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  • The Brutality of America’s Juvenile Detention Crisis

    The Marshall Project Sep 10, 2022

    Earlier this year, a Marshall Project investigation revealed that dozens of young people had been held under brutal conditions of isolation and deprivation at a quietly-opened facility in St. Martinville, Louisiana. The…

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  • Why We Need to Bolster Leaders of Color in Schools

    The 74 Sep 10, 2022

    It’s time to dispense with the myth of America as a melting pot, especially when it comes to schools. Because as divided as our national politics can be, our public…

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  • The Plight of Native Communities Who Lack Plumbing in the U.S.

    Grist Sep 9, 2022

    The number of Native American households without indoor plumbing in Nevada is higher than the national average and increasing. The number of Safe Drinking Water Act violations—including bacteria and inorganic…

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    10 Ways to Right-size Your Requirements

    Exponent Philanthropy Sep 9, 2022

    Identify the information that is essential for your foundation to make a grant decision and request only that information in your grant application. Consider how you will use the information. Develop different…

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  • How Americans’ Political Overconfidence Hurts Democracy

    Nieman Lab Sep 9, 2022

    As statewide primaries continue through the summer, many Americans are beginning to think about which candidates they will support in the 2022 general election. This decision-making process is fraught with difficulties, especially…

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  • Meditation Holds the Potential to Help Treat Children Suffering from Traumas, Difficult Diagnoses or Other Stressors

    The Conversation Sep 9, 2022

    The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Children actively meditating experience lower activity in parts of the brain involved in rumination, mind-wandering and…

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  • How to Help Communities Through Food Markets

    Food Tank Sep 8, 2022

    During Food Tank’s recent Summit in Chicago, IL, Ertharin Cousin, Founder and CEO of Food Systems for the Future, discussed the services required to help startup businesses scale up and…

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  • Lessons on Virtual Learning for Improved Classrooms

    The Learning Accelerator Sep 8, 2022

    In August 2021, our team published Launching Forward, the culmination of our six-monthlong Hop, Skip, Leapfrog project. Hop, Skip, Leapfrog aimed to identify, codify, and make sense of new school system strategies and…

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  • Ways to Overcome the Barriers that Keep Clinical Trials from Recruiting Diverse Populations

    The Conversation Sep 8, 2022

    Clinical trial participants are predominantly white. Despite Black and Hispanic people respectively making up 12% and 16% of the U.S. population in 2011, together they made up only 6% of…

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  • The Importance of Prioritizing Play in Urban Design

    Brookings Sep 8, 2022

    More than half of the world’s children are growing up in cities. By 2030, up to 60 percent of the world’s urban population will be under 18 years old. Yet, children and…

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  • Three Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn From For-Profit Organizations

    Forbes Sep 7, 2022

    I’ve noticed that the success of many of these startups has come through the implementation of three crucial lessons: establishing a multidisciplinary team, leveraging awards and differentiating a brand from…

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  • Food Insecurity Plagues Women With Disabilities

    Futurity Sep 7, 2022

    Women with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to rate their diet as poor and are more likely to experience food insecurity compared to women without disabilities, according to a…

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