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Keeping kids insured: CHIP shows how bipartisanship can solve problems
Source: Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Author Bruce Lesley is President of First Focus, an Atlantic grantee through the Children & Youth programme in the United States. by Bruce LesleyThree years ago, a bill to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program became law. On Feb. 4, 2009, we decided as…
Resource type: News
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Texas Schools Study: Most Kids Have Been Suspended
Source: NPR
by CLAUDIO SANCHEZResearchers in Texas have released the most comprehensive analysis of school suspension and expulsion policies ever conducted. It's considered groundbreaking because of its scope and detailed examination of disciplinary policies that when misused often put students at greater risk of dropping out or being…
Resource type: News
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Study: Parents can't always afford health insurance for kids
Source: Bloomberg News
by ALIZA MARCUS More than a fourth of uninsured children in the United States have a parent with health coverage, according to a study whose authors said it shows private insurance is too expensive for many working families. The insured parents of kids without coverage…
Resource type: News
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I-155 seeks to expand kids' health insurance
Source: The Associated Press State & Local Wire
by AMY BETH HANSON Montana voters are being asked to support a measure to fund health insurance for up to an additional 30,000 children. Initiative 155, the Healthy Montana Kids plan, seeks to set aside an estimated $22 million in state funding each year to…
Resource type: News
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Study: Suspensions Harm 'Well-Behaved' Kids
Source: EdSource
Photo: Alison Yin for EdSource TodayBy Jane Meredith AdamsIt’s a belief repeated every day by teachers, principals and parents of rule-abiding children: Suspending disruptive students will allow the rest of the class to settle down and learn. But a new, large study calls this rationale into question.The…
Resource type: News
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Keep kids' brains active to avoid summer drain
Source: Sacramento Bee (California)
The National Center for Summer Learning is an Atlantic grantee. by Niesha Lofing School may be out for the summer, but that doesn't mean knowledge gained during the year needs to be lost forever. Summer brain drain is a real phenomenon -- and a lurking…
Resource type: News
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Senate Stimulus Cuts Fall Heavily on Kids
Source: First Focus
WASHINGTON, DC Today, First Focus, a bipartisan children's advocacy organization, expressed serious disappointment over the proposed deal in the United States Senate regarding the economic recovery package. Specifically, a recent analysis by the organization has found that in the Senate, more that 45 percent of…
Resource type: News
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Keeping Kids In School and Out of Court
Source: New York City School-Justice Partnership Task Force
The next mayor of New York City should quickly establish an inter-agency initiative, in collaboration with the courts, to significantly reduce suspensions, summonses, and arrests of public school students while shifting to positive approaches to discipline, according to this report from the New York City…
Resource type: Research Report
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Research Links Poor Kids' Stress, Brain Impairment
Source: The Washington Post
Original Source By Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer Children raised in poverty suffer many ill effects: They often have health problems and tend to struggle in school, which can create a cycle of poverty across generations. Now, research is providing what could be crucial clues…
Resource type: News
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Billionaire funds care study for city kids
Source: Evening Herald (Ireland)
Original Source By Kevin Doyle DUBLIN is to be used for a childcare study that could set the standard for facilities around the world. As part of €15m investment in child facilities and studies, it is hoped that West Tallaght can set the benchmark for…
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