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  • We Can Fix the Law Enforcement Landscape Facing—and Failing—Campus Sexual Assault Survivors

    March 30, 2018 |

    Ms. Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The Justice Department’s National Center for Campus Public Safety Trauma-Informed Sexual Assault and Adjudication Institute offers trauma-informed trainings for campus officers, police officers, and school officials in an effort to better serve students who have experienced sexual assault. As it stands, navigating the various authority figures can be confusing, re-traumatizing, and complicate due process and criminal justice matters. So far, the Center has facilitated trainings for nearly 300 different organizations.

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  • Opioid Treatment Program Helps Keep Families Together

    March 28, 2018 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    In Kentucky, a parent who is addicted to opioids and is reported to Child Protective Services, can get a second a chance. That’s because a program called START, gives parents the option of getting assigned a mentor that helps addicted parents through their recovery. Research “has shown it has a higher success rate in reuniting families than the traditional child welfare process.”

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  • Sharing Public Spaces to Improve Public Health

    March 27, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Orange Grove, California

    Joint use policies turn communal spaces—such as schools and churches—during off-hours into a place for public health programs. This can be especially impactful in communities were the ability to exercise outside can be curtailed by lack of green space, environmental issues, or public safety concerns.

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  • As school districts seek to improve student performance, they turn to career academies

    March 27, 2018 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    After Nashville's high schools introduced career academies, they saw a significant improved in graduation rates. Tennessee's Hamilton County Schools are now following suit. Situated within traditional high schools and working closely with local businesses, these academies bring together a smaller group of students to focus in on career fields such as healthcare, technology, and engineering.

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  • Legal Pot Is Notoriously White. Oakland Is Changing That.

    March 27, 2018 |

    Politico |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    A nonprofit incubator in Oakland trains people of color to stake their claim in the booming California legal marijuana industry. Participants in the Hood Incubator learn the business skills and industry knowledge to thrive as they open dispensaries and try their hand at selling legal weed.

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  • California's Prison Education System Is Yielding Impressive Results

    March 26, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    A California nonprofit's report found that incarcerated students in a Cal State Communications class achieved a consistently higher GPA than their un-incarcerated peers. Journalist Ben Paynter explores whether California may offer "the national model for prison system educational reform." As of 2017, 34 out of the state’s 35 prisons offer inmates in-person college classes in lieu of the more typical remote GED certification or technical training courses.

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  • Threat Assessment Teams

    March 26, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States

    Increasingly, schools are using threat assessment teams to prevent shootings. Composed of school and law enforcement officials, the groups direct potentially dangerous students to appropriate resources. One study found no racial bias in the process compared to zero tolerance policies that show significant disparities. Threat assessment teams are also unique in their intent to address all gun violence: "Spending money to prevent kids from getting to that point can have ripple effects outside of the school walls as well—in reducing violence on the street, and treating the trauma that precedes it."

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  • Hole in the Fence

    March 23, 2018 |

    WNYC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    In the 1980s the Mexican economy falls and a surge of undocumented immigrants begin crossing the Rio Grande river into El Paso, TX. Border Patrol agents begin stopping and questioning high school students near the border in Bowie High School. After one of the high school teachers finds out, the students began to organize, eventually suing border patrol for infringing on their constitutional rights. Ultimately, the high school students win a landmark civil rights case. “We couldn’t believe we took on the federal government and won.”

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  • Border Trilogy Part 1: Hole in the Fence

    March 23, 2018 |

    Radiolab |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    In the 90s, a teacher at Bowie High School, located on the border city of El Paso, Texas, found out that hundreds of his Mexican-American students were being harassed and questioned by Border Patrol agents. Their fourth amendment rights were being violated and a group of students decided to fight back—they sued Border Patrol and won. The court ruled that Border Patrol violated their civil rights and the decision effectively barred Border Patrol from questioning people on the basis of their appearance.

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  • Long-Term Gains: Pre-K Programs Lead to Furthered Education Later in Life

    March 22, 2018 |

    Scientific American |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Child-Parent Centers (CPCs), Chicago-based early care education programs serving low-income children, opened their doors in 1967. A recent study of over 1,500 kids shows that students who enrolled in a CPC, which encourages full family involvement, were 47 percent and 41 percent more likely to go on to obtain an associate’s and bachelor’s degree respectively. Now, the study lead says, the question is “How do we implement these high-quality and highly effective programs at the state and national levels so all children have access regardless of their zip code?”

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