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Report Cites Chronic Absenteeism in City Schools
Source: The New York Times
by JENNIFER MEDINA More than 90,000 of New York City's elementary school students - roughly 20 percent - missed at least a month of classes during the last school year, with attendance problems most acute in central Brooklyn, Harlem and the South Bronx, according to…
Resource type: News
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Child Care Law Reporting Project Interim Report
Source: Child Care Law Reporting Project
Children in the Republic of Ireland are most frequently taken into care for neglect, and almost a fifth of children taken into care have special needs, according to this report from the newly created Child Care Law Reporting Project. The report's striking findings also show…
Resource type: Research Report
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Annual Monitoring Report on Integration 2011
Source: The Integration Centre
Integration is a process. Contrary to popular belief it does not happen organically with the passing of time. Structures need to be put in place by government which ensure the social cohesion and future success of Irish society.This report, the second in a series of Annual…
Resource type: Research Report
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'Giving while living' trend creating demand for philanthropy advice, says new wealth report
Source: Philanthropy UK
By Cheryl Chapman. More of the world's rich are opting for ‘giving while living’ strategies, according to the just published World Wealth Report 2010 from Merrill Lynch-Capgemini. It says philanthropists are incorporating their giving strategies into their ongoing wealth accumulation and capital-preservation plans. And the…
Resource type: News
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Panel releases final report on capital punishment
by BRIAN WITTE A Maryland commission on Friday formally recommended repealing capital punishment, issuing a report death penalty opponents hope will add momentum to legislative efforts to abolish executions. But a minority report signed by eight of the commission's 23 members argued that the law…
Resource type: News
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Report rips state's vote readiness Coffman disputes concerns, says counties prepared
Source: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
by Myung Oak Kim Colorado is poorly prepared to handle electronic voting machine failures on Election Day, according to a national report issued Thursday. The report gave Colorado low marks because state regulations don't say exactly how poll workers should address voting terminal malfunctions and…
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Children's Rights Alliance Report Card 2014: System Change Started But Many Children Still Out In the Cold
Source: Children's Rights Alliance
The Children’s Rights Alliance today published the sixth in their annual series of Report Cards. The Report Card grades Government’s performance on issues and policies affecting children against their own stated commitments in the Programme for Government 2011-2016. The Government receives an overall C grade this year, reflecting…
Resource type: News
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Philanthropic Benchmark Report Draws Ire From Foundations
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source Criticism has intensified in recent days over a National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy report that suggests foundations should devote half their grants to minorities, the poor, and other disadvantaged groups, the Wall Street Journal reports. Released earlier this month, the report, Criteria for Philanthropy at Its…
Resource type: News
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Being lesbian in SA could get you killed - report
Source: Business Day (South Africa)
by FRANNY RABKIN BEING out as a lesbian in SA can get you killed. Or raped. Or both. This is the "shocking" reality faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered people in this country, although they live in a country with one of the most…
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Report May Put Final Nail in Death Penalty
Source: The Baltimore Sun
by DAN RODRICKS In the report from the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment, the people of this state and their elected representatives have all the evidence needed to abolish the death penalty, once and for all, in the next session of the General Assembly. But…
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