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  • Tiny Interventions Can Help Reverse Our Sky-High College Dropout Rate

    Ben Paynter

    June 30, 2016 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The rate of students dropping out of college or failing to complete their degree in the allotted time has soared in the United States, and experts are discovering that one of the causes is simply that students feel isolated, discouraged, and overwhelmed. A study by Ideas42 across a number of universities revealed that fairly simple behavioral "nudging" - or the process of providing tiny but regular interventions and encouragement through systems like text messages - can have a drastic impact on a student's likelihood of success.

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  • Liberia, Desperate to Educate, Turns to Charter Schools

    Tina Rosenberg

    June 14, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Liberia

    In Liberia, a failing educational infrastructure is finding potential solutions through charter school partnerships. Through Partnership Schools for Liberia, these new schools present a unique model for increasing positive educational outcomes.

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  • Ways to improve interactions between police and kids: Pathways to Peace

    Rachel Dissell Lynn Ischay Gus Chan William Neff Marvin Fong

    June 08, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Police can work better with young people if they understand more about how their brains work. Young people can deal better with police if they understand more about their jobs, and the law. New training and techniques aim to improve those relationships. Some are already being used in Cleveland, and others are on the way.

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  • Is a return to old-school policing part of the formula to make Cleveland safer? Pathways to Peace

    Rachel Dissell

    June 08, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Should police be law enforcers or social responders? Some leaders say "guardian" duty is at least important as purely law enforcement tasks, sometimes known as "warrior" work. That idea is rooted in centuries-old principles of policing.

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  • Juvenile Justice Jeopardy game teaches Cleveland kids about the law: Pathways to Peace

    Rachel Dissell

    June 08, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Misinformation and misunderstanding about the law can lead youth to have accelerating confrontations with the police. Cleveland’s Patrick Henry School offers Juvenile Justice Jeopardy, a game that orients middle school kids to the facts about criminal justice. The game enables youth to internalize the information through an enjoyable format.

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  • If Universities Made This Course a Pre-Requisite, Campuses Would Be Safer for Female Students

    Chris Peak

    June 07, 2016 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Palo Alto, California

    Rapes at college campuses occur at significant rates, and many proposed fixes are not working. Campus self-defense classes could potentially help women, such as at Stanford where Daly Montgomery (a student) created a self-defense class called "Protecting Your Bubble" to teach women how to defend themselves, hear from victims, and learn that it is ok to take action to protect yourself.

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  • Participation in NYC Public Libraries' Tech Trainings Soars

    Jessica Mckenzie

    June 03, 2016 |

    Civic Hall |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York Public Libraries are closing the digital divide by offering tech trainings, that have already been very successful as indicated by their long waitlists. Attention is now turned towards growing these programs, providing free wifi hotspots, and reaching out to demographics that are not well represented in the tech industry.

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  • The Town That Made Its Own Internet

    Rick Paulas

    May 26, 2016 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Greenfield, Massachusetts

    Before 2011, 40% of residents of Greenfield, Massachusetts did not have Internet access. The mayor hired someone to help the town become its own Internet Service Provider, build out the necessary fiber, and fund the entire project without raising taxes. Dan Kelley, who oversaw the project, said “the biggest reason the plan in Greenfield has worked is because of the buy-in commitment made by the town’s residents.” The new affordable Internet is helping residents throughout the town stay connected.

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  • The Indian girls' football team challenging stereotypes

    Priti Salian

    May 24, 2016 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai, Maharashtra

    An all-girls football team is challenging gender stereotypes and empowering their teenage players in the process. An international NGO named Magic Bus teamed up with a Mumbai-based women's collective named Parcham to find girls and parents willing to participate. After a slow start, the group now has a healthy number of players who are also both Muslim and Hindu. The process of becoming confident taking up public space and the fight to claim their spot back from the boys have given the girls more confidence, and parents are now highly supportive of their daughters.

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  • We expel preschool kids three times as often as K-12 students. Here's how to change that.

    John Higgins

    May 21, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    A national study revealed that expulsion rates of preschool students - especially Black males - were startlingly high, especially compared to any other K-12 grade. The pattern was also shown to create a vicious cycle, exacerbating the likelihood of suspension in later grades. But a remedy was already in place in Connecticut, where a mental-health professional was kept on-hand to provide behavior coaching for teachers, drastically reducing expulsion rates. Seattle looks to replicate their model.

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