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Youth Leaders to Join Secretary Duncan, Officials, Policymakers for U.S. Education Department's National Youth Summit
Source: U.S. Department of Education
Students from high schools and middle schools across the country will travel to Washington this weekend to join administration officials and education policy leaders for the U.S. Department of Education's “Voices in Action: National Youth Summit,”taking place at Howard University on Saturday, Feb. 26. The…
Resource type: News
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UN to look at State's human rights record
Source: The Irish Times
By JAMIE SMYTH, Social Affairs CorrespondentTHE UNITED Nations has said it will investigate the Government’s failure to establish clear immigration rules and the impact of steep cuts to the public funding of State bodies protecting human rights.At a two-day hearing due to start tomorrow in…
Resource type: News
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The writing is on the wall for child literacy
Source: Irish Examiner
By Eleanor McCloreyChild literacy is not a priority on the political or public agenda. This must change, writes Eleanor McClorey IT’S time to spell it out — Ireland has a child literacy emergency. One afternoon last month four children from Ballymun were collected from primary…
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Irish America Hall of Fame inductees are announced
Source: Irish Central
By PATRICK COOPER, IrishCentral.com Staff Writer.Irish America Magazine has announced the 2011 Hall of Fame inductees who will be inducted on March 15th, 2011 in New York. The inductees in alphabetical order are: Dr. Kevin Cahill is President-general of the American Irish Historical Society who…
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Mary Sutton Appointed Country Director for the Republic of Ireland at The Atlantic Philanthropies.
Source: Dublin
The Atlantic Philanthropies is pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Sutton as Country Director for the Republic of Ireland.In this role, she will lead the Atlantic team in the Republic of Ireland, overseeing grantmaking under Atlantic’s Ageing, Children & Youth and Reconciliation & Human…
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The forgotten parents
Source: Irish Times
Although the civil partnership legislation that came into force on January 1st recognises same-sex couples for matters such as tax, pensions and inheritance, it does not acknowledge they might have children, writes SHEILA WAYMAN. PAULA FAGAN’S partner was working abroad when their eldest, asthmatic son…
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Zero Tolerance in Philadelphia
Source: Youth United for Change and the Advancement Project
“Zero tolerance” policies in schools are harming children in Philadelphia, according to this report by Youth United for Change and the Advancement Project. They punish any rule infraction, regardless of severity or circumstances, and often use school expulsion or police involvement even to address minor…
Resource type: Research Report
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YUC report says zero tolerance a failure
Source: Philadelphia Public School Notebook
The School District’s zero-tolerance discipline policy does not make school safer, creates a prison-like culture, costs money - and it keeps students “one minor mistake away from having their life turned upside down,” according to a new report. Philadelphia schools, it said, rely on punitive measures…
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Elev8 New Mexico
Elev8 New Mexico, an initiative of the New Mexico Community Foundation, is a part of a national program focused on creating full-service community schools. At Elev8 schools, students and their families benefit from a full range of afterschool activities, a school-based health center, and family…
Resource type: Video
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Civil society movement plans more meetings
Source: The Irish Times
by KITTY HOLLANDTHE CLAIMING Our Future civil society movement, which held its inaugural meeting at the RDS, Dublin in October, is to begin a series of regional meetings in the new year.The first meeting is likely to be in Galway during February, according to Niall…
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