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Oakland schools to provide more health services
OAKLAND — The Oakland school district expects to have eight new and two remodeled student health centers on its campuses by the end of next year, one of the largest expansions of its kind in the state, according to the California School Health Centers Association.…
Author: The Oakland Tribune
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US organisation helps better local medical services
Original Source VietNamNet Bridge – A seminar on computing for remote diagnosis and medical information management was held jointly by the US Atlantic Philanthropies (A.P) and the Health Department of Thua Thien-Hue Province in Hue City on March 24. The function was attended by representatives of…
Author: Vietnam News Agency
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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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School health centers expand despite lack of state funding
By Louis Freedberg. Two of the state’s largest districts are undergoing a major expansion of health centers on school campuses after promised help from Sacramento never came. To build new facilities, Oakland and Los Angeles are tapping a combination of voter-approved bond money, fees from…
Author: California Watch
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After-school programs extend the learning day
by Ledyard King Summary: An article that makes the case that after-school is getting serious about quality outcomes and links it to college access. “People (have) an image of after school as a place for graham crackers and recreation programs, but it’s moved much further…
Author: Gannett Services
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Health reform challenge in Australia: Repairing the fundamentals and building on stronger foundations
Australia’s Prime Minister praises biomedical research at the University of Queensland as an example of what can be achieved when government, universities and philanthropy work together in partnership. It is good to be back home; it’s good to be back in Brisbane; good to be…
Author: Prime Minister of Australia
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5 Chicago public schools to share $18 million grant
Middle school students in five Chicago public schools will have greater access to academic, social and health services because of an $18 million grant school officials will announce Wednesday. The four-year grant, provided by The Atlantic Philanthropies, will fund the Integrated Services in Schools program…
Author: Chicago Tribune
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A Third Age Bill
Middle school students in five Chicago public schools will have greater access to academic, social and health services because of an $18 million grant school officials will announce Wednesday. The four-year grant, provided by The Atlantic Philanthropies, will fund the Integrated Services in Schools program…
Author: Democracy Journal
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Spec. Ed. Is Funding Early Help
by Christina A. Samuels Bit by bit, the U.S. Department of Education is trying to pull down the walls that have traditionally separated general and special education. One facet of the plan is the department’s support of response to intervention, or RTI, an educational technique…
Author: Education Week
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Innovative model aids family health
by Thu Hang A client attends a reproductive health and family planning consultation at Truong An Commune’s medical centre in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Province of Vinh Long, which is part of the Government social franchise network Tinh chi em (Sisterhood). — VNA/VNS Photo…
Author: Viet Nam News