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Doodle Den is tackling inequality after school in Limerick

Carl O'Brien

June 20, 2015 |

The Irish Times |

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Response Location: Ireland, Limerick

Children in low-income households may lag about 18 months behind their better-off peers in language development, vocabulary and communication skills. Doodle Den in Ireland aims to bridge that gap with a big emphasis on learning through fun activities for five- and six-year-olds outside regular school hours.

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In Los Angeles, a national model for how to police the mentally ill

Noelle Swan

June 15, 2015 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

How are people with mental illness policed in the U.S.? Unfortunately, often people with mental illness are sent to prison, instead of being treated. There are “10 times as many inmates diagnosed with severe mental illness in the penal system as patients in state mental institutes.” However, in Los Angeles police are paired with mental health clinicians. A move that is saving the city money, and keeping people out of prison.

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Can gardening transform convicted killers and carjackers? Prison officials get behind the bloom.

Michael S. Rosenwald

June 07, 2015 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Westover, Maryland

Eastern Correctional Institution is just one of the nation's prisons that's using gardening and agriculture as a way both to improve prison and community food systems, and to give inmates a sense of worth.

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Keeping mental health patients stable and out of jail

Alisa Roth

June 02, 2015 |

Marketplace |

Radio |

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Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

Like the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams that help seriously mentally ill people avoid costly long-term hospital stays, Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) teams try to help the same population avoid jail also. By providing intensive case management to avoid the pitfalls that lead to criminal charges, and connecting people living in the community with needed services, these teams have shown early indications that their patients spend less time in both jails and hospitals. They are more expensive than outpatient clinics, but in the long run may be cheaper than hospitals and jails.

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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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The Seattle model Ithaca may use to shatter drug-jail cycle

Jeff Stein

May 22, 2015 |

The Ithaca Voice |

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Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

The law often traps offenders in a cycle of lawbreaking. LEAD allows for drug users to become committed to a program that helps them through the quitting process instead of throwing them into prison and isolating them from the help they need.

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Weathering This Year's Testing Season

Alex Madison

May 21, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Standardized testing is beginning to take over school curriculums as test material becomes the predominantly taught information. Teachers begin to wonder how worthwhile the tests are on their students overall education while trying to keep the events positive for the children.

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‘You are more than your mistakes': Teachers get at roots of bad behavior

Claudia Rowe

May 16, 2015 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

In 1997, researchers found a connection between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and adult health problems. Seattle's public schools are part of a growing cohort nationwide applying this knowledge in the classroom to help students who are facing immense challenges at home. By considering external stresses and factors, such as divorce, domestic violence, or family substance abuse (All ACEs), teachers are slower to jump to judgement or punishment. After four years of teacher training, Bemiss Elementary School is getting results, with a 33 percent decrease in suspensions for the 2014 school year.

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America's War On Drugs Has Failed. This Program Might Be The Solution.

Carly Schwartz

May 07, 2015 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

The war on drugs has put millions in jail and fails to curb illegal drug use. Tactics that focus on helping addicts are far more successful, such as Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) and other decriminalization/community-partnership programs.

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Bellevue schools teach emotional smarts to help boost academic success

John Higgins

May 05, 2015 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Bellevue, Washington

Many schools across the Bellevue, Washington school district have integrated social-emotional learning curricula into their daily lesson plans. Using a program called RULER (Recognize, Understand, Label, Express, and Regulate Emotions) developed by Yale researchers, teachers have seen decreasing suspension rates. Most notably, teachers have noticed promising results across schools, with students at predominantly low income schools responding similarly to those at high income schools.

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