Business Day
24 August 2018
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Scope of Response: International
Johannesburg, South Africa
Some urban planners argue that urban spaces should be designed around children because that makes a livable, walkable space for everyone, and also contributes to healthy early brain development. Several initiatives are underway in and around Johannesburg, South Africa to redesign public spaces and make them more welcoming. At least one community group is working with children, teenagers and people who work with children to identify places that could be improved for better child protection.
https://www.pbs.org/show/180-days?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Sam Chaltain
PBS
17 March 2015
Broadcast TV News / Over 15 Minutes
Harsville, South Carolina is trying to better its educational program. But first it must change the standard of living in the town to provide greater examples of success for the children to follow.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/18/a-chance-to-go-from-hard-lives-to-healing?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Patricia Leigh Brown
The New York Times
18 September 2014
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A novel way to help young men growing up in communities in which concentrated poverty, violence and unemployment are well-documented barriers to health and longevity: male youth of color are trained to be the emergency response team to help stabilize street victims before doctors or nurses begin procedures.
http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/a_new_model_of_school_reform?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Jeremy Adam Smith
Greater Good Magazine
21 May 2014
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Social-emotional learning (SEL) is transforming educational systems in Oakland by forming mentor relationships between adults and students. Unlike other models, though, the adults are the ones held accountable.
http://news.yahoo.com/battling-america-s-other-ptsd-crisis-194336514.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma&utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Tina Rosenberg
Yahoo! News
6 March 2015
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Research shows that inner-city violence can be as traumatizing as war. A program in Philadelphia is pioneering new ways to treat the urban wounded
http://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/its-just-math-preschoolers-can-do-more-than-we-might-think?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
John Higgins
The Seattle Times
2 August 2015
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Due to recent brain development research, educators are working to add more math education into pre-school and kindergarten classes. Studies show that children of this age are actually extremely receptive to numbers and learning geometry.
http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-can-roadside-witticisms-save-lives.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Daniel C. Vock
Governing
13 July 2015
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Traffic fatality rates are slowly climbing in today's world of texting-while-driving. But highway agencies are increasingly using humor and wit to try to get people to drive safer.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/08/can-you-fight-poverty-by-paying-kids-to-go-to-school-109962.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker#.VYmDrPlVikp
Glenn Thrush
Politico Magazine
12 August 2014
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In an effort to stop the poverty cycle in Memphis, a government organization is paying students to get good grades and paying adults if they have a full time job.
http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/newark-valentine-sale-vacant-lots?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Cassie Owens
Next City
16 February 2015
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As a blight-reduction and urban-development effort, the city of Newark sold bare lots in a distressed area to families willing to build a house and live in it for five years.
http://www.fayobserver.com/a9f5d553-c59b-5643-9b12-55aca76dde64.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Greg Barnes
Fayetteville Observer
22 February 2014
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In Memphis, a creative blight-reduction initiative broke down the city into blocks. Inspectors were able to quickly identify all the violations and fix them with no changes in their budget.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/20/empathy-not-expulsion-for-preschoolers-at-risk?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Sara Neufeld
The New York Times
20 February 2015
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Preschoolers in the U.S. who misbehave are increasingly being expelled. In Connecticut, trained counselors educated teachers about how to deal with emotionally traumatized kids which reduced expulsions.
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