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  • A longer school day? In Massachusetts, some schools see big payoff

    Claudia Rowe

    March 21, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Fall River, Massachusetts

    The true prize in education is a recipe that vaults low-income students into the upper echelons of achievement. A blue-collar town in Massachusetts says the key is something as basic as more time.

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  • The Resurrection of St. Benedict's

    Scott Pelley

    March 20, 2016 |

    60 Minutes |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    Once a white Catholic all-male private school, St. Benedict's Prep now educates predominantly low-income black and Hispanic students. At St. Benedict's, students hold leadership positions, receive trauma-informed counseling, and live by the motto "Whatever hurts my brother hurts me." Headmaster Edwin Leahy says the school "has the same structure as a gang except you can only be in one gang. You can only be in ours." St. Benedict's, which struggled to gain its footing in the 1960s following white flight, boasts a higher retention and graduation rate than many other Newark schools.

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  • How to Go Straight

    Shabnam Grewal

    March 19, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    How to break a cycle of recidivism? Individual ex-prisoners share their own stories of how they have recovered from addiction and lives of crime, gotten their lives on track, and ultimately broken the cycle and stayed out of prison.

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  • How a Tapestry of Care Helps Teens Succeed

    David Bornstein

    March 15, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    A program in Baltimore bring youths together with volunteer second “families” to help guide them through turbulent times.

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  • Actor's Gang: How Tim Robbins has cut reoffending rates

    Kate Bissell

    March 14, 2016 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    For many offenders, prison can be a tense, divisive, and anger-inducing environment, fueling the negative influences that landed them there in the first place and leading to high recidivism rates. Actor Tim Robbins - who once famously portrayed a prisoner himself - started a program called The Actors Gang to bring theater to inmates as an outlet for emotion and expression, breaking down barriers between former gang members and helping individuals to process their troubles.

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  • Jennifer Pahlka helps improve how government works

    John Wildermuth

    March 11, 2016 |

    SFGate |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Jennifer Pahlka founded Code for America, an organization that provides human-centered design tech solutions to government services. Now they have a growing list of requests from cities all over the US, a network of 44,000 volunteers nationwide who create "civic-hacking" solutions, and an over $10 million yearly budget.

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  • The San Francisco Jail That Started a School

    Rob Waters

    March 10, 2016 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Five Keys Charter School, established in 2003, works in various California prisons to provide education and job training to inmates. Since its founding, Five Keys has awarded 684 high school diplomas to inmates in custody and 712 more to people who completed their coursework at a network of community sites scattered around San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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  • How teen brains are different and what that means for curbing youth violence

    Rachel Dissell

    March 10, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia Beach, Virginia

    A new training program gets police officers to delve into the complexities of teenage brain development, helping law enforcement to recognize mental health issues, respond to them and, if they can, refer families to other resources in the community. The method focuses less on swift and immediate interventions and more on building relationships and trust that decreases overall volatility, while increasing the chance of keeping youth out of trouble and away from crime in the long term.

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  • Houston's Quiet Revolution

    Michael Berryhill

    March 01, 2016 |

    Places Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Hundreds of immigrants in Houston often have no access to any social aid. One community, East Aldine, exemplifies this. It lacks sewers, water, or trash collection. But, with the help of one nonprofit residents are bypassing the city, and getting the help they need.

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  • The Math Revolution

    Peg Tyre

    March 01, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The number of American teens who excel at advanced math has surged, as new programs cater directly to the uppermost echelon of math students, training them for international competitions.

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