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By Judith Browne Dianis, John H. Jackson and Pedro NogueraIn recent weeks, a few national civil rights organizations including the National Council of La Raza, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the League of United Latin American Citizens and National Urban League…

By Claire O'ConnellDr Kate Irving, Elevator project lead, Prof Brian MacCraith, President of DCU and and Kathleen Lynch TD at the Dementia Elevator launch.An initiative is “walking the lives” of people with dementia to assess their needs and to increase public awareness of how to…

By Mandy De Waal While children in former Model C schools enjoy the privilege of excellent facilities, there are places of learning in rural areas without access to water, where pupils share grossly overcrowded classrooms, and where conditions essentially violate basic human rights. During a…

Children who experience domestic abuse can be forgotten victims. Mayo Children's Initiative (MCI Ireland), a programme in rural Ireland, made "spectacular progress" in reaching these children and is a model for other countries to follow, according to the lead researcher of an evaluation carried out…

Northern Ireland is a deeply divided society and the education system reflects the level of separation between Protestant and Catholic communities. More than 90 per cent of children attend religiously segregated schools. A declining school-aged population, however, has required administrators to find new ways of…

A programme in Northern Ireland to improve children's reading skills showed positive effects in reading outcomes, according to a 2009-2010 evaluation by the Centre for Effective Education, Queen's University Belfast. The randomised controlled trial examined the Time to Read programme, which targets children in primary…

International Human Rights Day on 10 December marks the 63rd year of global recognition of our basic human equality and the continuous struggle to gain basic human rights for all individuals. Reconciliation & Human Rights made up the largest portion of Atlantic's 2010 grantmaking programmes — funding…

The below Royal Gazette article looks at how findings from a new report about unemployed young Black Bermudian men and the gender gap in educational attainment, "Out of School and On the Wall," led its co-author Dr. Jethwani-Keyser to discover that there was a need for more in-depth analysis on…

By MELANIE GRAYCE WESTMaking sure that teachers are effective and that students are prepared for college are just two of the issues that a group of foundations is determined to help solve.Kavitha MedirataThe Donors' Education Collaborative, a fund that is administered by the New York…

...To Help At-Risk Children One of the most common prejudices against older adults in the US is the belief that a majority of them are sick or disabled. The reality is that 85 per cent of older Americans are basically healthy, active and independent. If…