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Census: Nearly 1 in 5 Children in U.S. in Poverty
Nearly one in five children in the United States lived in poverty last year, with a much higher proportion of poverty among...
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810Children’s Rights Groups Against Giving School Cops Military Hardware
More than 20 national education and civil rights advocates sent a letter Monday to Department of Defense officials, urging them to stop...
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3.5KLGBTQ: New Center Links Civil Rights Movement to Human Rights
The center, which opened June 23, packs a punch, with music, archival TV footage, beautiful visual and interactive displays of the civil...
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Leaders & Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Effectiveness
In its third iteration, this report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation seeks to statistically analyze, rank and grade the school...
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Education at a Glance 2014: OECD Indicators
The OECD's annual publication on the state of education around the world.
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1.8KSigns of Sadness: Children Dealing with Death
ATLANTA — Bravely bearing the burden of taking care of a very sick parent can take a toll on children, particularly if...
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702Teachers, Researchers Praising Longer School Days
Students at Casimir Pulaski Elementary School in Meriden, Connecticut, are arriving back to school to 100 extra minutes of school each day....
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653Study: Two Years of Music Education Improves Reading, Speech
Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois believe that musical training plays an important role in educational achievement.
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Hidden in Plain Sight – A Statistical Analysis of Violence Against Children
UNICEF compiles data from 190 countries to provide a comprehensive, detailed report on the prevalence of violence against children worldwide, analyzing its...
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School Choice Today: Voucher Laws Across the States
The Center for Education Reform scores and ranks the charter school and voucher systems of the fourteen U.S. states in which they...
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Intentions to Smoke Cigarettes Among Never-Smoking U.S. Middle and High School Electronic Cigarette Users, National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2011-2013
A research study by researchers from the CDC, Georgia State University, and the FDA shows that growing numbers of youth who have...
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The Policing of Black Communities and Young People of Color
Black Youth Project compiles data from several national polls demonstrating the overwhelmingly negative views black communities have about the police and legal...
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987Hollywood Leaders to Mentor Los Angeles Public School Students
LOS ANGELES — This fall, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students will have the opportunity to meet and work alongside actors,...
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2.6KFamily Separation a Big Issue for Kids Migrating from Central America
As the school year gets under way, migrant kids who speak little English and who have endured epic journeys to the United...
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1.2KAt Higher Achievement, Staff as Well as Students Get Writing Lessons
Academic rigor is the name of the game at Higher Achievement, an after-school and summer program based in Washington, D.C., and serving...
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2.4KCollege Football Hall of Fame Opens in Atlanta
“There’s no substitute for hard work. It is the price of success.” — Earl “Red” Blaik, Army football coach.
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1.6KAid Scarce for Immigrant Children in South Texas
MISSION, Texas — Nearly 63,000 unaccompanied children — mostly from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador — crossed into the United States between...
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649Getting Kids into College Is One Thing. Getting Them through Is Another
When Pamela Bolton enrolled her daughter in New Orleans College Prep, convenience, not college, was on her mind.
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Expenditures on Children by Families 2013
The latest iteration of the USDA's annual report estimating the expenditures on children by American families. It shows, among many other things,...
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1.1KIn Detroit, Water, Water Everywhere, But Not a Drop for Many a Low-Income Kid
This summer in Detroit, the basic resource of water for drinking and bathing can no longer be taken for granted.
