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  • Fully Paid Teacher Sabbaticals

    Quinn O'Callaghan

    November 13, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Every teacher lost costs almost $9,000 for a U.S. urban school district, according to a report out of the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future. To help deter “brain exodus,” the UK is piloting a teacher sabbatical program, borrowing from the model traditionally found in higher education. Could such a model work in Philadelphia?

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  • Training For A Better Life

    Quinn O'Callaghan

    October 11, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Narbeth, Pennsylvania

    Overwhelmingly, individuals who have been incarcerated will spend the rest of their lives dragging in-and-out of prison, with few resources to help break the cycle and get them back on their feet. But one program called "New Leash on Life" stands out for helping dramatically slash recidivism rates for inmates in Pennsylvania prisons by teaching inmates to train and care for formerly "un-adoptable" rescue dogs, building empathy, job skills, and giving both human and dog a second chance at life.

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  • Furnishing A Future

    Quinn O'Callaghan

    June 12, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Furnishing a Future offers furniture making classes to former inmates. The program was created with the intention of giving former prisoners job skills, who often leave prison with no work experience. “If these guys are trained in how to make a resume, and how to make it outside, but have no skills, they’re just not going to get a job.”

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  • Philabundance Community Kitchen Turns Former Prisoners Into Chefs

    Quinn O'Callaghan

    February 09, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Facing social stigma as well as other effects of being incarcerated, Philabundance Community Kitchen is using culinary education to provide much needed services to those formerly incarcerated. Via cooking classes and other life skills classes, this program has helped over 600 previously incarcerated Philadelphians attain employment in the culinary field.

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  • I'm FREE, Prisoner Re-Entry Program for Women, Takes a New Approach

    Quinn O'Callaghan

    January 24, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    “Female offenders are the largest-growing prison population.” Key to making sure women don’t return to prison are effective reentry programs like FREE, a program for female offenders. However, FREE isn’t like other programs. It focuses on exploring the root causes that lead woman to commit crimes through a method called “cognitive shifting.”

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