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Transforming Schools Through Play

Allison Frost

May 21, 2013 |

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Oregon

Playworks, a recess-based school program, provides public schools with coaches who facilitate games that teach students skills for conflict resolution and cooperation. In Oregon, elementary schools across the state are leveraging the play-time as another way to elevate student behavior through this program, emphasizing character development early on in children.

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Home visiting programs are preschool in its earliest form

Michael Alison Chandler

May 13, 2013 |

The Washington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Manassas, Virginia

Through programs across the country, nurses, social workers, or trained mentors offer support to new or expectant parents, imparting skills to help them become better teachers for their children. Through regular home visits with the families, these programs are working to close an achievement gap between rich and poor children that starts as early as just nine months into a child's life.

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The Fight Against Sexual Harassment on Arab Campuses

Sarah Lynch

May 11, 2013 |

Al-Fanar Media |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Egypt, Cairo

Maps, art exhibitions, and online documents, are all methods in which women, activists, and students are fighting against sexual harassment on university campuses in the middle east. “It’s actually being broached as an issue,” Murabit said. “And speaking in terms of violence in general – whether that’s verbal harassment or physical violence in the home – on all levels it is being addressed whereas before it never would have been spoken about.”

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Young Movers, With a Passion for Change

David Bornstein

May 01, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Young people are often viewed as needing protection or needing correction. However, a Boston organization is creating young peacemakers and powerful change makers by taking kids seriously and giving them the tools to act on their ideas.

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Reforms urged to tackle violence against women in India

Amy Yee

April 27, 2013 |

The Lancet |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Mumbai

In India “more than 75 000 cases of cruelty by husbands or relatives against women were registered in 2009.” There are no general, medical guidelines for doctors to follow when examining victims of sexual assault. An NGO, and a crisis center for violence against women in India, are filling in the gaps. They have trained doctors, nurses, provided rape kits, and offered a model for setting up crisis centers.

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Honoring Their Service

Lily Casura

April 03, 2013 |

Forth Worth Weekly |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Forth Worth, Texas

Too often do veterans come back from fighting overseas to find little to no help in reacclimatizing to life at home. Programs in Tarrant County, Texas bring together a wide range of programs (housing placement, mental health counseling, legal services) to help those who have returned from fighting for their country.

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The Benefits of Positive Parenting

David Bornstein

February 20, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, South Carolina

Improving the way people parent might seem an impossible challenge, given the competing views about what constitutes good parenting - can we influence a behavior that is rooted in upbringing and culture, affected by stress, and occurs mainly in private? Triple P – Positive Parenting Program works to educate parents on how to improve their parenting skills.

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The Power of the Playground

David Bornstein

April 07, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Great minds from Plato to Piaget have recognized the importance of play in healthy child development, but with bullying becoming more prevalent on school playgrounds and increased pressure to maximize school hours to boost performance on standardized tests, schools are struggling to implement meaningful recess. Playworks and other similar non-profit groups provide coaching for adults on how to help structure children's playtime to be healthy, productive, and enjoyable, while allowing children to explore on their own and develop positive relationships.

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Some Antiviolence Efforts Are Working

Kristen A. Graham Susan Snyder John Sullivan Dylan Purcell

April 01, 2011 |

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Often social programs at schools fail because they are not implemented fully or over a long enough period. One school in Philadelphia attributes their success in decreasing violence to having a long-term principal, a stable teaching force, and formal training in anti-violence programs.

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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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