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Mentoring Offers Promise in Classrooms
The educational system in Northern Ireland is not meeting the needs of individuals or society. 21% leave school without achieving the minimum standards for success; many leave with no qualifications at all. 23% of adults have no qualifications, and 28% are economically inactive. Three programmes…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Call for election focus on immigrants
Source: The Irish Times
Immigrant Council of Ireland members and supporters at Leinster House today. Photo: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish TimesBy ELAINE EDWARDSThe next government must put in place measures to increase the participation of migrants and new communities in political life, immigrant representatives urged.The ‘Count Us In’ campaign was…
Resource type: News
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AARP: Strengthen the Social Security program
Source: Daily Record
By Sy Larson. Social Security celebrated its 75th birthday on Saturday, offering us the opportunity to reflect on the importance of the nation's most successful social program.The Social Security Act was signed into law on Aug. 14, 1935, and since then has become the backbone…
Resource type: News
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Attacking Social Security
Source: The New York Times
By Paul Krugman. Social Security turned 75 last week. It should have been a joyous occasion, a time to celebrate a program that has brought dignity and decency to the lives of older Americans. But the program is under attack, with some Democrats as well…
Resource type: News
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Coalition of 60 groups representing over 30 million Americans launch campaign to fight social security cuts
Source: Strengthen Social Security
Richard Trumka (AFL-CIO), Gerald McEntee (AFSCME), Justin Ruben (MoveOn.org), Dennis Van Roekel (NEA), Eliseo Medina (SEIU), Terry O'Neill (NOW), Donna Meltzer (Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities), Hilary Shelton (NAACP), Ed Coyle (Alliance for Retired Americans) Help Launch New Campaign To Protect Social Security. With press…
Resource type: News
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World's greatest Irishman honoured
Source: The Irish Daily Star
Tributes to billionaire who's giving away bis fortune THE MUSEUM of Natural History in New York was a splendid setting for an extraordinary event on Tuesday night as more than 1,000 people paid tribute to one of the most remarkable human beings on the planet.…
Resource type: News
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Justices Bar Life Terms for Youths Who Haven’t Killed
Source: The New York Times
By Adam Liptak. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that juveniles who commit crimes in which no one is killed may not be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Five justices, in an opinion by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy,…
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Elev8 New Mexico Releases Legislative Update
Lt. Governor Diane Denish and the NM Children's Cabinet hosted three days of advocacy focused on children and youth during the first three days of this year's 30-day legislative session. "Invest in Children, Strengthen New Mexico" was the message carried by hundreds of children, youth…
Resource type: News
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SA won't meet ARV roll-out target, says Motsoaledi
Source: Mail & Guardian online
by PEROSHNI GOVENDER South Africa will not meet a target of providing life-prolonging drugs to 80% of people living with HIV/Aids by 2011 due to logistical problems and a lack of personnel, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Tuesday. "We are now covering 700 000…
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Dropouts costing Texas billions
Source: Austin American-Statesman
Original Source Communities In Schools is an Atlantic grantee. By Kate AlexanderAMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF No matter how high-school dropouts are counted, Texas has a lot of them, and together they pack quite an economic punch to the gut. The students in the class of 2012 who…
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