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All posts tagged "Pennsylvania"
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558NewsWhy thousands of Philly families are switching to cyber charter school
Families see online schools as safer, more flexible educational options for their children. They are also drawn in by the resources the...
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205GrantsPhiladelphia out-of-school time learning access grants
GRANT FOCUS: Out-of-School Time (OST) Learning, Early Learning, Education, Philadelphia | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Oct. 25, 2024
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604GrantsPittsburgh area grants to address disparities in learning loss for PreK-12 students
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Learning Loss, PreK-12, Student Success, Pittsburgh | Amount: $150,000 - $500,000 | Deadline: Sept. 13, 2023
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997NewsTo improve kids’ mental health, some schools start later
Later school start times are a way to help adolescents get more sleep.
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1.2KNewsMental health figures into Pennsylvania’s education funding
Amid a growing population of youth experiencing mental health crises, as well as another spate of mass shootings around the country, Pennsylvania...
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6.7KGuest Opinion EssayI Took a ‘Mandated Reporter’ Training Course On Child Abuse
The course isn’t really training; it’s an exercise in propaganda and paranoia designed to encourage you to report based on little more...
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835GrantsPittsburgh Area Nonprofit Support and Relief Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Nonprofit Support, Social Justice, Pittsburgh, Disadvantaged Communities | Amount: Up to $25,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayColumn Was Based on Incorrect Pennsylvania Statistics About Child Abuse Investigations
Recently Youth Today published a column (“Pennsylvania County Has Wildly High Rate of Needless Child Abuse Investigations”) by Richard Wexler...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayPennsylvania County Has Wildly High Rate of Needless Child Abuse Investigations
It is child welfare’s equivalent of stop-and-frisk. It happens over and over again, it’s traumatic, it’s usually baseless...
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1.3KGuest Opinion EssayNavigating the Path to a Successful Career: The Vitality of Vital Records
In today’s world, having access to your vital records (birth certificate, Social Security card, state ID card) is, in fact, vital. The...
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3.2KFrom the FieldFamily Design Resources Offers Pennsylvania’s Legal Services Initiative Model to Other States
Sandra Bachelder is a paralegal for Pennsylvania’s Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network Legal Services Initiative (LSI). For a big part of her...
