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Pediatricians Say No to Expulsions, Suspensions at Schools
‘Zero-tolerance’ policies don’t have the desired effect, American Academy of Pediatrics says By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) — Suspending or expelling a child from school should be a rare last resort and not a routine punishment for bullying, drug use…
Author: U.S. News Health
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Nursing and Dental Faculty and Students Engage in Oakland School-Based Clinics
Karen Duderstadt with students at James Madison Middle School (photo by Elisabeth Fall) By Martha Ross Two eighth-graders come running into the health clinic at James Madison Middle School in East Oakland. The boys have an emergency of sorts. They want to know if they can borrow…
Author: UCSF Science of Caring
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Alcohol and Sexual Violence in Ireland: Understanding the Scope of the Problem
For a short Fact Sheet on the information contained below please click here. In 2009, Rape and Justice in Ireland (RAJI) revealed that 70% of victims of rape and 84% of those accused of rape[i] had been drinking at the time of the assault[ii]. These findings…
Author: Rape Crisis Network Ireland
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Trio Make History at Gender Studies Programme
By Elizabeth Roberts Three Bermudian women made history by being the first from the Island to attend a prestigious gender studies programme in Barbados. Elaine Williams, Deborah Bradford and Robyn Skinner spent all of July on the intensive course at the Caribbean Institute for Gender…
Author: Royal Gazette
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Hunt is on for new leader for youth website SpunOut.ie
By John Kennedy The founder of Irish youth health and activism website SpunOut.ie has stepped down and the hunt is on for a new director to lead the organisation. SpunOut founder Ruairi McKiernan started the organisation seven and half years ago. The site is now available…
Author: Silicon Republic
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This Week’s Health Industry News
By DUFF WILSON One year ago this week, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. The anniversary will be marked by a series of events from proponents and opponents of the law who are still waging a pitched battle over…
Author: New York Times
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The New Year Brings a New Home for Elev8
This is to announce that the Elev8 Initiative is moving to a new home effective January 1, 2011. We are thrilled to announce that Youth Development Incorporated (YDI) has made a commitment to incorporate Elev8’s full service community school approach, and the current Elev8 staff,…
Author: Elev8 New Mexico
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Integrating Youth Services
By Sam Scott. Al and Marshae Rivera keep their home stocked with candy—all the better to stop their kids from venturing out to buy some themselves. No one knows better than they do that in East Oakland, Calif., even short trips can turn violent. Their…
Author: Stanford Social Innovation Review
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A gift that keeps on giving
Even before she married Lewis Glucksman, Loretta Brennan’s heart was in Ireland, but as chair of the American Ireland Fund she has generated ‘tens of millions’ for Irish causes, writes LARA MARLOWE, in New York. LORETTA BRENNAN GLUCKSMAN was already in her 40s when she…
Author: The Irish Times
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Elev8 Students to Congressman: Immigration Reform Now
By Maureen Kelleher. For many Chicago middle school students, immigration reform isn’t an academic abstraction. Some of them are undocumented, or have friends and classmates who are, and they’re apprehensive about what life beyond the 8th grade holds for them. This was abundantly clear earlier…
Author: LISC/Chicago