“BOUNCED CHECKS FROM AMERICA’S BANK OF OPPORTUNITY”
As our nation pauses to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with the dedication of a new memorial on the anniversary of the historic 1963 March on [...]
Read More“ZERO TOLERANCE DISCIPLINE POLICIES: A FAILING IDEA”
Many school children in America are on summer break right now, but here's a pop quiz about discipline policies in our nation's schools that's just [...]
Read More“A NATIONAL FAMILY PORTRAIT”
In the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)’s new report on The State of America’s Children® 2011, we give a comprehensive overview on the well-being of America’s children. [...]
Read More“LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE ARK”
As we take stock of the current state of America's children and the desperate need to change direction for the future, some ancient wisdom can [...]
Read More“THE STATE OF AMERICA’S CHILDREN”
The Children's Defense Fund has just released a new report, The State of America's Children® 2011, which paints a disturbing portrait of child needs across [...]
Read More“THE PROMISE OF FREEDOM SCHOOLS”
In many school districts across the country summer vacation is getting into full swing. But for a lucky group of nearly 10,000 children in 87 [...]
Read More“THE PLEDGE”
Over this long holiday weekend, children will be gathering in towns and cities around the country ooh-ing and aah-ing over fireworks, marching in parades, proud [...]
Read More“GIVING BLACK BOYS A STRONG START”
When Shawn Dove was in sixth grade, the students at his New York City school were asked to decide which academic track they wanted to [...]
Read More“MATERNAL DEPRESSION: HELPING MOTHERS, HELPING CHILDREN”
Ellie Zuehlke and her husband had expected the birth of their long-awaited first child to be one of the happiest moments of their lives—until, somehow, [...]
Read More“ONE WOMAN’S FREEDOM MOVEMENT”
"Seeing the relationship between my personal cause and the universal cause of freedom released me from a sense of isolation, helped me to rid myself [...]
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