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  • Solving the Homelessness Problem, with Housing

    June 25, 2015 |

    The Press Democrat |

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    Response Location: United States, Sonoma, California

    In a county in California, federal agencies are implementing a model known as Housing First which gets homeless people safe, secure housing before tackling root causes of homelessness.

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  • Amazon tribe creates 500-page traditional medicine encyclopedia

    June 24, 2015 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    The Matsés, an indigenous population in Brazil in Peru, teamed up with Acaté, a conservation group, to create a medicinal knowledge encyclopedia. The encyclopedia was compiled by five shamans, took two years, is 500 pages long, and “details every plant used by Matsés to cure a massive variety of ailments.” It not only preserves ancestral knowledge, but is seen as a way to improve the health of Matsés and future generations. “Until their encyclopedia, the Matsés entire traditional health system was on the unchecked verge of disappearance.”

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  • Binge drinking in Wisconsin is just their culture, right? Except in one county.

    June 24, 2015 |

    Upworthy |

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    Response Location: United States, Marquette, Wisconsin

    Marquette County outmatched the rest of Wisconsin in binge-drinking rates back in 2005. By 2012, instead of going up by 5% like the rest of Wisconsin did, Marquette county reduced theirs by 15%. Evidence points to the Healthy Communities Healthy Youth initiative launched in 2003.

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  • Poverty solutions that actually work

    June 24, 2015 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    Researchers from Yale and MIT conducted a poverty study across various countries and found that aid can relieve poverty if it is comprehensive and gives people a productive asset.

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  • A Recipe For Success With Two Student Groups That Often Struggle

    June 23, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Brimley, Michigan

    Students in a small town in Michigan are outperforming their peers statewide. Over half of the students are American Indian and many come from low-income families. Because the town's reservation can't be taxed, the school receives additional federal funding. And teachers have put it to good use - by hiring more staff, decreasing class sizes, and frequently evaluating students' progress. One fourth grader offered her own theory: "Well, everyone's accepted here for who they are, no matter if they're Irish, Native, African American or just French."

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  • When High School Means a Build-It-Yourself Education

    June 23, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Redmond, Oregon

    When students take ownership over their own learning, they are more likely to be successful, the executive director of Redmond Proficiency Academy in Oregon, believes. He has used this philosphy to develop a charter school where students choose their own classes and are assessed based on their proficiency in the related content and skills.

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  • The simple idea that could transform US criminal justice

    June 23, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    In the courtroom known as Part Two, at the Newark Municipal Courthouse, Judge Victoria Pratt is pioneering the procedural justice approach, and is getting results. The idea, now central to conversations around reform of the US criminal justice system, is simple: "people are far more likely to obey the law if the justice system does not humiliate them, but treats them fairly and with respect."

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  • How Australians survived a 13-year drought by going low-tech

    June 23, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Australia, Melbourne

    In the face of a prolonged drought, residents of Melbourne, Australia, cut water consumption in half by capturing rainwater and using efficient toilets and washing machines.

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  • Texas study may aid juvenile justice reforms

    June 22, 2015 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    An in-depth study of Texas youth crime records helped them find a path forward on juvenile criminal justice reform, but they still struggle with limited resources and a culture stuck on incarceration.

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  • The Case Against Isolating English Learners

    June 22, 2015 |

    Voice of San Diego |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    School districts across the country struggle with helping their “English-learner” students learn English and academic content at the same time. Kearny High School in San Diego does not isolate these special students, instead using the school-within-a-school model to help place their non-English speakers in content areas that interest them. This model has shown to put the English learners at Kearny in the top API scores in the San Diego district.

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