“THE GROWING PROBLEM OF OVER-POLICING OUR SCHOOLS”
Imagine being four years old and put into handcuffs because you and your friend wouldn't take a nap in your pre-K class. Or being five [...]
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“NATIONAL CRADLE TO PRISON PIPELINE® SUMMIT THIS WEEK”
As most children grow up in America, they hear the out-loud dreams and expectations that their parents and other adults have for them: doing well [...]
Read More“ECONOMIC CRISIS PUTS CHILDREN AT RISK”
In the middle of all the headlines and 24-hour news reports about the economic crisis, one critical story is just beginning to be told. Four [...]
Read More“THE CRADLE TO PRISON PIPELINE: AMERICA’S NEW APARTHEID”
Incarceration is becoming the new American apartheid and poor children of color are the fodder. It is time to sound a loud alarm about this [...]
Read More“BLACK HISTORY AMERICAN HISTORY”
A century ago, a two-day race riot in Springfield, Illinois, where White mobs lynched two Blacks, turned out to be the final straw for a [...]
Read More“NOW IS THE TIME TO BAIL OUR POOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY”
As the current recession has turned into what may be the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, we all witnessed televised [...]
Read More“INAUGURATION DAY: CONTINUING THE DREAM”
"Rosa sat so Martin could march. Martin marched so Barack could run. Barack runs so our children can fly!" From text messages to t-shirts, versions [...]
Read More“REMEMBERING SALLY SMITH, THE PIONEERING ARTS EDUCATOR”
It was a catered evening reception at the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., but this event didn't signal an [...]
Read More“SIX REASONS WE MUST KEEP CHIP IN FINAL NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM LEGISLATION”
Most Americans do not know that the politically popular and successful Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), signed by President Obama with much fanfare on February [...]
Read More“ALL PARENTS CAN USE SUPPORT”
Parenting offers the most wonderful and daunting challenges in the world. Parents are their children's most important teachers and mentors, and they bear primary responsibility [...]
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