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By Ellen FishelANNAPOLIS -- A 12-year-old Montgomery County student was being sent to the hallway for being disruptive in class. On her way out the door, she brushed up against her teacher. The student was suspended for 10 days for attacking an employee. A Prince…

Gail Reed, MEDICC's co-founder, speaks at TEDMED about the unique mission of Cuba's Latin American Medical School. Dr. Castillo examines a young patient. Photo: C. Gorry, MEDICC After graduating from Cuba's Latin American Medical School (ELAM) in 2005, Dr. Luther Castillo, a young Honduran of Garifuna…

By Donna St. GeorgeBALTIMORE — The Maryland State Board of Education moved Tuesday to cut the number of students suspended from school, saying that such punishment is used too often for nonviolent offenses and that too much class time gets lost. Drawing a link to…

Rendering: Aerial view of NYC Tech Campus courtesy of Cornell University.  The City of New York has partnered with Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology for its Applied Sciences NYC initiative, which will transform more than 10 acres of Roosevelt Island into an…

The Atlantic Philanthropies are pleased to announce a grant totaling $350 million to Cornell University to support the Cornell University/Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’s consortium for the Applied Sciences NYC initiative. The consortium’s ground-breaking partnership with the City of New York seeks to build what will…

The Havenscourt Health Center recently opened in an Oakland middle school to serve youth and families as part of the Elev8 project.UCSF, the Oakland Unified School District and an array of community-based partners are embarking on a quest to improve the lives of disadvantaged middle-school…

On 30 May 2011 the Department of Education and Skills, the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD) and the Gay & Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN), an Atlantic grantee, launched Including Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Students in School Policies: Guidelines for Principals, a set…

This article from The Washington Post highlights several Atlantic Children & Youth programme grantees that are working at the local, state and national level to reform zero-tolerance disciplinary policies, which harm children by punishing any rule infraction, regardless of severity or circumstances, and often use…

Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce visited the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, last week to mark International Nurses Day. A speech by the Governor-General recognised Queensland University of Technology's (QUT) partnership with Vietnamese universities and nursing organisations to build the capacity of…

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says a private gathering at an Arizona resort where Oprah likes to hang out was a great chance for the American billionaires who have pledged to give away at least half their wealth to meet each other, compare notes, eat and…