Take Stock in Children hopes for more donations with nonprofitNews from Bradenton Herald: MANATEE — The young man stood before a packed school boardroom and told a crowd of school officials, community leaders and state legislators why the odds were stacked against him. His parents? Mexican immigrants who dreamed of a better life and moved [...]
Mali Conflict Keeps Children Out of SchoolNews from Voice of America: Read, listen and learn English with this story. Double-click on any word to find the definition in the Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary. Print Email Share: x … Read the full article . Related News: . Yes on amendment is vote for the childrenNews from The [...]
Beyond Enrollment: Keeping Our Children in School -News from A Perspective From Nigeria – Huffington Post: The fall season is a good time to talk about school in the United States. Right now in the U.S., primary-school students are tightening their backpack straps. They’ll learn colors and numbers, history, the building blocks of science. They’ll [...]
American Federation for Children Calls For Inclusion of Education Reform In …News from Sacramento Bee: WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2012 – In letters to both presidential campaigns, debate commission, Federation urges greater focus on key issue affecting America’s economic future WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The American Federation for Children—the nation’s voice for school choice—today called on [...]
Overweight Children Plagued By Physical, Social Difficulties At SchoolNews from Huffington Post: Besides the obvious health problems associated with obesity — such as [...]
Teach your children wellNews from The Australian: “The expenses of the institutions for education are, no doubt, beneficial to the whole society, and may, therefore, without injustice, be defrayed by the general contribution of the whole society.” Adam Smith, 1776 EVEN the hardest-nosed economic rationalist would not begrudge state funding for primary and high schools. [...]
School systems help children of homeless familiesNews from Cleveland Daily Banner: Last year, 33 homeless families had children attending the Cleveland CitySchools system. With the new school year just beginning, community observers may not realize that some students don’t have a traditional or permanent place to live. “Most of these homeless situations (last year) were [...]
Quality education for all children?News from Bangor Daily News: The power to undo the past, Aristotle reminds us, is denied even to God. Each of us is born into certain conditions beneficial or detrimental — into either wealth or poverty — and each of us accordingly embarks upon life’s course with either a boost or [...]
Children of immigrant families lack proper health care, educationNews from Christian Science Monitor: Children growing up in immigrant families – now one in four in the US – are less likely to be covered by health insurance and graduate from high school, says report from Foundation for Child Development. Lest you think the days of [...]
Ofsted: bright children failed by poor maths lessonsNews from Telegraph.co.uk: The comments will fuel growing fears that children are growing up lacking the basic numeracy skills needed to get by life. Earlier this year, a study found that almost half of British adults – 17m – have the maths skills of an 11-year-old or worse, [...]
