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  • Can You Fight Poverty by Paying Kids to Go to School?

    August 12, 2014 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    In an effort to break the cycle of poverty in Memphis, a government organization is using conditional cash transfers, paying students if they earn good grades and adults if they maintain a full-time job.

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  • A Critical Mass Tragedy Sparks a Bicycle Boom in Brazil

    July 30, 2014 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Porto Alegre

    Support and popularity for bicycle use and culture has grown in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Following a deadly incident killing two cyclists at a bicycle event, the city has seen a demonstrative outpouring of support. City officials and activists say that while the tragedy created a sense of solidarity in support of cyclists, the city itself has started seeing shifts, in culture and policy, over the years to become more bicycle friendly.

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  • How to Build a Better Neighborhood

    June 18, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    The Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas suffered from recession-closed businesses and crime. Then community members used placemaking, in which people shaped their own environment to improve the quality of life, and the concept of Build a Better Block, which was a pop-up event showcasing art, food, music, and local faire. The idea gives citizens a fresh look at the possibilities through which to transform the space in which they live, and it has attracted attention across the country and around the world.

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  • A New Model of School Reform

    May 21, 2014 |

    Greater Good Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    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.

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  • De Blasio Looks Toward Sweden for Road Safety

    May 12, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Stockholm

    The rate of roadway deaths in Sweden is at an international low due to an approach called Vision Zero. Now the country’s approach faces perhaps its stiffest test: the streets of New York City.

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  • Interrupting violence in Brooklyn

    April 08, 2014 |

    MSNBC |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood, an organization called Save Our Streets Crown Heights (S.O.S.) is taking steps to disrupt violence. The organization is modeled after Chicago's violence interrupters, which employ people from the neighborhood to connect with those most at-risk and disrupt conflicts and retalitory violence.

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  • Can Free College Save American Cities?

    April 03, 2014 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    Huge numbers of students lack the chance to go to college because of financial problems. Recently, Kalamazoo schools received more funding allowing them to have the chance to help and pay for students to then go to college and receive a higher education.

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  • Latin America's New Superstar

    March 31, 2014 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Medellín

    While the city of Medellín, Colombia was once known as a gritty, crime-ridden area, inclusive urban planning and partnerships with international corporations have turned the city in to an innovative model for policy makers around the world. The public-private partnerships that fuel the city's growth give some critics pause, but the city itself has created more democratic processes and reduced crime rates since implementing this strategy.

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  • Why Sweden has so few road deaths

    February 26, 2014 |

    The Economist |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    Sweden's "Vision Zero" program has used a comprehensive approach to infrastructure and regulation to drastically reduce traffic-related deaths, making Swedish roads the safest in the world.

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  • Dealing with blight complaints requires new approach, Memphis says

    February 22, 2014 |

    Fayetteville Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    In Memphis, a creative blight-reduction initiative called 25 Square Blocks broke down the city into blocks. Inspectors were able to quickly identify all the violations and fix them, using the same amount of funding, but less time, as the old call-and-respond model.

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