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Signs on the street could warn pedestrians to look both ways

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This could reduce accidents in busy crosswalks.

URL:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/nyregion/in-new-york-city-curbside-signs-to-look-both-ways.html

Categories:
Streets Cities Car Accidents / Traffic Fatalities / Road Safety Crosswalks

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Meat could be grown in a lab

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URL:
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/technology/1201/gallery.zany-futuristic-ideas.fortune/3.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro_meat

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Environment Food Animal Husbandry / Livestock / Poultry / Ranching Business / Invention Idea Meat

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A new federal competitive grants program could be used to support better workforce training and education systems

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Grants could be awarded depending on the following criteria:

• The inclusion of key partners including (i) community colleges and other education or training providers, (ii) industries or large employers with strong labor demand and good jobs, (iii) local workforce development agencies, and (iv) intermediary organizations with strong links to employers or industries
• The targeting of disadvantaged workers
• The responsiveness to labor market and employer needs
• The funding of key direct supports and services to students, workers, and employers
• The extent to which other sources of public or private funding are leveraged

URL:
http://www.hamiltonproject.org/files/downloads_and_links/11_workforce_holzer_paper.pdf

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Global Poverty Workforce Development / Job Training Community Colleges

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Real time labor market information about worker resources and needs could be developed

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This could help with understanding job availability, hiring trends, and influence education and training offerings and choices.

URL:
http://www.jff.org/sites/default/files/AligningCommunityColleges_LaborMarkets_111711.pdf
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Research/Files/Speeches/2010/9/27%20labor%20statistics%20reamer/0927_labor_statistics_vollman.PDF
http://www.urbanresearch.org/about/cur-components/new-york-city-labor-market-information-service-nyclmis

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Global Poverty Workforce Development / Job Training Unemployment Community Colleges

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Small schools could boost graduation rates

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Cities could replace large, failing urban high schools with small schools. These smaller schools could allow for stronger, more personal relationships between students and adults, increase student engagement, and better position teachers to identify and respond to students’ academic and social needs.

URL:
http://www.mdrc.org/question/do-small-high-schools-make-difference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_schools_movement
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/opinion/01thu3.html

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Education Schools

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Performance-based scholarships could increase student achievement

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URL:
http://www.mdrc.org/question/do-performance-based-scholarships-boost-college-student-achievement
http://chronicle.com/article/Want-Students-to-Perform-Well-/125293/

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Global Poverty Education Community Colleges College Scholarships

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Temporary, paid jobs to ex-offenders in peer groups could reduce recidivism

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The Center for Employment Opportunities's (CEO) program of providing temporary, paid jobs to ex-offenders in peer groups could reduce recidivism and be cost effective overall.

URL:
http://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/execsum_9.pdf
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/out-of-jail-and-into-jobs/
http://ceoworks.org/about/what-we-do/

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Prisons Criminal Justice Systems Workforce Development / Job Training Prison Recidivism / Future Crime / Ex-Offenders

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Incarceration could not be treated as "voluntary unemployment" to calculate child support arrears

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Ex-offenders could have less debt when leaving prison and recidivism rates could decrease.

URL:
http://www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/documents/0000/1090/REENTRY_MYTHBUSTERS.pdf
http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/0394.pdf
http://www.asca.net/system/assets/attachments/2653/repaying_debts_full_report.pdf?1301081706

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Global Poverty Prisons Criminal Justice Systems U.S. Poverty U.S. Child Support U.S. Personal Debt

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Learning communities at community colleges could promote student achievement

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Learning communities could increase the likelihood that students will pass a targeted course like developmental English or mathematics, earn more credits, and graduation rates.

URL:
http://www.mdrc.org/question/do-learning-communities-community-colleges-promote-student-achievement
http://www.postsecondaryresearch.org/index.html?Id=Research&Info=Learning+Communities
http://www.collegetransition.org/promisingpractices.research.learningcommunities.html