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Education in Indian Country: Obstacles and Opportunity

Lesli A. Maxwell Megan Garner Swikar Patel

December 04, 2013 |

Education Week |

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Response Location: United States, Oglala, South Dakota

Native American student graduation rates are much lower than that of any other demographic. The Red Cloud school teaches students on a reservation in South Dakota about the Lakota history to empower the kids and encourage resilience.

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Red Hook community court is a success: study

Oren Yaniv

November 12, 2013 |

New York Daily News |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Jailing convicted criminals has shown that it neither changes illegal behavior, nor reduces the rate of re-incarceration. Brooklyn’s Red Hood Community Justice Center has given many guilty defendants of minor crimes treatment and individual assistance without incarceration. A new survey shows that community courts reduce costs, decrease jailed inmates, and drop the crime rate.

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How can Milwaukee County's broken mental health system be fixed?

Meg Kissinger

November 05, 2013 |

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

Milwaukee County’s mental health system put more resources in expensive emergency care rather than invest in programs that offer continual care. As a result, Milwaukee County identifies nine solutions from other cities that have had success in repairing mental health systems. Solutions include the ending of reliance on emergency care, expand community support programs, change laws, and supportive housing.

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Syria's refugee children haunted by horrors of war

Stephanie Capper

September 22, 2013 |

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Turkey, Kilis

Child Friendly Spaces in Kilis, a city with a huge Syrian refugee population, and UNICEF’s art program in Jordan’s refugee camp, try to address the mental health of refugees, who are often dealing with great trauma. “If we think these refugees only need food, clothes or medicine, we are looking at them like animals.” Organizers that run these programs say these programs are critical and needed to address the psychological effects of war.

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Even Odds: A Place Apart

Jill Tucker

August 18, 2013 |

San Francisco Chronicle |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Young black males in Oakland are suspended more frequently and graduate high school at a much lower rate than their peers. A charter school specifically designed for African American boys focuses on providing them with role models to create a supportive environment, combat the effects of trauma, and push them to succeed.

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'Boy or Girl?' Gender a new challenge for schools

Martha Irvine

May 28, 2013 |

Associated Press |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tampa, Florida

Conventional school policies fail to address the needs of transgender students. A school district in Tampa changed its human rights ordinance to include gender identity and expression.

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The Norwegian prison where inmates are treated like people

Erwin James

February 25, 2013 |

The Guardian |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Norway, Oslo

With Norway having the lowest re-offense rate in Europe, the Bastoy prison in Norway not only demonstrates the effectiveness of this new approach, but also receives criticism that they treat prisoners with too much luxury.

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Prisons Rethink Isolation, Saving Money, Lives and Sanity

Erica Goode

March 10, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Mississippi

A positive transformation in a Mississippi prison has become a focal point for a growing number of states rethinking the use of long-term isolation. Humanitarian groups have long argued that solitary confinement has devastating psychological effects, but a central driver in the recent shift is economics. Some officials have also been persuaded by research suggesting that isolation is vastly overused and that it does little to reduce overall prison violence.

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In Famine, Vouchers Can Be Tickets to Survival

Tina Rosenberg

October 27, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Somalia

World Concern, a Seattle-based Christian humanitarian group, provides people around the world with vouchers they can use in select markets, rather than the traditional emergency food aid of rice and other grains. In Dhobley, Somalia, the solution of vouchers quickens the process of receiving the food and contributes to the local economy.

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Drugs, Risk and the Myth of the ‘Evil' Addict

Maia Szalavitz

September 27, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

While critics argue that Naloxone isn't safe for over-the-counter use, some cities have found success distributing Naloxone to community members to help save lives of addicts who overdose. Naloxone can be administered to help those overdosing survive and jump-start the withdrawal process.

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