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Citywide data partnership offers new ways to serve students

Tara Garcia Mathewson

March 14, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

The Kansas City school district and a group of local nonprofits are implementing a new software management system that will allow partners to access student data from a range of sources. The data-sharing agreement will paint a more holistic picture of students and, in the future, allow teachers and others to make informed interventions when appropriate.

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How Miami-Dade's Mental Health Program Steers People To Treatment, Not Jail

Nadege Green, Daniel Rivero

March 14, 2019 |

WLRN |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

For nearly two decades, Miami-Dade's Criminal Mental Health Project has worked to decriminalize mental illness, diverting people from jail into treatment and social services with an approach that has helped cut the jail population almost by half and save taxpayers millions. Combining the services of health care providers, law enforcement, and housing agencies, the project pairs participants with peer specialists and puts them on a treatment plan that can get their criminal charges dropped or reduced. Another benefit of the project: lower recidivism rates for people with serious mental illnesses.

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The manufacturing job of the future: clean, urban, and better paid

Ruth Reader

March 14, 2019 |

FastCompany |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Manufacturing takes on a whole new meaning as urban companies shift from tough industrial worksites to clean, friendly buildings with well-paid positions. One such site, piloted in Brooklyn's Navy Yard, aims to humanize the manufacturing process and de-stigmatize industrial work.

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The Street Corner Answer

Bruce Katz, Ross Baird

March 14, 2019 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

Access Ventures, a community development organization founded in a Louisville neighborhood, uses a comprehensive investment approach that encourages funds to be dispersed in all issue areas. Instead of creating one "affordable housing fund" or "homeless services fund," the group interweaves investment strategies, making sure to look at the bigger community picture when laying out an investment plan.

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How pinwheels and Play-Doh could address post-tornado trauma in Lee County

Andrew Yawn

March 14, 2019 |

The Montgomery Advertiser |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Alabama

Comfort kits provide children with a therapeutic outlet during times of disaster recovery. With disaster relief often centered on adult needs, the kits of Play-Doh, books and various toys distributed in the aftermath of tornado damage in Lee County, Alabama, specifically address stressors borne by the youngest members of families.

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New York City's Bail Success Story

Eli Hager

March 14, 2019 |

The Marshall Project |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Around the country, states like California, New Jersey, and Maryland are implementing legislation that eliminates the cash bail system. While this is one way of addressing that system’s growing unpopularity, New York City has recognized a different approach. By taking advantage of a growing cultural shift in how individuals think about bail, jail time, and criminal justice reform at large, the city has seen an organic decrease in the use of cash bail within courtrooms and judges’ decisions.

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Building Grit in Girls Through Mountain Biking

A. C. Shilton

March 14, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Jackson, Wyoming

Once again the bicycle is playing a part in empowering women! In this case, several organizations across the United States are using mountain biking to build preteen and teenage girls' confidence and drive. The dedication and strength that this adventure sport requires disrupts constraining gender roles for girls at a critical time in their development, and programs across the country seem to be growing in popularity quickly.

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Faced with voting obstacles in North Dakota: 'We'll find a way'

Christine Trudeau

March 13, 2019 |

National Native News |

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Response Location: United States, Fort Yates, North Dakota

When it became clear that legal challenges to North Dakota's new voter I.D. law would fail, organizers set up shop near Fort Yates on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation to get out the vote. By helping voters on the reservation update their I.D.s with permanent physical addresses and filling out absentee ballots, the group managed to secure the voting rights of many who would have been disenfranchised by the new law just weeks before the midterm elections.

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Why Students of Color Are Stepping Up to Lead Climate Strikes

Leanna First-Arai

March 13, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States

An estimated fifty percent of student leaders in climate strikes and protests around the country are students of color, making these movements all the more relatable, accessible, and inclusive. Because communities of color, especially Black and Carribean communities, will likely be most affected by climate change, this new generation is taking action and linking other social issues like LGBTQ rights and gun control.

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Denmark's "sex week" helps kids navigate their sexuality

Edward Siddons

March 13, 2019 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Denmark

Every year, the sixth week of classes in Denmark is dedicated to sex education. Over 20,000 teachers and 400,000 students participate in programming that goes beyond the basics to challenge participants to analyze gender norms, sexual rights, and laws in other countries related to sex.

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