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  • How football moved the goalposts for girls in rural India

    Alia Dharssi

    June 29, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Jharkhand

    Girls in India are sometimes forced into the prospects of child marriage, prostitution, or slave labor; alternatively, families often teach girls to be wives and mothers. To empower girls to make their own choices, Yuwa, an NGO based in India, introduces girls to sports for social development. Yuwa also promotes educational workshops for girls, where girls can discuss women’s rights and their thoughts about their own bodies.

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  • Latin American Cities to Millennials: Move Out of Your Parents' House and Rent

    Gregory Scruggs

    June 29, 2015 |

    Next City |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Chile, Santiago

    Chile and other countries in South and Latin America have begun using positive peer pressure and humor in new housing campaigns to encourage millennials to move out of their parents' homes and into rental units. These campaigns are part of a larger international trend that's working to build rental markets in order to foster economic mobility and opportunity.

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  • Binge drinking in Wisconsin is just their culture, right? Except in one county.

    Angie Aker

    June 24, 2015 |

    Upworthy |

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    Response Location: United States, Marquette, Wisconsin

    Marquette County outmatched the rest of Wisconsin in binge-drinking rates back in 2005. By 2012, instead of going up by 5% like the rest of Wisconsin did, Marquette county reduced theirs by 15%. Evidence points to the Healthy Communities Healthy Youth initiative launched in 2003.

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  • The simple idea that could transform US criminal justice

    Tina Rosenberg

    June 23, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    In the courtroom known as Part Two, at the Newark Municipal Courthouse, Judge Victoria Pratt is pioneering the procedural justice approach, and is getting results. The idea, now central to conversations around reform of the US criminal justice system, is simple: "people are far more likely to obey the law if the justice system does not humiliate them, but treats them fairly and with respect."

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  • The Case Against Isolating English Learners

    Mario Koran

    June 22, 2015 |

    Voice of San Diego |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    School districts across the country struggle with helping their “English-learner” students learn English and academic content at the same time. Kearny High School in San Diego does not isolate these special students, instead using the school-within-a-school model to help place their non-English speakers in content areas that interest them. This model has shown to put the English learners at Kearny in the top API scores in the San Diego district.

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  • Depressed? Try Therapy Without the Therapist

    Tina Rosenberg

    June 19, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Australia

    MoodGYM is an online program targeted to help those suffering from depression for whom it is a challenge to access therapy because of location or the stigma it carries. Essentially a therapy session in your pocket, the program allows users to access help at little to no cost, regardless of where they are or what time of day it is.

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  • City program gives job opportunities to those needing a second chance

    Laura Crimaldi

    June 18, 2015 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Operation Exit, a program in Boston, offers vocational training to ex-offenders and people with a high risk of offending, giving them the motivation and tools to better their situation.

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  • Life on Parole

    Matthew O'Neil

    June 08, 2015 |

    PBS Frontline |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    Connecticut is attempting to reduce prison recidivism by changing parole practices. Changes to the system are allowing parole officers to foster relationships with parolees and counsel them as people, not as cases.

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  • Treating Student Teachers Like Doctors-In-Training

    Benet Magnuson

    June 08, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Emporia, Kansas

    Tired of seeing ill-prepared teachers, Kansas’ Emporia State University has adopted an “all hands on deck” approach to training their students.

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  • Wyoming Elderly Tough It Out Even As Younger Generations Migrate Away

    Melodie Edwards

    June 05, 2015 |

    Wyoming Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Dixon, Wyoming

    These days, most rural communities in the U.S. are elderly communities - 15 percent of Wyoming’s population is over 65 and a high percentage of them live on ranches in small towns. New caregiver programs allow seniors to continue living at home and to keep doing what they are able, with assistance provided if needed.

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