May 2013
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April 2013
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“Discover the truth of today, and perhaps find the greatness of tomorrow”
– Jackie Robinson
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“The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will”
– Chuck Palahniuk
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March 2013
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Mayoral control of urban schools
Parents and concerned citizens in NYC turned out to voice their displeasure with school closings at the annual School Board meeting at Brooklyn Technical High School on March 11. The focal point of their anger was Mayor Bloomberg who has control of NYC’s schools. But there is growing evidence that in general, mayoral control of schools is an effective (albeit politically charged) formula for...
February 2013
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January 2013
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December 2012
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“We are by nature social,
before we are political or economic beings.”
– Michael Walzer, The Civil Society Argument
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“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
– Frederick Douglass (via liveloveend)
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PROMOTING HEALTH EQUITY →
A Resource to Help Communities Address Social Determinants of Health
Table of Contents
Introduction p.4
Participants p.5
Chapter One: Achieving Health Equity p.6
What is health equity? p.6
How do social determinants influence health? p.10
Learning from doing p.11
Chapter Two: Communities Working to Achieve Health Equity p.12 Background: The Social Determinants of Disparities in Health...
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November 2012
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THE POLITICS OF REDISTRIBUTION →
Job creators: ”Obama has been shoring up the entitlement society, and if you give enough entitlements to enough people, they’ll vote for you.”
Obama: ”Making a lot of money (does not) make your views more valuable, or make you more interesting or smarter than anyone else.”
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WatchKatebomz provided us with this powerful movie short and writes:
“The Park” is a coming of age tale which sharply observes teenage relationships with humor and empathy.
For RealClearPeople, this clip shows the resilience young men facing adolescence often require. Without the help of a caring person who has life experience to help out, it’s easy to see how situations can become...
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“My nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger and leaving dear ones...”
– Mahatma Ghandi
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STUDY OF GANG HOMICIDES IN 5 CITIES FROM 2003-2008... →
What is already known on this topic?
Gang homicides account for a substantial proportion of homicides among youths in some U.S. cities; however, few surveillance systems collect the level of detail necessary to inform gang homicide prevention strategies.
What is added by this report?
This report was the first to use city-level data from CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)...
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“We learn everyday. The question is what do we learn?”
– Ras Baraka, Principal of Central High School, Newark, NJ
October 2012
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“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
September 2012
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New York City Accelerators, Incubators, and... →
by Mark Birch
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Nine Things Successful People Do Differently →
#5. Focus on getting better, rather than being good
Believing you have the ability to reach your goals is important, but so is believing you can get the ability. Many of us believe that our intelligence, our personality, and our physical aptitudes are fixed — that no matter what we do, we won’t improve. As a result, we focus on goals that are all about proving ourselves, rather than...
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“Life is the meaning of life.”
– Albert Camus 