Results List
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Mentoring program helps at-risk children
Source: Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
Life Coaches for Kids breaks absentee cycle by Tara McLellan The statistics are staggering. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of single parent households is at an all-time high of 28.3 percent. And statistics show that with the rise in single parent households,…
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High Suspension and Expulsion Rates Driven by Ineffective School Policies and Practices, Not "Bad Kids"
Source: The Discipline Disparities Collaborative
Research Collaborative Identifies Promising Initiatives to Address Discipline Gaps by Race, Gender, Disability and Sexual Orientation > Download the Briefing PapersA group of 26 nationally recognized experts from the social science, education and legal fields – assembled three years ago with the backing of two…
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Holder, Duncan Stunned by Discipline Figures
Source: The Center for Public Integrity
Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder tour the J. O. Wilson Elementary School in Washington. They were at the school to speak about the need to address "unnecessary and unfair school discipline practices." APBy Susan FerrissAttorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of…
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Pediatricians Say No to Expulsions, Suspensions at Schools
Source: U.S. News Health
'Zero-tolerance' policies don't have the desired effect, American Academy of Pediatrics saysBy Amy NortonHealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Suspending or expelling a child from school should be a rare last resort and not a routine punishment for bullying, drug use or other infractions,…
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Harlem Agency Hopes to End Poverty Cycle
Source: ABC News
'Baby College' Teaches Parents Child-Rearing Skills Original Source Click here to view the 3 minute video segment. By BILL WEIR and TRACEY MARX As the nation roils with fear of poverty and political debates over socialization and the free market, there is one man who has…
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The Center for After-School Excellence Graduates First Class of After-School Educators
Source: The Center for After-School Excellence
Original Source The after-school field in New York took an important step toward boosting the success of kids who attend after-school and summer programs citywide. In a first for New York City, 72 after-school educators who work with kids in all five boroughs studied this…
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Get a job? No, make a job
Source: USAToday
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2007-02-05-oplede_x.htm Michael Simmons, 25, always liked the idea of working for himself. At age 16, he started a Web development company that blossomed as dot-coms proliferated. But then the bubble burst, and many of his clients imploded. Faced with new challenges, Simmons decided he had…
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Funding pre-K and fighting crime
by FRAN WOOD If you're among the considerable number of New Jerseyans who question the value of taxpayer-funded preschool education, you may want to take note of some astonishing statistics reported in Trenton yesterday. Fight Crime; Invest in Kids, a national nonprofit anti-crime organization of…
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Integrating Youth Services
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
By Sam Scott. Al and Marshae Rivera keep their home stocked with candy—all the better to stop their kids from venturing out to buy some themselves. No one knows better than they do that in East Oakland, Calif., even short trips can turn violent. Their…
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Communities in Schools Mentoring is a golden opportunity
Source: Montgomery Herald
Montgomery Herald Communities in Schools is an Atlantic grantee. by Linda Beaulieu The Golden Opportunity Mentoring Program truly is a golden opportunity for the 83 youngsters in grades four through eight who currently have mentors. CIS records from last school year provide hard evidence of…
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