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What Do Teachers Do After Saying Goodbye to the Classroom?

Kathryn Joyce

June 04, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Five past teachers take their knowledge, after years of being educators, to make greater movements and developments in the educational sphere.

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How San Antonio is solving the truancy problem

Jyoti Thottam

June 02, 2015 |

Al Jazeera |

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Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

Over the last five years, while other cities in Texas have come under intense scrutiny for truancy policies that subject children as young as 12 to adult criminal charges, and turn their convictions into a revenue stream without having much effect on attendance rates, San Antonio has been in the middle of a bold experiment to find a better way. Working with the city government and school districts, the municipal court in this booming, young, largely Latino metropolis has changed its truancy policies to keep kids out of court.

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Keep Kids Out of Handcuffs

Jean Trounstine

May 15, 2015 |

Truthout |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

From state to state, officials are grappling with how to improve how children experience the criminal justice system. The process is highly variable – each state varies on the age that children can go to court, and a child’s race also plays a large role in how they’re treated by everyone from law enforcement to judges. States like Massachusetts are trying to pass laws that take a more holistic, transparent approach to juvenile justice, and organizations like their Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative are helping parents recognize their power in the system.

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Another Chance for Teens

David L. Kirp

May 02, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Since the 1960s, New York City has run the nation’s largest publicly managed summer jobs program. Nearly 50,000 14- to 24-four-year-olds spend six weeks working, not only in publicly funded day care centers, summer camps, hospitals and city agencies, but also high-tech firms and Fortune 500 companies. The summer jobs help at-risk kids keep from dropping out of school.

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For some, Anchorage Wellness Court offers a road to redemption

Hope Miller

April 23, 2015 |

KTVA |

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Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

Therapeutic courts like the Anchorage Wellness Court were born out of a desire to reduce recidivism rates and deflate ballooning prison populations. For many, they have become the answer to breaking the cycle of criminal behavior while treating people with substance abuse issues.

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In Classroom Discipline, a Soft Approach Is Harder Than It Looks

Ruben Brosbe

April 14, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

When students misbehave in school, teachers struggle to decide the right kind of intervention, with school suspension a common outcome. However, research has shown that school suspensions can increase the likelihood of dropouts and incarcerations so that there is pressure to decrease the rate of suspensions. Restorative justice has become a favorable alternative because misbehaving students can participate in a number of supportive activities such as peer meditation or collaborative negotiation to build community, trust, and confidence.

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Teaching citizens how to shoot better video when they witness brutality

Hari Sreenivasan Judy Woodruff

April 10, 2015 |

PBS NewsHour |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

With human injustices affecting people on the streets around the world, camera phones have become important tools to document crimes. However, the video may not adequately capture the crime to be persuasive in court. The global organization WITNESS has formed as Video As Evidence Program to instruct citizens how to best document crimes with their cameras so that the evidence will stand in court.

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Suspending Students Isn't Effective. Here's What Schools Should Do Instead

Chris Peak

March 27, 2015 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Suspending students often has a damning effect - kids isolate themselves and are put on the path to a life of being punished. But at Audubon Middle School, instead of simply penalizing misbehavior, the strategy involves talking through the reasons why a child is acting out - prioritizing resolution over retribution, it’s all about keeping kids in school while maintaining the best learning environment.

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Special courts take on criminal cases of veterans struggling with truama

Spencer Michels

February 24, 2015 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Veterans are at a higher risk for getting in trouble with the law, especially those with PTSD. San Francisco city defendants and the VA created a special veterans court which prosecutes veterans through treatments and helping them work back to a normal life.

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Closing the digital divide on the inside

Adriene Hill

February 23, 2015 |

Marketplace |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Sheridan, Wyoming

A new juvenile justice center in Wyoming begins the movement to bring greater technological advancements to the education of the girls living there. The Wyoming Girls' School provides them with the state of the art tools they need to not fall behind while they fulfill their sentence.

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