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Obama to Report Widening of Initiative For Black and Latino Boys
Source: The New York Times
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="650"] President Obama delivering remarks at the White House in February on his My Brother's Keeper initiative to help black and Latino boys succeed. Photo: Gabriella Demczuck / The New York Times[/caption] By Motoko Rich President Obama will announce on Monday that…
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How Did This High School Student Go From Being Suspended 20 Times to Graduating Valedictorian?
Source: The Nation
[video src="https://youtu.be/fM-nO7muBrg"] High school student Damon Smith had been suspended more than 20 times before entering Ralph Bunche High School in Oakland, an alternative high school for chronically expelled students. After working with Eric Butler, a restorative justice counselor at the school, Damon left behind…
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Defiance no reason to suspend students, board president says
Source: Los Angeles Times
BY TERESA WATANABEL.A. Unified President Monica Garcia proposes an end to "willful defiance" suspensions. Photo: Al Seib / Los Angeles TimesAdministrators in the Los Angeles Unified School District would no longer be allowed to suspend students for mouthing off or other acts of “willful defiance”…
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Vietnam gets to grips with its business schools
Source: Financial Times
By William BarnesNguyen Thuy Tinh Ca says that when you have spent three years at a Vietnamese university you will know what boredom is. “It was a struggle not to fall asleep in class,” says the young woman who is now fizzing with entrepreneurial energy.“Traditional…
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Maryland and the Death Penalty
Source: The New York Times
Maryland’s governor, Martin O’Malley, chose Jan. 15, the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., to announce his determination to repeal the state’s law allowing capital punishment. “Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence,” he said, quoting Dr. King.The death penalty does not deter murders, the governor said, since…
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Meet the 2012 Purpose Prize Winners
Source: Encore.org
By Marc Freedman If you're looking for inspiration, here are five stories that reveal the power of social innovation – and the capacity of individuals in their encore careers. I'm proud to introduce this year's $100,000 Purpose Prize winners. Each of them identified a significant,…
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Programme Identifies How to Improve Children’s Literacy in Disadvantaged Communities
Source: Childhood Development Initiative
A major research programme has identified an effective approach to improve children’s literacy in disadvantaged communities – and recommended this approach become available to other communities wanting to improve early childhood literacy. Launching the Evaluation Report of Doodle Den, a children’s literacy programme run in…
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Philanthropist Wants to Be Rid of His Last $1.5 Billion
Source: The New York Times
By JIM DWYERAcross from a television set with the obsolete girth of a model bought 20 years ago, beneath the grandchildren’s crayon artwork taped to the wall, to the left of an abandoned hula hoop, Charles F. Feeney sits in an armchair and explains how…
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“Positive Ageing” – Momentum Builds in Ireland
Source: Ageing Well Network
Atlantic grantees were active this week in building momentum in Ireland for adoption of progressive positive ageing strategies so that older people can live full lives. Ageing Well Network Conference and Major Report The New Agenda on Ageing conference, held by grantee the Ageing Well…
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Justice is Too Important to be Left Solely to the Lawyers
Source: The Irish Times
At the core of the transitional justice approach is the belief that amnesia is never a solution, and that moving forward can only genuinely occur through coming to terms with the past.- Bill Rolston, Director of the Transitional Justice Institute in the University of Ulster In…
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