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Ombudsman for Children Praises Mayo Children’s Initiative
A researcher has hailed the ‘spectacular progress’ made by a Castlebar-based children’s project and said its work was a model for other countries to follow. “What’s going on here in Mayo is of international significance,” said Professor Howard Stevenson of the University of Lincoln. He…
Author: The Mayo News
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Smarter School Discipline Bill (SB 46) Passes Colorado Senate
MEDIA RELEASE Will bring common sense back to discipline while ensuring safe schools DENVER – The Colorado Senate passed Senate Bill 46 – the smarter school discipline bill – with an overwhelming bipartisan 32-3 vote this morning. “Students need to be in school learning, not…
Author: Padres y Jóvenes Unidos
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Young People Are Not Invincible
by Bob Crittenden, M.D. Co-authored with Aaron Smith, co-founder and executive director of Young Invincibles With the fate of our health care system on the line, one would think that the Supreme Court would base their decisions on clear facts and objective data on the monumental issues…
Author: The Huffington Post
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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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Ai-jen Poo Named One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World
Ai-jen Poo of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), a nationwide organization dedicated to the rights of nannies, housekeepers and care workers, was included on TIME magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. NDWA is the lead organization of Atlantic’s Caring Across Generations campaign which is working to…
Author: Time Magazine
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An Australian 'Smart State' Serves Up Lessons for a Knowledge Economy
By David L. Wheeler Editor at Large, International This Chronicle of Higher Education article provides an overview of – and some key lessons from – Queensland Australia’s “Smart State” initiative, which transformed the state from a place best known for its beaches to one known…
Author: The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Video Advocacy - It's Easier than it Looks
By Adam Searing, North Carolina Justice Center Recently my colleague Adam Linker and I had the opportunity from our friends here at the Georgetown Center for Children and Families and Atlantic Philanthropies to leave the North Carolina Justice Center and travel to other state capitols around the country.…
Author: Georgetown Center for Children and Families
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Shatter committed to enshrining rights of crime victims in law
Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Mr Alan Shatter TD faced calls to be a “true champion” for victims’ rights at a high-level conference hosted by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, an Atlantic grantee under our Reconciliation & Human Rights programme in the Republic of…
Author: The Irish Times
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Connecticut State House Votes to Repeal Death Penalty
This article highlights Atlantic grantee Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty (CNADP) in its report that the Connecticut House of Representatives voted to repeal the death penalty with an 86-62 vote. The repeal now moves to the desk of Governor Dannel P. Malloy, who…
Author: Connecticut Post
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Suspensions more common for minority, disabled students
By Joanna Lin Racial minorities and students with disabilities are suspended at substantially higher rates than their white and non-disabled peers, according to an analysis of discipline data from nearly 500 California school districts. Researchers said the disparities are a civil rights issue and cause…
Author: California Watch