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Young Invincibles: What’s In a Name?
Source: Young Invincibles
By Tobin Van Ostern and Spencer Dixon The myth still lives on. Health policymakers and pundits continue to call our generation ‘young invincibles,’ the term that derives from the ill-conceived theory that young people choose not to purchase health insurance because they think we don’t need it.…
Resource type: News
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School Suspensions Lead to Nowhere Good: Commentary
Source: Syracuse.com
Henninger High School hall monitor Shirley Doesey during a change of classes. Teachers say behavior is worse in city schools this year and the district isn't doing enough about it. Meanwhile, study says district is suspending too many kids, and more black and Latino kids…
Resource type: News
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Keeping Kids In School and Out of Court
Source: New York City School-Justice Partnership Task Force
The next mayor of New York City should quickly establish an inter-agency initiative, in collaboration with the courts, to significantly reduce suspensions, summonses, and arrests of public school students while shifting to positive approaches to discipline, according to this report from the New York City…
Resource type: Research Report
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Why Some Schools Want To Expel Suspensions
Source: NPR
When Garfield High School in Los Angeles stopped suspending students for "willful defiance" several years ago, it saw suspensions drop from more than 600 to just one. Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District board voted to follow suit in all LA schools. Photo: Reed…
Resource type: News
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Criminalizing Children at School
Source: The New York Times
The National Rifle Association and President Obama responded to the Newtown, Conn., shootings by recommending that more police officers be placed in the nation’s schools. But a growing body of research suggests that, contrary to popular wisdom, a larger police presence in schools generally does…
Resource type: News
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Elev8 Wins Department of Education Award
Source: Elev8
On Monday, October 15, at an event held in Washington, the U.S. Department of Education and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) recognized Elev8 programs in Baltimore and Chicago as Together for Tomorrow School Improvement Champions.Elev8 was one of 24 initiatives named as…
Resource type: News
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A National Call to Stop Using Out-of-School Suspensions
Source: NEA Today
By Tim WalkerStudents, educators, parents, and community leaders have launched a national call for a moratorium on out-of-school suspensions and for schools to adopt more constructive disciplinary policies that benefit students, classrooms and communities.The Solutions Not Suspensions initiative, announced last Tuesday at an event led by the Dignity…
Resource type: News
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Suspensions To Decrease Under Revised DOE Discipline Code
Source: NY1 News
By Lindsey ChristA public meeting was held in Lower Manhattan Tuesday night about proposed changes to the Department of Education's discipline code, as the department's statistics show that 73,000 suspensions occurred in city public schools last year. NY1's Educational reporter Lindsey Christ filed the following…
Resource type: News
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Young People Are Not Invincible
Source: The Huffington Post
by Bob Crittenden, M.D. Co-authored with Aaron Smith, co-founder and executive director of Young InvinciblesWith 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 at…
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Video Advocacy - It's Easier than it Looks
Source: Georgetown Center for Children and Families
By Adam Searing, North Carolina Justice CenterRecently 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. Packing…
Resource type: News