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Will These Ninth Graders Make the Bronx Healthier?

Amanda Aronczyk

June 06, 2014 |

WNYC |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A hospital, university, and research center partnership is trying to encourage local Bronx students to become nurses and community health care workers and stay in the area to improve the health of the community.

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A New Model of School Reform

Jeremy Adam Smith

May 21, 2014 |

Greater Good Magazine |

Text |

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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De Blasio Looks Toward Sweden for Road Safety

Matt Flegenheimer

May 12, 2014 |

The New York Times |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Sweden, Stockholm

The rate of roadway deaths in Sweden is at an international low due to an approach called Vision Zero. Now the country’s approach faces perhaps its stiffest test: the streets of New York City.

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Curbside Composting in Lawrence Township

Susan Haig

April 23, 2014 |

CivicStory |

Video |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Princeton, New Jersey

To play their part in environmentally friendly solutions to a trash problem, the city of Princeton, NJ has implemented a program curbside composting program that has already grown from 160 participants to over 900. This program not only saves space in local landfills, but also reduces emissions from methane gas. It also has encouraged the community to support local growers, thus cutting down on costs to transport produce from out of state.

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Interrupting violence in Brooklyn

Elissa Curtis Trymaine Lee

April 08, 2014 |

MSNBC |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

In Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood, an organization called Save Our Streets Crown Heights (S.O.S.) is taking steps to disrupt violence. The organization is modeled after Chicago's violence interrupters, which employ people from the neighborhood to connect with those most at-risk and disrupt conflicts and retalitory violence.

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Can Free College Save American Cities?

Cassie Walker Burke

April 03, 2014 |

Politico |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Huge numbers of students lack the chance to go to college because of financial problems. Recently, Kalamazoo schools received more funding allowing them to have the chance to help and pay for students to then go to college and receive a higher education.

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Latin America's New Superstar

Gregory Scruggs

March 31, 2014 |

Next City |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Colombia, Medellín

While the city of Medellín, Colombia was once known as a gritty, crime-ridden area, inclusive urban planning and partnerships with international corporations have turned the city in to an innovative model for policy makers around the world. The public-private partnerships that fuel the city's growth give some critics pause, but the city itself has created more democratic processes and reduced crime rates since implementing this strategy.

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Why Sweden has so few road deaths

The Economist

February 26, 2014 |

The Economist |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Sweden

Sweden's "Vision Zero" program has used a comprehensive approach to infrastructure and regulation to drastically reduce traffic-related deaths, making Swedish roads the safest in the world.

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Police chief, mayor tour city's rundown neighborhoods

Greg Barnes

February 22, 2014 |

Fayetteville Observer |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Fayetteville, North Carolina

In Fayetteville, the Mayor and Police Chief have taken a personalized approach in seeking a solution for blighted, low-income neighborhoods and are working to increase the number of city staff on-hand to help address issues like decrepit buildings, as well as decrease the disparity in resources allocated to maintaining these neighborhoods. But many challenges remain, and the line between the government's role versus the private homeowner's responsibility remains difficult to define.

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Crime and blight still remain

Greg Barnes

February 22, 2014 |

Fayetteville Observer |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

Civic leaders in the U.S. struggle to effectively help their distressed neighborhoods. East Lake, Atlanta, created a replicable model that mixes residents of differing socio-economic status, and focuses on education and health in the area.

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