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  • How Do You Stop Abusive Relationships? Teach Teens How to Be Respectful Partners

    July 29, 2019 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A program called RAPP (Relationship Abuse Prevention Program) uses safe spaces for teens to talk about their romantic relationships with both peer and adult leaders as a way to prevent abusive relationships through education. It is supported by New York City's Human Resources Administration, the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, Day One, and Steps to End Violence and Urban Resource Institute (URI). The program is now in 94 schools across the city, and participants / peer leaders testify to how much it changed their lives.

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  • ‘Basically I'm their teacher': Washington has big plans for its 25,500 school paraeducators

    July 28, 2019 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Washington state is providing additional instruction and in some cases a path to teacher credentials for its 25,500 paraeducators who have stepped up to play roles sometimes equivalent or beyond that of credentialed teachers amidst a teacher shortage statewide. Paraeducators are often from the neighborhoods in which they teach and often comprise a more diverse pool of instructors than other educators.

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  • How this Durham summer camp is helping refugee children, one talking stick at a time

    July 26, 2019 |

    The News & Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    World Relief Durham hosts a summer program for kids. Like other summer programs, it is meant to reduce summer learning loss—but this is specifically for children from forcibly displaced families. The kids face unique challenges in school and in society, often having been witness to traumatic experiences, so in this program they take lessons, play games, and work with community volunteers to let them just be kids. The program started with 25 participants in 2017 and grew to serve 150 children in 2019.

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  • The South Sudanese Refugee Dance Group with a Mission

    July 26, 2019 |

    Things That Work Uganda |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Bidibidi

    In 2018 Bidibidi's Got Talent crowned the dance group Burn dem squad as best in the entire settlement. The group was founded by a few teenage boys and is now made up of 15 members aged 17-19. The founders say that they use dance as a way to make friends and to "help fellow refugees deal with trauma from the war, raise awareness about social ills and promote peacebuilding between the diverse ethnic groups in the settlement and the host community".

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  • A high school educates teachers on culturally responsive practices, but not everyone is on board

    July 24, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Georgetown, Delaware

    At one high school in Delaware where one third of students are students of color and 90 percent of teachers are white, an "equity team" brings together teachers to discuss what it means to be a culturally responsive educator and how that should play out in classrooms.

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  • In Philadelphia, a radical idea for journalists: talking to human beings

    July 23, 2019 |

    Columbia Journalism Review |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia Inquirer reporter-columnist Helen Ubiñas launched a series of pop-up newsrooms to talk to people in neighborhoods that usually only attract fleeting news coverage over violence and other problems. Ubiñas' mission: to find hidden stories, and in the process of that inspire trust among the people journalists are supposed to serve. From city pools to barbershops, schools, and a criminal record expungement clinic, Ubiñas found people willing to open up about their lives thanks to the rare face-to-face interaction.

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  • All-girls school welcomes its first esports teams

    July 23, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Varsity esports teams are emerging as a game-based education tool at U.S. colleges, but few teams have female representation. A high school in Cleveland is trying to buck that trend by expanding the types of games offered and shifting students' perceptions about who can be a gamer.

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  • Depressed? Here's a Bench. Talk to Me. Audio icon

    July 22, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Harare

    Sometimes just having someone to talk to can help those who are suffering from depression. The Friendship Bench program in NYC borrows an idea from Harare, Zimbabwe, where healthcare workers—affectionately called Grannies—sit and consult with patients on benches outside of healthcare clinics. The Grannies help people discuss their issues and have had a measurably positive impact on those they’ve reached. In New York, the Friendship Benches connect individuals to peer mentors willing to listen across the city.

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  • Britain's first climate assembly: can it help fix democracy too?

    July 19, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Camden

    In the London borough of Camden, randomly selected locals, including students, builders, civil servants, restauranteurs, and others, came together to discuss what to do about climate change. This climate assembly allows jurors to listen to briefings, pose questions, analyze data, debate, and discuss action items. The council took inspiration from a citizen assembly around abortion in Ireland in 2016 that led to the national referendum in 2018.

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  • Heartland High: Ohio's First School For Students With Addiction

    July 16, 2019 |

    WOSU |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    When students return to school after receiving treatment for drug or alcohol addictions, they often face new pressures and are convinced to again use substances. At Heartland High in Columbus, Ohio, a small class size, peer support, and access to a recovery coach help students stay sober.

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