The Center for Public Integrity, Susan Ferriss | May 1
Research group Human Rights Watch issued an extensive report today on the consequences faced by minors who appear on sex-offender registries.
A 5-Step Quality-Rating System for Child Care Gets Lawmakers' Support
Omaha World Herald, Martha Stoddard | May 1
Nebraska lawmakers are looking to institute a five-step quality rating system for child care programs. Several pieces of legislation this year aim to make a difference during a child's critical first years of life.
Schizophrenic. Killer. My Cousin.
Mother Jones, Mac McClelland | May/June
As states and counties pare back mental-health services, we're learning that whether people who need help can get it affects us all.
Segregated Prom Tradition Yields to Unity
CNN, Jamie Gumbrecht | April 30
They go to school together, and play on the same sports teams, but some southern towns still hold separate proms for white and black students. In Wilcox County, Georgia, some young people said it was time for a change.
Can the Physically Disabled be Protected from Sexual Abuse?
Salon/The Crime Report, Cara Tabachnick | April 30
The daily realities of caring for children with disabilities means that it can be difficult to detect, report or intervene in cases of abuse.
Tuba City Schools Combine Navajo Traditions, Public Education
The Arizona Republic, Mary Beth Faller | April 28
Tuba City Unified School District, located on the Navajo Reservation, is struggling. The school superintendent is trying to meld Navajo culture with the data driven mandates of a modern public school district in an effort to boost students' success.
Special Education: Disabled Students Face Dangerous Discipline in Minnesota
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minn.) | April 28
It happens thousands of times a year in Minnesota's classrooms: Disabled students get punished for disruptive outbursts with severe forms of discipline--from forceful physical restraint to extended solitary confinement--that are either banned or more restricted in other states.
No Rich Child Left Behind (Opinion)
The New York Times, Sean F. Reardon | April 27
Over the last few decades, the gap in education success between high- and lower-income students has grown substantially.
Parents Look to the Internet for Child Care
The Miami Herald, MomsMiami, David Smiley | April 27
Parents in South Florida and around the country are increasingly turning to the Internet to find child care providers. An abundance of sitters post their credentials, but is that enough to inspire parents' confidence?
