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  • A simple combination of data and language tweaks is helping recruit more diverse police officers

    February 20, 2017 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United States

    To diversify the police force, UK and US research studies have focused on using behavioral economics. The UK's Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) has used behavioural economics and psychology to alter phrasing and messages, in order to attract more diverse applicants and its success has spurred more future projects.

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  • Queensbridge Houses Marks One Year of No Shootings

    February 03, 2017 |

    WNBC-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Queensbridge Houses, one of the nation's largest public housing projects, is celebrating more than one year without a shooting in what Mayor de Blasio called "a year of golden silence." Security measures such as the implementing of lights and cameras, combined with the creation of the 696 Queensbridge, a team of ex-convicts who patrol the area, has greatly reduced violence in the area.

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  • Why keeping minority teachers in the classroom matters

    January 10, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    While minority students in K-12 account for almost 50%, there are significantly fewer minority teachers. Most of the efforts are focused on recruitment but not on retention as teachers spend on average three years at a job. There are a few programs that are helping to increase retention by creating a collaborative community of teachers. However, a more systemic approach is needed.

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  • Kenya's booming digital sharing economy?

    January 05, 2017 |

    African Business Magazine |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    Though the big players in the sharing economy like Uber and Airbnb are eyeing growing middle class markets like that of Kenya, the concept of shared access to goods and services is nothing new for Kenyan communities. Whereas in the West, the shared economy structure arose largely from a desire for flexibility, in Kenya, much of it arose from need. Now platforms like Lynk and Little Cabs are helping connect Kenyan customers to a broad range of service providers.

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  • Employment Remains Elusive for Resettled Refugees

    January 03, 2017 |

    Diplomatic Courier |

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    Response Location: Jordan

    Refugees encounter multiple complex barriers when they try to find employment in a new country. At the Zataari Refugee Camp, refugees have built the Champs Elysees marketplace exhibiting entrepreneurship and resiliency to make the best out of their situation at the camp, even though they left home knowing it would be a struggle to find work.

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  • Why Some Companies Are Trying to Hire More People on the Autism Spectrum

    December 28, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The unemployment rate for individuals diagnosed on the autism spectrum is a whopping 58%, but a number of pilot programs at big companies are working to increase what is being called "neurodiversity" in the workplace. Inspired by the success of a Dutch organization that helps place autistic workers, firms like EY and Microsoft are finding that employing individuals with unique cognitive abilities benefits not just people, but the company's bottom line.

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  • 2 immigrant journeys of hope, spanning a border and a century

    December 05, 2016 |

    Maine Focus |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    Population decline is on the rise in many rural communities. Canada allows communities to sponsor refugees, allowing communities to grow their numbers through refugee resettlement. Sponsoring entails providing some or all of the initial expenses and practical support for refugee families for their first year. Some in the communities express anti-immigrant ideologies and are against these programs. However, immigration has allowed for community revitalization in several communities, including filling essential jobs.

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  • Teacher border battle

    December 04, 2016 |

    KTUL-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Lincoln, Nebraska

    Just 20 miles from Oklahoma, which has gotten national attention for teacher protests about low pay, Lincoln, Nebraska's schools are raising the bar by paying $10,000 more in annual wages. How are conditions for teachers so different in adjacent towns with such similar profiles?

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  • Small-Scale Manufacturers See New Markets Tax Credits as Future Hope

    November 30, 2016 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    As major manufacturers keep "pulling the rug" from under urban areas, low skilled job loss increases. Nevertheless, small-scale businesses have instrumental in their ability to counteract job loss in improvised urban areas. Small businesses are using tactics such as creative tax cut regulation to cut corners to pay livable wages to low-income workers.

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  • Can Raton rise again?

    November 24, 2016 |

    The Santa Fe New Mexican |

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    Response Location: United States, Raton, New Mexico

    Raton, a town once surrounded by eight coal mines, now has a main street of boarded-up buildings. There is reason for optimism as the town diversifies its local economy, betting on "a mix of small manufacturing businesses, health care and specialty services, and hospitality for travelers" to endure the sudden decline in mining revenue. Its calculated revitalization may hold lessons for other towns.

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