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NBC News Highlights Community Schools
NBC Nightly News reporter Chelsea Clinton recently highlighted a local community school’s Homework Diner program in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Manzano Mesa Elementary School started the Homework Diner program in 2012, aiming to increase homework completion and improve the culture of the school community. With approximately…
Author: Coalition for Community Schools
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National, city movements confronts 'State of Black Children'
In the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, I thought I’d share this report released earlier this week, which takes a crucial and comprehensive look at the ‘State of Black Children and Families.’ The report, a joint project by the Children’s Defense Fund on behalf of…
Author: The Baltimore Sun
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Atlantic Joins the White House and Leading Foundations to Expand Opportunities for Young Men of Color
Over $200 million invested to-date to address racial disparities in life outcomes Additional $70 million earmarked for school discipline, criminal justice and Elev8 grantees February 27, 2014 – The Atlantic Philanthropies announced today that they have joined with the White House and nine other…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Mending the Safety Net
THE BIG IDEA: Lower-class children are bombarded with obstacles to success, not the least of which are higher rates of asthma, poorer nutrition, and less than adequate access to medical care. “Kids aren’t going to learn and succeed in school if they aren’t feeling well,”…
Author: Urbanite Baltimore Magazine
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On the Joint Initiative to Expand Opportunities for Young Men of Color
The Atlantic Philanthropies are pleased to join with our foundation partners, the White House and leading U.S. businesses to improve opportunities for the most disadvantaged among us. Our commitment to this initiative stems from our longstanding focus on promoting equal opportunity and racial equity in…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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The State of Adolescent Health Services: How the System Fails Young People
In the United States, we are about to engage in a potentially historic debate about long-overdue reform of our inadequate health care system, and big change may be on the way. That is exactly what we need because our current system is failing the very…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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More Schools Open Their Doors to the Whole Community
Victor Gonzalez, 12, is examined by a dental hygienist at a Grand Rapids, Mich., school this month. Photo: Patrick Record for The Wall Street Journal By Caroline Porter WYOMING, Mich.—On a recent weekday here, a steady stream of people dropped by one central location for…
Author: The Wall Street Journal
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Physical Discipline Has No Place in New Mexico's Schools
>>Watch the Video In all 50 states it is illegal to hit a prisoner, someone in the military or an animal yet over one third of the school districts in New Mexico still let staff physically discipline (paddle) children. Experts tell us that physical discipline…
Author: New Mexico Speaks
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Department Official Visits Community Schools in Chicago
(This media advisory was released on July 7th, 2010) U.S. Department of Education’s Alberto Retana, director of community outreach, will visit Chicago Public Schools’ Orozco Academy and Perspectives-Calumet Middle School to interact with students and parents who are benefitting from the schools’ community resources and…
Author: U.S. Department of Education
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Neighborhoods, Social Capital and Schools
Original Source Principal Michael Johnson of Reavis Elementary, shown here with some 6th-graders, is working hard to create cohesion among his staff and build bridges between his school and its neighborhood. According to research discussed at the kickoff of this year’s School Policy Luncheon series,…
Author: LISC/Chicago's New Communities Program