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 NEWS OF NOTE
The Science of Sex Abuse
The New Yorker, Rachel Aviv | Jan. 14
Child-pornography sentencing laws have been passed rapidly; it's nearly impossible, politically, to object to harsh punishments for perverts. But is it right to imprison people for heinous crimes they have not yet committed?
CDC Says Flu Could Be Waning in Places, but Worst May Not Be Over
NPR, Rob Stein | Jan. 11The number of states reporting widespread flu activity is up to 47, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There's a chance the flu season may have peaked in the South and may be just starting in the West.
Boomtown Charity Buys Homeless One-Way Ticket Out
CNN Money, Blake Ellis | Jan. 11
Hundreds of job seekers are arriving in the oil boomtown of Williston, N.D., only to find scarce and unaffordable housing. The Williston Salvation army is paying to send people back home after they end up homeless.
The Washington Post, Ovetta Wiggins | Jan. 10 For teens who have kids, day care programs on high school campuses can prevent them from dropping out. In Fixing Schools, Bay Area City Looks To Harlem Model Huffington Post/Youth Radio/New America Media | Jan. 10 Haywood, Calif., is a smaller Bay Area city often overlooked by its more affluent neighbors. A multimillion dollar federal Promise Neighborhood grant will invest in both Haywood's local schools and the wider community to improve education outcomes. America Needs a Raise: The Case for a Higher Minimum Wage (Opinion) The Atlantic, Elliot Gerson | Jan. 9 Raising the minimum wage by 85 cents a year for three years would boost income for an estimated 20 million working Americans. And more than one quarter of the nation's children would see a parent's earnings increase. New Effort to Collect Student Veterans' Graduation Rates Inside Higher Ed, Paul Fain | Jan. 8 Graduation data on veterans is spotty at best. A new agreement between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Student Clearinghouse may help fill the gaps. The Education of Michelle Rhee PBS Frontline | Jan. 8 The legacy of one of America's most admired and reviled school reformers. Sandy Triggers a Call: Free Lunch For All City Limits, Ruth Ford | Jan. 7 New York City education officials got a waiver from the federal government this fall to serve free lunch to all public school children as a way to ease trauma wrought by Hurricane Sandy. Food advocates would like to see the change made permanent. Our View: States' Education Laws Aren't Making the Grade (Opinion) CNN, Michelle Rhee and Joel Klein | Jan. 7 In many states, the laws and policies that govern education hamper student achievement, according to Michelle Rhee and Joel Klein, former chancellor of schools in Washington, D.C. and New York City, respectively. David Phan's Suicide Sparks Grief, Anger and Calls for Justice (Opinion) New America Media/Hyphen Magazine, Terry K. Park | Jan. 6 The suicide of a 14-year-old Vietnamese-American has drawn attention to anti-gay and anti-Asian bullying and tensions between Salt Lake City's growing gay community and the Church of Latter-Day Saints. The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.) Ted Evanoff | Jan. 6 Memphis, Tenn., has the highest poverty rate among large metropolitan areas in the nation. But low-income households will remain vital to the economy for a single reason: their sheer number. High Court to Tackle Native American Adoption Dispute CNN, Bill Mears | Jan. 5, 2013 A Cherokee father who waived parental rights is trying to gain custody of his biological daughter, adopted by a white couple. This U.S. Supreme Court case revisits the Indian Child Welfare Act. Pedagogy of the Depressed: My Experiences as a Special Ed Student in the 1990s (Opinion) BoingBoing, Anonymous | Jan. 5, 2013 As the DSM - the bible for mental health diagnoses - recasts "Asperger's Syndrome" as "high functioning autism," a PhD candidate reflects on his years in a regimented and abusive school for special ed students. The Nutrition Gap: A Fight for Quality Food for Mississippi's Littlest Learners The Hechinger Report, Jackie Mader | Jan. 4, 2013 Efforts to help kids form healthy eating habits can begin in child care centers. Federally funded food programs can reimburse some of costs centers incur from serving nutritious food, but experts say these programs can present logistical challenges for small child care centers. Roster of Exonerations Shows the Particular Vulnerability of Juveniles Under Questioning Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, Joyce Lee | Jan. 4 Juvenile justice advocates say police interrogation methods too often lead to false confessions and wrongful convictions of youth. Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice? The New York Times, Paul Tullis | Jan. 4 Parents of a 19-year old community college student murdered by her boyfriend say forgiving him was an act of self-preservation and faith. Can Parents Share Child-Raising Responsibilities Equally? The Washington Post, Janice D'Arcy | Jan. 3 Modern parents are reporting unprecedented levels of stress and resentment even as parenting parity seems more achievable than ever before. | 
