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  • Prisons Rethink Isolation, Saving Money, Lives and Sanity

    Erica Goode

    March 10, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Mississippi

    A positive transformation in a Mississippi prison has become a focal point for a growing number of states rethinking the use of long-term isolation. Humanitarian groups have long argued that solitary confinement has devastating psychological effects, but a central driver in the recent shift is economics. Some officials have also been persuaded by research suggesting that isolation is vastly overused and that it does little to reduce overall prison violence.

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  • First, Let's Fire All the Managers

    Gary Hamel

    December 01, 2011 |

    Harvard Business Review |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Woodland, California

    Morning Star, a global tomato processor based near Sacramento, California, establishes a unique organizational structure by eliminating manager hierarchies, titles, or promotions. The model gives individual employees managerial responsibilities for themselves and relies on peer review for compensation changes, performance evaluations, and work-flow decisions. In turn, the company saves on managerial overhead and instills respect and responsibility on all employees.

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  • For Weight Loss, a Recipe of Teamwork and Trust

    Tina Rosenberg

    November 15, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Irving, Texas

    While weight loss can be challenging to maintain, different structures are being created to help. Certain support groups, financial incentives, and tough love are proving to be effective.

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  • The Power of Positive Coaching

    David Bornstein

    October 20, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    A group called Positive Coaching Alliance is training thousands of coaches and parents to change to culture of youth sports for the better, using a "relentlessly positive" approach, and trading out the win-at-all-costs ethos of professional sports for evidence-based, age-appropriate guidance to players.

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  • Where Teenagers Find the Jury Isn't Rigged

    Tina Rosenberg

    October 18, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Sending a first-time offender to juvenile prison virtually guarantees a life of crime. Cities in the U.S. are cutting crime, saving money, and giving kids a second change by using special youth courts that offer teens the chance to be judged by a group of peers.

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  • Hard Times for Recess

    David Bornstein

    April 04, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Despite strong evidence that school-based physical activity improves children’s cognitive skills, concentration, and behavior, schools under pressure to produce quantitative results and decrease bullying have drastically cut back on recess in recent years. An Oakland-based nonprofit organization called Playworks is working to make healthy play accessible for more children and show schools how productive recess can be to the whole academic world.

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  • Secrets Shared Must Be Handled With Care

    David Bornstein

    November 26, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal

    Children who have been through traumatic experiences have trouble opening up to people. A virtual program in Mexico City created by psychotherapists uses animated characters to get children to explain their thoughts.

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  • A Safe Haven in Cartoon Confidants

    David Bornstein

    November 22, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal

    Children coming from abusive households are often reluctant to discuss their past experiences. A Mexican foundation is using animated characters to help abused and ill children speak about their lives.

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  • Fighting Bullying With Babies

    David Bornstein

    November 08, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    The Canadian federal government has identified bullying as a national problem. Roots of Empathy, based in Toronto, encourages empathy in elementary kids by having them interact with babies.

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  • Can Ice Cream Help Pull Rwanda Out of Poverty?

    Lee Middleton

    June 19, 2010 |

    Time Magazine |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Butare

    The opening of an ice cream shop in Butare, Rwanda is a small part of a larger effort to bring joy and personal health and happiness to communities who otherwise "ceased to believe they deserved it." A nonprofit based in Brooklyn -- and founded by owners of the popular ice cream shop Blue Marble -- pays for English classes and business training for the women running the shop as an effort to help the managers stay in the business of giving their neighbors joy.

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