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

    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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  • The Rise of ‘Studyblrs'

    April 02, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    Students in today's technical world are now using blogging and other forms of social media, known as studyblrs, in order to help each other improve achievement through online homework help, communication, and encouragement.

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  • Slum kids confront sexism as India grapples with abuse of women

    March 23, 2015 |

    Reuters |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    Organizations like the International Center for Research on Women have been working with area schools to introduce gender classes to confront traditional gender roles and sexism and combat high rates of gender-based violence. The program works with 12- to 14-year-olds in over 12,000 schools. Participants say the programming has given them more confidence to speak out and a greater understanding of discrimination and what they can do to avoid it.

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  • The Excitement of Learning From Profit and Loss

    March 06, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    500,000 young people drop out of high school each year; they feel disengaged and uninspired; they fail to see how school is relevant in their lives. An educational program called Build makes it possible for low-income students, as part of their high school studies, to work in teams, conceiving, testing, and ultimately operating their own small businesses. In the process, they discover — often to their surprise — their potential to deal with unexpected problems, persist through failure, and create something that the world values.

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  • How One California City Began Bringing Its Murder Rate Down—Without Cops

    November 12, 2014 |

    The Nation (New York) |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    Richmond, California's Office of Neighborhood Safety responded to alarmingly high gun violence levels with an outreach approach to young men at high risk of getting shot or of shooting others. Instead of a heavy-handed enforcement strategy, the office intervenes in likely retaliatory violence and enrolls men as fellows in a year-long program offering counseling, education, job training, and a $500 monthly stipend for fellows on the right track. In the programs first three years, gun homicides dropped and 65 of 68 fellows survived.

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  • Supporting First-Generation Students

    August 01, 2014 |

    American University Radio (WAMU) |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Today, the Posse Foundation selects 700 students from 10 cities and sends them in groups of 10 to colleges all over the country, creating networks of support to help them succeed. Most are low-income students of color and the first to go to college in their families.

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  • Responses To Gang Violence: 11:45

    July 22, 2014 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Multnomah County, Oregon, experienced a surge of gang activity between 2013 and 2014. To curtail crime and violence, a group of pastors intervened with the 11:45 program. The program provides services and mentorship to gang-involved youth in the criminal justice system through outreach programs.

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  • How Bronx's Eagle Academy helps inner-city kids soar

    June 22, 2014 |

    The Buffalo News |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Eagle Academy in the Bronx combines rigorous academics, high expectations, and a structured environment to help minority students succeed.

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  • Eagle Academy inspires Buffalo's chapter of 100 Black Men

    June 22, 2014 |

    The Buffalo News |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Eagle academies are part of a network of schools in New York City and Newark that are devoted to educating at-risk boys from the inner city by providing them with mentors.

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  • Who Gets to Graduate?

    May 15, 2014 |

    The New York Times Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Aware of the challenges low-income students face, University of Texas Austin is offering them extra hours of instruction, advisers, and peer mentors, aiming to create a new sense of identity for these high-achieving but high-risk students.

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