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Statue of liberty?
By Juliet Lyon It took the US prison population less than 40 years to rise from 300,000 in 1972 to 2.3 million people. America has become the undisputed global leader in the rate at which it imprisons its citizens, easily outdistancing other high incarcerators such…
Author: The Guardian
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Introducing Atlantic Currents
Since the announcement a few months ago of my appointment as President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, I’ve had an unusual opportunity to hear what many people know – and don’t know – about us. Some only know that we were once the “anonymous…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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THE KILLING OF SISTAHS
By Jeanine Cameron Hands up, how many of you have heard of Matthew Shephard? Yes, that’s right, he was the American gay student who was tortured and killed for being homosexual. I saw the play at the Baxter, and I watched his story on DVD.…
Author: Mamba
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Appoints Gara LaMarche New Chief Executive Officer
For further information please contact:Kate Bullinger in New York at +212 916 7302Colin McCrea in Dublin at +353 1 799 5912 THE ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES APPOINTS GARA LAMARCHE NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Philanthropy Executive Brings Record of Innovative Leadership to an Organisation Committed to Social Change…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Syracuse School District Names 50-Member Task Force on Student Conduct
Lekia Hill, lead organizer in Syracuse for the Alliance for Quality Education, asks UCLA expert Dan Losen a question at a Sept. 30 board session. Hill was named one of 50 members of the district’s new Code of Conduct Task Force. Photo: Gary Walts By…
Author: Syracuse.com
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School Suspensions Lead to Nowhere Good: Commentary
Henninger High School hall monitor Shirley Doesey during a change of classes. Teachers say behavior is worse in city schools this year and the district isn’t doing enough about it. Meanwhile, study says district is suspending too many kids, and more black and Latino kids…
Author: Syracuse.com
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School Discipline Reform Long Overdue, Experts Say
By Edward Graham and Helen Yoshida Photo: Getty Images As schools around the country have tightened their disciplinary policies to curtail the possibility of school violence, some experts caution that these measures are doing more harm than good. Daniel Losen, director of the Center for…
Author: NEA Today
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Irish Publication "Report Card 2010" Spotlights Children as Casualties of Recession
The Government of the Republic of Ireland has slipped to an overall D- grade in the Children’s Rights Alliance Report Card 2010, a publication released 25 January, which grades Government on progress in its own commitments to children in the areas of Education, Health, Material…
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Groups bash US health care for detained immigrants
by JENNIFER KAY U.S. immigration authorities routinely delay, deny or botch medical care for detained immigrants in poorly equipped facilities nationwide, according to separate reports released by two advocacy groups Tuesday. Human Rights Watch and the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center blame the problems on unskilled or…
Author: The Associated Press
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Announces Full Cohort of Atlantic Fellows
The Atlantic Fellows Program empowers catalytic communities of emerging leaders to advance fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies. Hundreds of changemakers working to solve pressing inequality issues around the world. NEW YORK, NY — The Atlantic Fellows program made a major step forward this month…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies