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Ways to improve interactions between police and kids: Pathways to Peace

Rachel Dissell Lynn Ischay Gus Chan William Neff Marvin Fong

June 08, 2016 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Police can work better with young people if they understand more about how their brains work. Young people can deal better with police if they understand more about their jobs, and the law. New training and techniques aim to improve those relationships. Some are already being used in Cleveland, and others are on the way.

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Henley-Young Must Release Kids After 21 Days; Some Disappearing?

Tim Summers, Jr.

June 08, 2016 |

Jackson Free Press |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

A consent decree ensures juveniles are not held more than 21 days in a Jackson, Miss., facility that was the subject of a lawsuit over the number of children it held and the conditions they faced. But opponents, including a youth court judge, say this is not solving the underlying problems facing the young offenders and even the plaintiffs in the suit says the larger issue is the approach to juvenile justice in the state.

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Junior Jail: Surviving Mississippi's Juvenile Justice System

Maya Miller

June 08, 2016 |

Jackson Free Press |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

Juvenile detention usually leads to worse outcomes for youth in the future, while Juvenile Detention Alternatives allow for decreases in detention populations and the likelihood that youth will stay trapped in the system for life.

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Juvenile Justice Jeopardy game teaches Cleveland kids about the law: Pathways to Peace

Rachel Dissell

June 08, 2016 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Misinformation and misunderstanding about the law can lead youth to have accelerating confrontations with the police. Cleveland’s Patrick Henry School offers Juvenile Justice Jeopardy, a game that orients middle school kids to the facts about criminal justice. The game enables youth to internalize the information through an enjoyable format.

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Reading, writing and results in Binghamton classrooms

John R. Roby

June 04, 2016 |

Press & Sun-Bulletin |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Binghamton, New York

Literacy rates can be a problem, especially in low-income school districts. Amid a years-in-the-making revision of literacy instruction, the Binghamton school district is seeing a payoff.

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Educate Your Immune System

Moises Velasquez-Manoff

June 03, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Why do poorer countries like Russia have much lower rates of autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes? Preventing autoimmune disorders may require emulating aspects of that “dirtier” world: safely bottling the kinds of microbes that protect the Russian kids, so we can give them to everyone and guide the “postmodern” immune system along a healthier path of development.

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How Science Could Help Prevent Police Shootings

Jaeah Lee

May 31, 2016 |

Mother Jones |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

A new tool that studies human behavioral data is being piloted in an effort to prevent police abuse and violence. Using data kept by individual police departments, this new program studies officers’ history of past problems, amount of on-the-job stress and trauma, and shift times as possible predictors of violence and abuse. While the research is still in early stages, it has already led to changes in some police departments, like re-thinking how to better equip officers to deal with emotional incidents like domestic violence.

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Climate change is rewiring government-citizen relationships

Alec Appelbaum

May 30, 2016 |

Newsweek |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

As climate change drastically alters the land, sea, and how humans subsist in the face of a changing environment, governments are finding that traditional methods of development are no longer sufficient or sustainable. To adapt, governing bodies around the world are turning to their citizens - especially those most at-risk to the effects of climate change - to lend their ideas and experiences to ensure better, more sustainable development for the future.

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Why are so many children around the world out of school?

Lucy Lamble

May 24, 2016 |

The Guardian |

Multi-Media |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Central African Republic

A new international fund will focus on education in countries affected by crises that have disrupted families' lives and their childrens' learning. The Education Cannot Wait Fund is a response to the often-overlooked needs for young people to continue their education when much international aid focuses on immediate safety and housing needs. The hope is this will enable children and youth to have a sense of normalcy and build healthy futures for themselves and their communities.

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Machine Bias

Julia Angwin Jeff Larson

May 23, 2016 |

ProPublica |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Risk assessments are supposed to make the criminal justice system better by predicting which defendants are likely to commit new crimes. Defendant scores are given to judges during criminal sentencing in nine states, and there’s a push to mandate their use in federal prisons. But the risk assessments aren’t accurate, only somewhat more reliable than a coin flip. Black defendants are falsely flagged as future criminals at a high rate while white defendants regularly get mislabeled as low risk.

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