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  • Marian Wright Edelman 08/05/11
    Child Watch® Column: "Zero Tolerance Discipline Policies: A Failing Idea"
    Suspended and expelled students are at greater risk of dropping out of school and dropping into the prison pipeline, and using automatic suspensions and expulsions for minor infractions often has a major negative effect on a child's entire future.
  • Marian Wright Edelman 07/29/11
    Child Watch® Column: "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. But just who are America's children and families today? Children make up almost one in four of the people living in the United States today. More than one-quarter of our nation's children are young—infants, toddlers, or preschoolers.
  • Marian Wright Edelman 07/22/11
    Child Watch® Column: "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 give us a blueprint for setting sail and getting our children to safe harbor. Everything our nation and all of us need to know about life can be learned from Noah's Ark according to an anonymous writer.
  • 07/19/11
    2011 National Observance of Children's Sabbaths Manual, Christian Section
    This section includes the service of worship and prayers, sample sermons, children's activities, and music selections for Catholic and Protestant communities to utilize as part of their Children's Sabbaths celebration.
  • 07/19/11
    2011 National Observance of Children's Sabbaths Manual: Promoting Your Children's Sabbaths Section
    "Promoting your Children's Sabbaths: Ideas for All Faiths", section of the 2011 National Observance of Children's Sabbaths® manual "Justice, Justice Shall You Persue". This section includes ways for you to spread the word about the Children's Sabbaths in your place of worship, reproducible materials such as bulletin inserts and newsletter inserts, and ways to reach out to the community and media.
  • 07/19/11
    2011 National Observance of Children's Sabbaths Manual: Planning Your Children's Sabbaths Section
    "Planning Your Children's Sabbaths Section: Ideas for All Faiths", section of the 2011 National Observance of Children's Sabbaths® manual "Justice, Justice Shall You Persue". This section includes various ideas to help you plan your celebration of children's sabbaths.
  • 07/19/11
    National Observance of Children's Sabbaths Manual, Vol. 20, Welcome Section
    Introduction to the 2011 National Observance of Children's Sabbaths manual "Justice, Justice Shall You Persue". This section includes welcome letter from CDF President Marian Wright Edelman, an overview of the manual, frequently asked questions, and examples of how faith communities have observed the Children's Sabbaths in the past.
  • 07/18/11
    State of America's Children® 2011 Report
    CDF's State of America's Children Report is a compilation of the most recent and reliable national and U.S. state research data on child poverty, children's health, child welfare, youth at risk, childhood and youth education, and other key child indicators.
  • Marian Wright Edelman 07/15/11
    Child Watch® Column: "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 our country. With rampant unemployment, housing foreclosures, homelessness, hunger, and massive looming federal and state budget cuts, children's well-being is in great jeopardy. One in five children is poor and children are our nation's poorest age group.
  • Marian Wright Edelman 07/08/11
    Child Watch® Column: "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 cities and 27 states around the country, it's not just summer—it's a Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® summer.
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