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Here's one of the best things schools can do to prevent mass shootings

Matt Rocheleau

March 14, 2018 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, New Bedford, Massachusetts

As gun violence continues to threaten schools across the country, school districts have stepped up to put preventative measures in place. One such measure are threat assessment teams, comprised of mental health professionals, teachers, and law enforcement, who work to proactively identify students that may be a potential threat. In doing so, they seek to address issues like bullying or problems at home that may cause students to turn to violence in the first place.

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Fukushima powers toward 100% goal on renewables as grid and cost woes linger

Eric Johnston

March 11, 2018 |

The Japan Times |

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Response Location: Japan, Fukushima, Ōkuma

Despite the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011, the region is working diligently towards reaching a goal of being 100 percent renewable energy efficient by 2040. Through a series of pilot programs as well as partnerships, the region has gained strong community buy in as well as central government and business support.

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Helping Montgomery Families Initiative seeks comprehensive approach to truancy, suspensions

Melissa Brown

March 09, 2018 |

The Montgomery Advertiser |

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Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

Inspired by Mobile, Alabama's own program, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office is implementing a crime prevention program that identifies students missing school and intervenes with informational meetings and home visits. Since the Mobile program began in 2003, over 4,000 children have benefited from the services. District Attorney Daryl Bailey noted, "It’s a proactive program in terms of law enforcement, which is unusual."

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Mansfield follows lead of cities transformed by America in Bloom

Tracy Geibel

March 08, 2018 |

Richland Source |

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Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

It is often hard to build up cities when they are filled with blight. Three cities in Ohio are benefitting from America in Bloom, a program that gives awards based on community improvement initiatives. Already in Mansfield, Logan, and Gallipolis, America in Bloom awards encourage volunteerism and garner enthusiasm around community beautification initiatives.

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Three years in, an ambitious experiment to improve the odds for kids at one elementary school is scaling back

Ann Schimke

March 08, 2018 |

Chalkbeat Colorado |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

A Colorado nonprofit takes a "place-based" approach to improving student outcomes. By offering wraparound social and educational services, Blocks of Hope aims "to flood a carefully defined geographic area with services in the hopes of touching a critical mass of residents, usually around 60 percent." On its third anniversary, the trumpeted program has started to lose steam, running up against the realities of a gentrifying neighborhood and funding shortages.

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Crowded cities search for nature-based solutions for residents' well-being

Sophie Davies

March 05, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: Italy, Milan

A new investment project, worth almost 11.4 million euro, is creating public green spaces in concrete jungles across Europe. The projects include green roofs, parks, street trees, and more, all worked on in collaboration with local governments and organizations -- but concerns exist about their overall impact and the possibility of what some have termed "green gentrification."

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Getting a GED while still enrolled in high school

Katy Reckdahl

March 05, 2018 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) partners with local high schools to reengage "under-credited, over-age students" who haven't graduated from high school. Counselors prepare students for the High School Equivalency Test and lay out an individual path for each student to pursue after earning their certification. YEP aims to reach young adults who have given up on education, sometimes for a matter of years : “We want to stop that disconnection, catch them before they become opportunity youth,” Jerome Jupiter, a former teacher who holds a leadership role at YEP, said.

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Instagram art project spreads awareness about femicides in Mexico

Paola Mardo

March 02, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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Response Location: Mexico

The project No estamos todas (“We are not all here”) was founded to call attention to rising rate of female homicide victims in Mexico as well as to commemorate victim’s lives. Artists are commissioned to make a woman’s portrait—often incorporating aspects of their lives—and these portraits are shared on the project’s Instagram account. Since November of 2017, over 80 portraits have been made and shared.

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Dutch Supermarket Introduces Plastic-Free Aisle

Christopher F. Schuetze

February 28, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

As part of a global initiative to reduce the use of plastic, a supermarket in Amsterdam has implemented a plastic-free aisle that houses approximately 700 items packaged in compostable materials, glass, metal or cardboard. “There is absolutely no logic in wrapping something as fleeting as food in something as indestructible as plastic," explains Sian Sutherland, the co-founder of advocacy group A Plastic Planet. Although the first of its kind in Amsterdam, similar efforts are simultaneously underway in other parts of the world.

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Last year, 39 UK youths were fatally stabbed. None were in Scotland. Why?

Edward Siddons

February 28, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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Response Location: Scotland, Glasgow

Glasgow used to be called the murder capital of Western Europe until officials decided to tackle violent crime with a public health focus, using tactics similar to those used to control epidemics. A carrot and stick approach included harsher sentences for possessing a knife, but also an array of services designed to connect gang kids with jobs, housing, therapy and education. Violence dropped dramatically as much of the gang infrastructure was dismantled, so other cities are exploring adopting the model.

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