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  • How Educators Are Rethinking The Way They Teach Immigration History

    January 09, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston

    At one Boston public school, teachers are updating curricula to provide students with history lessons that contextualize current national debates about immigration policy.

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  • How to Exorcise the Ghosts of Crab Traps Past

    January 09, 2020 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    Low cost sonar helps teams of crabbers in the Great Bay Estuary locate abandoned traps, which they use hook lines to remove to protect wildlife and damage to fishing boats. Funded by three grants, teams have retrieved around 2,200 traps and crabbers are compensated for their efforts. The initiative is modeled after one in the Chesapeake Bay, where 34,408 ghost pots were removed over six years. Similar efforts have been implemented around the world, including the Ghost Trap Rodeo in Tampa Bay, which is styled like a fishing tournament but competitors collect abandoned traps instead of catching fish.

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  • 5 billion people around the world lack basic access to justice. These organizations are out to change that.

    January 09, 2020 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: Peru, Pisco

    Microjustice4All, an international legal empowerment organization, provides people in vulnerable communities with legal aid, especially after environmental crises. Another global organization, Namati, trains local paralegals so that they may help their communities in legal issues. This sort of legal empowerment has taken hold on a global scale, with the overarching goal of building power through law and environmental justice – especially as climate change affects the most marginalized populations.

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  • Can new bus lines chart a course to better travel options in the West?

    January 09, 2020 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Spokane, Washington

    Private bus companies are beginning to offer an alternative method of transportation in the American West. As younger travelers seek to reduce their carbon footprint, companies like Flixbus are stepping in where rail connections are still lacking. Especially when compared to flying or owning a car, buses offer a carbon-efficient form of travel over long distances. Companies like Flixbus also offer convenience, meeting travelers on university campuses.

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  • How Philadelphia Flipped: Second Chances for Youth

    January 08, 2020 |

    YR Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia has made a concerted effort toward reducing the number of youth being arrested in schools. Leadership, including the school police commissioner and district attorney, changed procedures so that youth, instead of getting arrested, are enrolled in diversion programs. While there’s been pushback from some law enforcement, early studies have pointed to a decline in arrests without a decline in safety.

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  • Reduce Health Costs By Nurturing The Sickest? A Much-Touted Idea Disappoints

    January 08, 2020 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

    Researchers in New Jersey have been testing the idea that an increased specialized care model directed towards the sickest and most expensive patients would help reduce costs and improve health, but the trials have been less than promising. However, it was in the failures of the approach, that researchers learned that creating broader partnerships and addressing underlying issues for the patients may have been the missing key.

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  • In Reversal, Counties and States Help Inmates Keep Medicaid

    January 08, 2020 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States

    If incarcerated, low-income individuals who are reliant on Medicaid typically lose access to their benefits which accelerates the difficulty of reentry. To help close the gap, the National Association of Counties and the National Sheriffs’ Association have joined together to implement stopgap measures to help inmates either retain their benefits or have them only suspended instead of terminated.

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  • In northern Uganda, therapy dogs are helping the survivors of war cope with their trauma

    January 08, 2020 |

    Equal Times |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Animal-assisted therapy offers benefits to those suffering from trauma. In Uganda, the Comfort Dog Project pairs victims of the country's decades-long civil war with companion animals. The dogs help victims, many of whom suffered as child soldiers, cope with post-traumatic stress, stigma, and isolation. The Comfort Dog project trains the dogs and helps to educate the new owners about pet care.

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  • Charter operators are offering online degrees as a plan B for their alumni

    January 08, 2020 |

    Chalkbeat National |

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    Response Location: United States

    In addition to encouraging students to pursue higher education, charter school networks have started to follow up with alumni who end up dropping out of college, offering them alternative paths to a degree, such as online classes.

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  • ALICE Is Overstating the Effectiveness of Its Active Shooter Trainings

    January 08, 2020 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States

    The ALICE Training Institute provides active-shooter training for schools around the United States. The organization’s website says that 18 schools have had success using its protocol, and yet an investigation by The Trace found that many of the schools they count as a success actually strayed from its methods. While lacking in proof of concept, school officials did report increased sense of safety and confidence because of the trainings.

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