urban institute live audio webcast on children with incarcerated mothers
via the urban institute’s Justice policy center: Broken Bonds: Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Children with Incarcerated Mothers Thursday, February 14 9 am ET / 8 am CT / 7 am MT / 6 am PT...
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day of silence
just before midnight, esperanza said g’night and handed me a slip of paper. it indicated that for the next 24 hours, she’s participating in the day of silence. from the website: The National Day of...
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no touching at armatage elementary
these are desperate times for school administrators. the strib reports that armatage elementary in minneapolis now maintains an official “no touch” policy: Originally the rule, circulated to parents...
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speaking of school discipline, james walsh offers a nice analysis of the race gap in school suspensions: Black students in Minnesota are being suspended at a rate about six times that of white...
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age-by-passenger interactions in driver death rates
wcco tv offered a terribly sad story on a young woman who died in a two-car collision yesterday. the piece followed-up with a brief discussion of graduated licensing, which places restrictions on the...
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parents urging kids to diet: refuse to dramatize the evil
there are strong labeling implications to a new longitudinal study in pediatrics by minnversity epidemiologist dianne neumark-sztainer and colleagues, summarized today in the strib. the punch line is...
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