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TILDA Celebrates Ten Years of Research Into the Challenges of Ageing in Ireland
The study, which has 8,500 participants from across the country, has been internationally recognised for its wide focus of the issues facing older people. By Simon Foy, Senior Editor Photo: Sinéad Baker for The University Times The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, which is based…
Author: The University Times
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A Global Response to Confront Rising Inequalities
On 1 June, LSE launched the Atlantic Fellows programme at the International Inequalities Institute. Co-Director Professor Mike Savage, the initial Academic Director of the Atlantic Fellows programme, discusses why the 20-year initiative — made possible by The Atlantic Philanthropies — is such a landmark moment.…
Author: LSE Impact
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Buildings, Bridges and Big Bets
Chuck Feeney, with Cornell University President Frank Rhodes and Ed Walsh, Limerick president, at Plassey House in 1988. From Elizabeth, N.J., where our founder, Chuck Feeney was born and raised, you can follow the Elizabeth River into New York Bay, all the way across the…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
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New Research Project Brings Hope to 8 Million Children in the World's Orphanages
A new research partnership between J.K. Rowling’s international children’s organisation Lumos and a world-renowned Irish university will increase global momentum to transform the lives of children living separated from their families in orphanages. An estimated eight million children worldwide live in institutions and so-called orphanages,…
Author: Lumos
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Not To Be Trusted: Dangerous Levels of Inaccuracy in TV Crime Reporting in NYC
ColorOfChange partnered with Media Matters for America to study the representation of Black people in local news reporting on crime. The result is an outrageous level of distortion: while 2 out of every 4 people the NYPD arrest for murder, assault and theft are Black,…
Author: ColorOfChange
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Race in School Discipline: Study Looks at Silence Among Educators
Tiago Robinson greeted students in the halls of Oakland High School in 2013 before his class session working with African-American students who are struggling with grades or suspension in his Manhood Development Program in Oakland, Calif. Robinson monitored the student’s grades and helped them communicate…
Author: Christian Science Monitor
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Eight Cities to Receive Funding to Reduce the Number of Uninsured Children
Washington, D.C. – To help implement local outreach efforts to enroll children and families in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the National League of Cities (NLC) today awarded grants and technical assistance to eight cities. The Cities Expanding Health Access for Children and…
Author: National League of Cities
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Rethinking School Discipline for Better Opportunities
By Kavitha Mediratta Zero tolerance school discipline policies leave young men of color most vulnerable — but it doesn’t have to be that way. All young people should have the opportunity to succeed. It’s a fundamentally American argument, and also the core value of the…
Author: Huffington Post
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How ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ Initiative Just Might Save Black Boys
Photo: Thinkstock/The Root By Tanya E. Coke By linking education and criminal justice, the initiative could finally address the key problems that are holding back young men. On Thursday, President Obama launched My Brother’s Keeper, a joint initiative of government, philanthropy and business leaders to improve…
Author: The Root
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Teaching in Prison's Shadow
By Sally Lee, Executive Director, Teachers Unite Not long ago a New Haven, Conn., high school with a predominantly African-American student body had an annex for students with chronic absences and those labeled as having behavioral issues. The annex was located in the New Haven…
Author: Huffington Post