Results List
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Research Links Poor Kids' Stress, Brain Impairment
Original Source By Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer Children raised in poverty suffer many ill effects: They often have health problems and tend to struggle in school, which can create a cycle of poverty across generations. Now, research is providing what could be crucial clues…
Author: The Washington Post
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NCOA Issues Call-to-Action for National Chronic Care Reform Based on Survey of Americans with Chronic Conditions
WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire/ — A new survey commissioned by the non-profit National Council on Aging (NCOA), with support from The Atlantic Philanthropies and the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), reveals a bleak and broken health care system for millions of Americans suffering from a variety…
Author: National Council on Aging (NCOA)
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Invest in families to keep kids in school
Original Source By Chris Fitzsimon Speaker Joe Hackney presided at a news conference with fellow House Democrats Tuesday to announce that the lawmakers were renewing their commitment made two years ago to improve the state’s high school graduation rate, though Hackney acknowledged that it’s not…
Author: The Carrboro Citizen
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Why the 'Senior Voting Bloc' is a Myth
Original Source Editor’s Note: While exit-polls may show that those aged 60 and older favored John McCain over Barack Obama on election day, closer analysis shows that the elderly are as diverse in politics as they are in almost every other social sphere. Paul Kleyman…
Author: New America Media
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Letters to the Editor re: "Protect Our Kids from Preschool" (WSJ)
Original Article Source Joint Pre-K Now/Pew letter to the editor, submitted but not yet published Protect our kids from preschool (August 22, 2008) misrepresents decades of research on the lasting benefits of quality pre-k-research that has been accepted by academics and policy makers across the…
Author: Wall Street Journal
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Nonprofit Consulting Goes Upscale
By Martha Nichols Boston It’s a long way from the wood-paneled offices of consulting firms like Bain & Co. to the yard-sale decor of a youth-serving nonprofit. Yet the Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit consulting spinoff of Bain, is trying to connect those worlds. Only six…
Author: Youth Today
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Pediatricians Say No to Expulsions, Suspensions at Schools
‘Zero-tolerance’ policies don’t have the desired effect, American Academy of Pediatrics says By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) — Suspending or expelling a child from school should be a rare last resort and not a routine punishment for bullying, drug use…
Author: U.S. News Health
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Judge Steve Teske: A Perfect Storm, An Imperfect System Equals Injustice
We moved to Clayton County, GA in 1974. I was 14 years old. I had lived in nine different cities from California to New York, and back to our southern roots when my father was transferred to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Author: Juvenile Justice
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National Native American Substance-Abuse Prevention Program Named Best Practice by First Nations Behavioral Health
The National Indian Youth Leadership Project is an Atlantic grantee. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The National Indian Youth Leadership Project’s substance-abuse prevention program, Project Venture, has been named as one of nine Tribal Best Practices among other nationwide substance-abuse programs for Native American children by the…
Author: National Indian Youth Leadership Project
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NCOA Receives a Major Grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to Enroll Limited Income Beneficiaries in Medicare Part D
Contact: Scott Parkin (202) 479-6975 Scott.Parkin@ncoa.org WASHINGTON, DC, January 25, 2006 The National Council on the Aging (NCOA) has received a $7.9 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to bolster its work enrolling Medicare-eligible seniors and people with disabilities who have limited incomes and resources…
Author: National Council on the Aging