war and crisis, there’s a sense internationally that the burden of instability is being increasingly borne by children.

“More than ever, children are ...

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