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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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Older workers and the recession
by Richard W. Johnson Johnson is a principal research associate in the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Institute’s Income and Benefits Policy Center. Last week’s triple dose of grim employment news stirred memories of the early 1980s. Made official on Monday, the current recession has already outlasted…
Author: The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Next-Gen Givers
Generous Gen-Xers are putting their own spin on charitable giving, combining their desire to achieve with their desire to do good. Original Source By SUZANNE MCGEE THE STORY IN PHILANTHROPY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON is becoming all too familiar. Individuals, foundations and corporations are all scaling…
Author: Barrons
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Make education an early priority in administration
Original Source By MIKE FEINBERG At the end of his stirring acceptance speech in Chicago on November 4, President-elect Barack Obama said that this is the time “to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids” and “to reclaim…
Author: Houston Chronicle
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Protecting research time for arthritis
Arthritis Ireland is funding three new academic chairs in rheumatology in Irish universities, costing €7 million, in a drive to boost research, education and clinical services for patients. WHEN IT comes to providing services for people with arthritis, Ireland finds itself sorely lacking, according…
Author: Irish Times
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Boomers clock back in
Online sites help over-50 individuals find work in messy economy by BRIAN NEILL Gene Burnard knows what it’s like to be over the age of 50 and looking for work. That’s because he’s older than 50, himself, and runs an online service that helps retirees…
Author: Bradenton Herald
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Give us five years, says health minister; 'No one wants to work in an unhappy environment'
by Kerry Cullinan and Anso Thom There is no reason why South Africa’s dysfunctional health system cannot be turned around within five years, according to new Health Minister Barbara Hogan. “I was fortunate to oversee the transformation of the SA Revenue Service from parliament, and…
Author: The Star (South Africa)
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Legislation required to end discrimination against the elderly
POLITICIANS must draw up immediate legislation to end discrimination against older people, a seminar in Londonderry has been told. Older people from across the North West gathered at the Age Discrimination research seminar staged recently at the Magee campus of the University of Ulster. Participants…
Author: Belfast Telegraph
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Foundation joins effort to tap boomer experience
by KATE PARMELEE Baby Boomers helped change the world in the ’60s. As the first generation of Baby Boomers enters their 60s, will they do it again? National research is showing that as the baby boomer generation ages many want to work, learn and volunteer…
Author: Treasure Coast Newspapers
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Elderly people abused in hospitals and care homes
Elderly people are being “mistreated and abused” in hospitals and care homes, according to a new report. by Chris Irvine Age Concern criticises the lack of progress made a year on from a parliamentary report that recommended an “entire culture change” to tackle human rights…
Author: Daily Telegraph