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Smarter School Discipline Bill (SB 46) Passes Colorado Senate
MEDIA RELEASE Will bring common sense back to discipline while ensuring safe schools DENVER – The Colorado Senate passed Senate Bill 46 – the smarter school discipline bill – with an overwhelming bipartisan 32-3 vote this morning. “Students need to be in school learning, not…
Author: Padres y Jóvenes Unidos
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Draconian Asylum and Immigration System Needs Reform, Says Minister Shatter
By Colette Browne Justice Minister Alan Shatter has rightly decried the “inconvenient truth” that the State’s doors “were kept firmly closed to German Jewish families trying to flee from persecution and death” during the Holocaust. However, maybe he should ask himself if the State would…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Up Close: Blogging from South Africa
Night and a Day in Queenstown Posted by Gara LaMarche | 18 March 2011, South Africa As Jack has chronicled, we arrived in Queenstown, the final leg of our journey in the Eastern Cape, in the dark, around 7 p.m. This was a problem for two…
Author: Gara LaMarche and Jack Rosenthal
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The Strengthening of Atlantic’s Social Justice Mission: What It Means for Our Funding
I’ve just returned from Denver, Colorado, where the annual conference of the Council on Foundations ended Tuesday. A significant theme of the conference this year, which Atlantic helped to organise, was what foundations can do to advance social justice. I was honoured to moderate a…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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The right way to mend immigration
Our immigration system is badly broken. Although our borders have become far more secure in recent years, too many people seeking illegal entry get through. We have no way to track whether the millions who enter the United States on valid visas each year leave…
Author: The Washington Post
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Launch of Groundbreaking Guidance for School Principals on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students
GLEN is an Atlantic grantee. Minister Seán Haughey TD today launched a groundbreaking new publication Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students in Post Primary Schools – Guidance for Principals and School Leaders developed jointly by the Department of Education and GLEN. This the first comprehensive guidance…
Author: Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN)
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Cover: The 25 Best Givers
With money tight, top philanthropists insist on more bang for the buck. Meet the 25 most effective givers. The KIPP Foundation is an Atlantic grantee. By Suzanne McGee. THE NAME OF THE GAME IN PHILANTHROPY this year is to make your dollars go far —…
Author: Barron's