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Illinois Youth and Allies Win Groundbreaking Legislation
By Sarah Blau Students from Voices of Youth in Chicago Education, known as VOYCE, gathered Tuesday with other activists to celebrate passage of a bill that for the first time requires all schools, including charters, to publicly report school discipline data and requires districts that…
Author: Catalyst Chicago
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Graduating Seniors Testify to Elev8’s Strengths
VIDEO: Graduating high school seniors speak to the value of the Chicago Elev8 program they participated in during middle school. By Gordon Walek Terranisha Douglas, left, and Amber Sims, graduating seniors at Perspectives Academy in Auburn Gresham, say the Elev8 programs they experienced in middle…
Author: LISC Chicago
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Congressman Visits Vallejo Student Health Clinics, Touts Proposed Bill
Pediatric nurse practioner Beatriz Coll, left, with the Vallejo City Unified School District’s student health clinics at Elsa Widenmann Elementary School, introduces patients Giuliana and Francesca Jacobucci, 8 and 6 respectively, to Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, during Thursday’s visit to the clinics. (MIKE JORY…
Author: Vallejo Times Herald
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Education Department: Civil Rights Laws Apply Equally to Charters
By Evie Blad (cross-posted from Charters & Choice) The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights issued guidance today clarifying that charter schools have the same obligations to abide by federal civil rights laws as regular public schools. The “Dear Colleague” letter by Assistant…
Author: Education Week
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One Less Thing to Worry About for Mother’s Day
Many families do not know their children may be eligible for free or low cost health care coverage through Medicaid and CHIP, and that it’s not too late to enroll. The article below is part of the Connecting Kids to Coverage Blog Carnival at MomsRising, which…
Author: MomsRising
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2 Ways to Help More People Have Encore Careers
By Marc Freedman, Next Avenue Contributor (This article is adapted from The Upside of Aging, edited by Paul H. Irving.) Healthier and more energetic than their predecessors, many of those moving beyond the middle years today want continued purpose in life. They want engagement, stimulation and challenges. Many want to…
Author: Forbes
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House Calls Are Making a Comeback
A relic from the medical past — the house call — is returning to favor as part of some hospitals’ palliative care programs, which are sending teams of physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains and other workers to patients’ homes after they are discharged. The goal…
Author: The New York Times
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Death Penalty Supporter Turns Vocal Opponent
In 2006, police officer John Breckinridge’s partner, Michael Briggs, was killed in the line of duty by a man who is now New Hampshire’s only death row inmate. In these two video segments, Rachel Maddow discusses ongoing efforts to abolish the death penalty in New…
Author: MSNBC
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Dare to Be 100: John Gardner, Uncommon American
By Walter M. Bortz II, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine at Stanford University Every life can be measured by the friends that one makes along the way. My life is incredibly richer because of the friendship of one man, John Gardner. A PBS special on his…
Author: Huffington Post
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Oakland Schools Help Parents Sign Up for Covered California
Antonia Briones (left), an Alameda County Social Services Agency eligibility technician, helps Gabino Pablo (right) with Covered California enrollment as the deadline approaches. (Rachel Dornhelm/KQED) The robocall went out this week to every parent of an Oakland public school student: “Hello! This is the…
Author: The California Report