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A New Model of School Reform

Jeremy Adam Smith

May 21, 2014 |

Greater Good Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Social-emotional learning (SEL) is transforming educational systems in Oakland by forming mentor relationships between adults and students. Unlike other models, though, the adults are the ones held accountable.

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Curbing Online Abuse Isn't Impossible. Here's Where We Start

Laura Hudson

May 15, 2014 |

Wired |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Santa Monica, California

Harassment on the internet is more accepted but just as harmful as it is in person. RiotGames, a game publisher, decreased abuse by enabling its gaming members to decide and enforce community norms.

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Peer Pressure Can Be a Lifesaver

Helen Coster

May 14, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Kenya

Positive peer pressure - most specifically encouraging community influencers to lead by constructive example - has served as the key to adoption of various technologies and practices to improve quality of life for people worldwide. Whether it's using a new water purification device in Africa or encouraging mothers to breastfeed in South America, it has been behavioral psychology - the human need to meet social norms - more than other incentives that has instigated true and positive change.

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In Delivery Rooms, Reducing Births of Convenience

Tina Rosenberg

May 07, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The rate of Cesarean sections is on the rise in the United States, despite the higher risks of hysterectomy, hemorrhage, and infection, as well as the elevated expense. San Francisco General’s maternity ward, however, stands as an outlier by following evidence-based medicine that suggests decreasing C-sections and has also shifted from a pay-per-service incentive for the doctors to a salary or shift position.

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Brazil's poverty solution? Give money to women

Lane Anderson

April 14, 2014 |

Deseret News |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo

In Brazil a conditional cash-transfer program is alleviating poverty, empowering women, and changing gender roles by giving families, especially mothers, money for sending kids to school and to regular doctor's visits.

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High School in Southern Georgia: What ‘Career Technical' Education Looks Like

James Fallows

March 27, 2014 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, St. Marys, Georgia

A high school in Southern Georgia addresses their dismal graduation rates by adopting a "career technical" approach to teaching that offers students a choice of five career path "academies." Once a student is enrolled in their academy, they learn practical skills required of that career path - along with typical high school requirements. Since implementation of this teaching style, the graduation rate has increased by nearly 35%.

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Playing the Odds on Saving

Tina Rosenberg

January 15, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Michigan

Lotteries aren’t usually considered part of the solution to a savings crisis experienced across America, particularly by the nation's poor, but with more hopefuls purchasing lottery tickets than setting aside rainy day funds, one organization, Doorways to Dreams, is working to change federal and state laws to allow banks to offer prize-linked savings. In Michigan, the programs have seen some success.

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To Fight Obesity, a Carrot, and a Stick

Tina Rosenberg

November 16, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Child obesity is decreasing even among poor children. Making healthy food more widely available, as well as using financial incentive programs, has greatly helped in increasing habits of healthy eating.

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What Happens When You Just Give Money To Poor People?

David Kestenbaum

October 25, 2013 |

NPR |

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3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya, Siaya, Siaya

GiveDirectly, a non-profit organization, was simply giving impoverished people money intending for them to buy their own needs. Research shows that, contrary to popular belief, people are spending this money on what it was intended for instead of alcohol or other negative items.

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Battling Booze in Alice Springs

James Fletcher

October 17, 2013 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Australia, Alice Springs

The Aboriginal community in Australia is 31 times more likely than other Australians to die of alcohol-related causes. Could a "tough love" approach stressing accountability and making rehab mandatory work? Or is further restricting access to alcohol for everyone a better approach?

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