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  • Finland's fighting inequality with education, and winning. What's their secret?

    April 23, 2016 |

    The Globe and Mail |

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    Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

    Children of immigrants often tend to be disadvantaged - both financially and educationally. Finland has restructured its education system to provide more one-on-one instruction for children born into poverty or those who have recently immigrated to Finland. The goal is to allow these children to become middle-class success stories one day.

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  • Schools work to aid children of domestic violence

    April 23, 2016 |

    Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Brockton, Massachusetts

    Massachusetts’ Brockton Public School district has trained the entire staff at three elementary schools to recognize signs of trauma in children. Inspired by the book, “Helping Traumatized Children Learn,” by Eliana Gil, the district’s initiative has now inspired another text and has spread to school districts around the world. Core to the initiative is trying to work more proactively toward social emotional health.

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  • To improve lifelong health, Memphis tries rooting out childhood trauma

    April 20, 2016 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Childhood trauma such as abuse, neighborhood violence or the death of a parent has been found to lead to dire health and social problems later in life. How can communities intervene to spare future generations the same pain and illness? Special correspondent Sarah Varney reports in collaboration with Kaiser Health News on how the city of Memphis, Tennessee, is tackling the problem.

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  • Brazil's School Food Revolution

    April 20, 2016 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    By requiring schools to buy 30 percent of products from smallholder farms, Brazil provides fresher food to students and economic benefits to otherwise struggling farmers. Since 1955, Brazil's staple national school lunch program has responded to economic and social trends - what was once a program focused on ending malnutrition has evolved to address rising rates of obesity and diabetes. Though there is variation in quality and compliance between regions and principals often have to step in to cover unforeseen costs, leaders are optimistic about the value of the program.

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  • School-Based Arrests Down At CPS Schools

    April 18, 2016 |

    WBEZ |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A decrease in arrests in Chicago public schools is a result of the district moving away from a zero-tolerance policy for discipline and acting in favor of more instructional intervention. This approach has allowed for kids experiencing trauma and lashing out to receive better care and direction than is provided by punitive action.

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  • How One Mississippi District Made Integration Work

    April 18, 2016 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Clinton, Mississippi

    The district of Clinton, Mississippi creates grade-based schools to desegregate. Now, the schools are closing the achievement gap with their equal distribution of resources.

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  • Would Your Opinions of Criminals Change if One Cooked and Served You Dinner?

    April 14, 2016 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    There is a high rate of recidivism for juvenile offenders, Chad Houser started Cafe Momentum with the aims to help these individuals develop a new life. The food is made by young offenders who go through a year long internship at the cafe in order to develop their culinary skills.

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  • How Can Teachers Meet The Needs Of Unaccompanied Minors Who Have Suffered ‘Complex Trauma?'

    April 13, 2016 |

    American University Radio (WAMU) |

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    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    Teachers do not know how to help or understand unaccompanied minors fleeing from Central America, suffering from complex trauma. Montgomery County Public Schools asked the Compadre Network to train educators in a course called 'La Cultura Cura' to help understand the children and learn how best to help them, such as by using non-punitive techniques.

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  • How are Special Needs Teens Being Prepared for Workforce?

    April 11, 2016 |

    KTVX-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Camp K in Utah provides job counseling and training for teens with special needs, helping them to bridge the gap between high school and the professional work force.

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  • Selling entrepreneurship to a million students

    April 11, 2016 |

    Devex |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Educate!, a social enterprise started in Uganda, helps students start businesses while they are still in school - students are "creating jobs instead of looking for them." The organization trains teachers and youth mentors, who then work with the students in their schools to get businesses off the ground. A randomized trial conducted in 2014 found that graduates of the program earned double the income of their peers.

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