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  • The ‘Problem Child' Is a Child, Not a Problem

    October 24, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Isolating or punitive methods in early childhood education can have a lasting effect on a 'problematic' child, leading to greater behavioural problems. Collaborative Problem Solving techniques, such as 'Plan B', require the child and teacher or parent to work together to identify each of their concerns and come up with a mutually beneficial solution, allowing both sides to be heard in a calm environment.

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  • How a Temple professor and a prison inmate started an international movement

    October 23, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In the Inside-Out Exchange program half of the students are college students, and the other half are prison inmates. The program has “expanded to about 150 correctional institutions across the globe” but the biggest takeaway is the effect it has on people. Students were “ engaged in a way they never had been in the classroom. For the inmates, suddenly their opinions mattered.”

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  • The One Simple Way to Help Poor Kids Stay in School

    October 19, 2017 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A study of high school students in Chicago has has found that personalized tutoring can help low-income students advance academically, challenging conventional wisdom that once a student falls behind, it's almost impossible to bring them back to speed. Many advocate for a "scaling-up" of tutoring programs, as the personalized attention and relationship with the tutor has been proven valuable.

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  • The New Co-op Helping Ex-Inmates Find Work—and Recover

    October 18, 2017 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Washington D.C. struggles with the highest incarceration rates in the nation that already imprisons more people than any other country in the world. But a few determined individuals, including ex-offender Juan Reid, are working to break the cycle by empowering former inmates to join their business cooperative, Tightshift, catered specifically to those reentering the system by providing job training and paid work, as well as critical emotional healing and support.

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  • Grit and the gridiron rescue a town

    October 17, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Refugio, Texas

    Refugio, Texas was ravaged by Hurricane Harvey, leaving behind damaged houses, schools and businesses and people who can not afford to rebuild their lives. However, this town has used its community and found strength in their love of football and their support of one another to keep moving forward.

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  • Could Field Trips Push Kids Past Their Violent Realities?

    October 17, 2017 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Many kids living in low-income areas of Chicago never leave their isolated neighborhood, leaving them with a lack of knowledge about the outside world, and a plethora of knowledge about gangs and danger of their area. Embarc is an extra-curricular program that brings these kids on field trips to places around the city. It provides experiential development allowing them to see new things, shadow different careers and build trust.

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  • Meet the women combing through Puerto Rico, searching for veterans in need

    October 12, 2017 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Puerto Rico

    One group of women roams shelters searching for Puerto Rican vets after Hurricane Maria, where there are “around 75,000 US Army veterans living.” “This is Americans helping Americans. These veterans were stationed in the US, went to war with the US. I think that’s the thing that people forget.”

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  • Teens With Criminal Records Are Beautifying Baltimore By Planting Flowers

    October 12, 2017 |

    Vice |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    'Tha Flower Factory' is setting out to help provide employment, mentor kids, and restore hopefulness and beauty to the city of Baltimore. This project employs individuals to plant flowers and seeds, helping bring down criminal records and change the landscape at the same time.

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  • See Who Just Pledged $8 Billion to Protect the Ocean

    October 11, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: Malta, St. Julian's

    The world's oceans are in serious trouble, facing threats of irreversible ecosystem damage from climate change and reckless human activity; and the scope of the problem is far too vast and complex for any single nation or entity to successfully address. The Our Ocean Conference has provided a platform where governments and companies are coming together to push for collective action, creating a healthy competition to provide solutions and raise resources, as well as a shared source of inspiration for change.

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  • Training For A Better Life

    October 11, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Narbeth, Pennsylvania

    Overwhelmingly, individuals who have been incarcerated will spend the rest of their lives dragging in-and-out of prison, with few resources to help break the cycle and get them back on their feet. But one program called "New Leash on Life" stands out for helping dramatically slash recidivism rates for inmates in Pennsylvania prisons by teaching inmates to train and care for formerly "un-adoptable" rescue dogs, building empathy, job skills, and giving both human and dog a second chance at life.

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