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 NEWS OF NOTE
Black Moms Are Raising Volume on Breastfeeding (Opinion) Women's eNews, Christina Caldwell | Nov. 8, 2012
Racial disparities in breastfeeding rates persist. Christina Caldwell is glad that advocates are working to increase awareness in their communities and at work.
Voters Approve Maryland Dream Act
Latino Ed Beat, Katherine Leal Unmuth | Nov. 7, 2012
The Maryland Dream Act, enabling non-citizen students to pay in-state tuition for state colleges and universities, won at the polls. It was a ballot battle watched closely by immigration and education advocates across the U.S.
Election 2012 and the Outlook for Early-Childhood Education
Education Week, Lesli A. Maxwell | Nov. 7, 2012
Early-childhood programs never rose to prominence in the presidential campaign, but the nation can expect the Obama administration to move ahead with reforms to Head Start, and possibly other competitive grants to improve early learning.
Why Kids Should Grade Teachers
The Atlantic, Amanda Ripley | October 2012
Students' perspectives are rarely included in the process of evaluating teacher performance. But a pilot project is seeing what can be learned by giving children a voice.
Arizona Organizers Fight Spanish-Only Too Late Voting Date
Equal Voice News, Kathy Mulady | Nov. 5, 2012
In the weeks leading up to the election, a series of stunning errors, misstatements and misinformation by public officials in Maricopa County, Ariz., had some wondering if years of hard work to encourage Latinos to vote was being undermined.
Kids in Solitary
The Crime Report, Henrick Karoliszyn | Nov. 5, 2012
An October report by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union condemns the use of solitary confinement as a punishment for juvenile offenders. The authors argue that the practice promotes mental instability and hinders normal adolescent development.
Homeless Before Sandy, Uprooted By Storm
City Limits, Yermi Brenner | Nov. 5, 2012
With stores closed and the subway shuttered, the shelters New York's homeless usually count on when the weather gets bad weren't an option.
A Daughter Faces Demons of Father's War
CNN, Moni Basu | Nov. 4, 2012
A new memoir reveals what it's like to grow up with a parent haunted by war and disabled by post-traumatic stress disorder.
Tennessee Foster Kids Face New Hurdles at 18
The Tennessean, Tony Gonzalez | Nov. 4, 2012
Recent reforms implemented by Tennessee's Department of Children's Services have put the state on track to become a national example in transitioning foster youths to adulthood, experts say.
Chicago Project Follows What Happens to Juveniles
The New York Times, Erica Goode | Nov. 4, 2012
For nearly two decades, an ambitious Northwestern University study has tracked the lives of more than 1,800 youths in Chicago who entered the juvenile justice system. The project offers a portrait of both the perpetrators and the victims in struggling, gang-ridden neighborhoods.
Children of the Storm (Opinion)
ECE Policy Matters, Susan Ochshorn | Nov. 3, 2012
Reflecting on child deaths that drew national media attention, this writer asserts that depression is an occupational hazard of caregiving.
The Unpopular but Crucial Role of Representing Abusive Parents
The (Minneapolis) Star Tribune, Jeremy Olson | Nov. 2, 2012
Foster children will fare better if their parents have better lawyers, according to former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Helen Meyer. A good child welfare attorney can help connect abusive or neglectful parents to the support they need.
Affirmative Action - A Complicated Issue for Asian-Americans
The New York Times, Ethan Bronner | Nov. 1, 2012
Most of the established Asian-American groups, like the Asian American Legal Defense fund, support diversity as a goal in college admissions. But a number of others argue that colleges have increased the numbers of blacks and Hispanics in a way that is wrong and unconstitutional.
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