Social Sciences

Be a sport: games coaches teach boys how to be better men

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/08/be-a-sport-games-coaches-teach-boys-how-to-be-better-men?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Tricia Taormina

The Guardian

8 March 2019

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Coaches and players around the world are using sports to teach boys about masculinity and the importance of integrity, both on and off the field. From cricket in India to rugby in Fiji, games are used as a foundation for teaching important life lessons and values. As a result, young men participating in these programs have been found less likely to show aggression and more likely to believe abuse against women is wrong.

In Detroit, one organization is schooling Muslims on racial justice

https://religionnews.com/2019/02/20/in-detroit-one-organization-is-schooling-muslim-americans-on-racial-justice?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Aysha Khan

Religion News Service

20 February 2019

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In a movement that started from a trending hashtag on Twitter - #BeingBlackandMuslim - scholars and activists around the country are working to reduce stereotypes about Black Muslims. Organizations that arose from the movement now compile toolkits, syllabi, and other educational materials about being Black and Muslim in America, and how stereotypes and racism is perpetuated both within and outside religious communities.

How Extra Arts Education at School Boosts Students' Writing Scores — And Their Compassion

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/53036/how-extra-arts-education-at-school-boosts-students-writing-scores-and-their-compassion?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Matt Barnum

KQED

14 February 2019

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An initiative in House schools that gives students access to the arts in the classroom has positively affected students' ability to concentrate, write, and even show compassion to one another. The initiative, known as the Houston Arts Access Initiative, encourages schools to provide exposure to dance, music, and visual arts to encourage creative and kind interaction.

In this California classroom, students teach each other their home languages — and learn acceptance

https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-02-12/california-classroom-students-teach-each-other-their-home-languages-and-learn?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Zaidee Stavely

Public Radio International (PRI)

12 February 2019

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An ethnic studies teacher at an Oakland high school with a large immigrant population asks each student to spend a bit of the class time teaching their home language to the class. Acacia WoodsChan has noted increasing confidence and understanding among her students.

Cities across Colorado saw how gentrification impacted Denver. They're trying to avoid the same pitfalls.

https://coloradosun.com/2019/02/06/cities-across-colorado-saw-how-gentrification-impacted-denver-theyre-trying-to-avoid-the-same-pitfalls?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Kevin Simpson

The Colorado Sun

6 February 2019

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As gentrification drives involuntary displacement in Denver, Colorado, the city planners elsewhere in Colorado aim to avoid the same fate by instituting policy safeguards. Fort Collins has put in extra protection for mobile home parks, one of the only viable housing options for low-income residents, and another city program controls utility costs.

What we can learn from Canada's universal child care model

https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-02-05/what-we-can-learn-canada-s-universal-child-care-model?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Allison Herrera

Public Radio International (PRI)

5 February 2019

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By reducing daycare costs to nearly nothing, Québec's universal child care program allows more women than ever to join the labor force, rather than stay home and care for their children. The United States now looks to this Canadian province as a working model that sheds light upon the benefits of government-funded child care programs.