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  • Taking to the fields again: Tompkins veterans find farming a pathway home

    July 24, 2015 |

    The Ithaca Voice |

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    Response Location: United States, Newfield, New York

    When veterans return from service, there is often a need for meaningful, guided reintegration into civilian life - farm business incubator programs in New York are helping veterans to learn the trade and start their own businesses as a way to do just that.

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  • Open Access: How a Nonprofit is Giving Techies Without Tuition Their Shot

    July 23, 2015 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Access Code is a nonprofit in New York that gives young adults, particularly those from minority groups, instruction and resources to learn coding. This education promotes greater access to lucrative careers in the world of technology.

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  • LA Sheriff plans dramatic expansion of mental health policing

    July 23, 2015 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The struggle of police in properly dealing with mentally ill citizens has been highlighted in recent news. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department plans to dramatically beef up its mental health policing capabilities, according to a newly-released report that provides a county-wide roadmap for county law enforcement's handling of suspects experiencing a mental health crisis.

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  • No Child Left Behind's One Big Achievement?

    July 23, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Congress’s proposed rewrites of the law now known as No Child Left Behind, including the Senate’s widely touted Every Child Achieves Act, would weaken federal provisions meant to track the academic progress of students with disabilities. Those who fight for the disabled population are pushing back, saying the law's main strength was helping those with disabilities.

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  • An Artificial Limb Can Bring Hope — But Who's Going To Make It?

    July 23, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka

    Prosthetics can change lives, but in some countries there aren't enough people trained to make the needed limbs, braces and splints. To address the shortage in Bangladesh, the Center for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed is partnering with Red Cross and international donors to offer free training for local clinicians, and free treatment for patients.

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  • Can Police Use Data Science to Prevent Deadly Encounters?

    July 22, 2015 |

    Scientific American |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Several high-profile cases of law enforcement officers using deadly force against civilians within the past year have politicians, police and researchers looking for ways to prevent such incidents. As part of Obama's Police Data Initiative, researchers and police are studying 'predictive analytics' to improve existing officer early warning systems.

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  • Why American Cities Are Fighting to Attract Immigrants

    July 21, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    Despite their stigma, foreign-born populations are helping the economy of U.S. cities. Welcoming America is a national network of organizations that preach the economic upside of immigration and in this way attract immigrants to certain cities and improve their experience.

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  • Facing decline, Catholic schools form a charter-like network

    July 20, 2015 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The private Catholic schools in East Harlem and the South Bronx experienced the plummeting of enrollment, funds lacking for upgrading facilities and technology, while still charging high tuition. Now these six Catholic schools comprise a charter school network and serve low-income children. The results of the new system have enabled teachers to devote more time to academics, students to become disciplined for character development, and technology has improved.

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  • Can Training Programs Help Improve Police-Community Relations?

    July 20, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Crown Heights, New York

    Lawyers and activists are educating residents in cities across the country on encounters with law enforcement. Know Your Rights training programs have been held by lawyers and community activists in neighborhoods in urban cities nationwide, designed to help residents understand the limits of police authority.

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  • Wanted: Bilingual teachers. And here's how one school is filling the gap

    July 20, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: United States, Giddings, Texas

    Laws make it mandatory for schools with more than twenty English Language Learners (ELLs) in a single grade to have bilingual teachers to support them. One Texas school takes an initiative to find more bilingual teachers for their students as the non-English speaker becomes a more common student in their classroom.

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