No More Recess Means Student Learning Suffers | Care2 Causes
Remember school recess? That block of time reserved for nothing but play: jumping rope, shooting hoops, mastering the jungle gym, and hanging out with your friends on the blacktop?
Add recess to the list of activities today’s parents enjoyed when they were kids but today’s children are, in many cases, denied. Forty percent of elementary schools nationwide have either eliminated or cut back recess time, according to the American Association for the Child’s Right to Play. They attribute this largely to the No Child Left Behind act, which emphasizes testing scores.
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Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Sunday, August 21, 2011
On the defensive: Plan to farm out indigent representation faces attorneys' resistance
On the defensive: Plan to farm out indigent representation faces attorneys' resistance » Knoxville News Sentinel
A proposal to contract out legal work for poor people is coming under fire by attorneys and even some judges as an effort to put justice up for sale to the lowest bidder.
Currently, judges appoint private attorneys to provide a wide range of legal services for poor adults and children, such as criminal defense, guardianships for abused children and representation for parents whose parental rights are at risk of being stripped.
A proposal to contract out legal work for poor people is coming under fire by attorneys and even some judges as an effort to put justice up for sale to the lowest bidder.
Currently, judges appoint private attorneys to provide a wide range of legal services for poor adults and children, such as criminal defense, guardianships for abused children and representation for parents whose parental rights are at risk of being stripped.
Governor signs bill strengthening parental rights for non-biological parents
Governor signs bill strengthening parental rights for non-biological parents | LGBT Weekly
CALIFORNIA – Gov. Jerry Brown has signed the Protection of Parent-Child Relationships Act (AB 1349). The bill will allow the courts to determine who a child’s parents are in cases where there is both a non-biological parent and a man who has signed a voluntary declaration of paternity.
CALIFORNIA – Gov. Jerry Brown has signed the Protection of Parent-Child Relationships Act (AB 1349). The bill will allow the courts to determine who a child’s parents are in cases where there is both a non-biological parent and a man who has signed a voluntary declaration of paternity.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
A Study in Judicial Dysfunction
A Study in Judicial Dysfuntion - NYTimes.com
Harsh state judicial campaigns financed by ever larger amounts of special interest money are eating away at public faith in judicial impartiality. There are few places where the spectacle is more shameful than Wisconsin, where over-the-top campaigning, self-interested rulings, and a complete breakdown of courthouse collegiality and ethics is destroying trust in its Supreme Court.
Harsh state judicial campaigns financed by ever larger amounts of special interest money are eating away at public faith in judicial impartiality. There are few places where the spectacle is more shameful than Wisconsin, where over-the-top campaigning, self-interested rulings, and a complete breakdown of courthouse collegiality and ethics is destroying trust in its Supreme Court.
Voice actress held over foster child's death
Voice actress held over foster child's death : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)
A voice actress who was once the voice of the popular Licca-chan dress-up doll has been arrested on suspicion of fatally abusing her 3-year-old foster daughter, police said Saturday.
A voice actress who was once the voice of the popular Licca-chan dress-up doll has been arrested on suspicion of fatally abusing her 3-year-old foster daughter, police said Saturday.
Drug trial scrapped amid outcry
Drug trial scrapped amid outcry
FORMER Australian of the Year Patrick McGorry has aborted a controversial trial of antipsychotic drugs on children as young as 15 who are "at risk" of psychosis, amid complaints the study was unethical.
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FORMER Australian of the Year Patrick McGorry has aborted a controversial trial of antipsychotic drugs on children as young as 15 who are "at risk" of psychosis, amid complaints the study was unethical.
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Youngstown News, CSB (CPS) policies questioned
Youngstown News, CSB policies questioned
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About 10 members of the public attended a Trumbull County Children Services Board meeting Tuesday to question the board about policies that protect the rights of the parents of children who come into the CSB system.
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About 10 members of the public attended a Trumbull County Children Services Board meeting Tuesday to question the board about policies that protect the rights of the parents of children who come into the CSB system.
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