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More to Think About: Black Infant Mortality Read the entire article here. By Linda Villarosa Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from “The Hidden Toll,” the cover story in the NY Times Sunday magazine. Black infants in America are now more than twice as likely to die as white infants — 11.3 per 1,000 black babies, compared with […]
After Two Deaths, HPD Heeds Parents’ Demand for Crossing Guards Denise Fillion, School Crossing Guard Supervisor for the Hartford Police Department (HPD) Traffic Division, sent a letter to the Milner School office dated August 22, 2017, informing the school that two crossing guard posts associated with the school would be closing. Fillion cited “low […]
28 Days, 28 Films for Black History Month By MANOHLA DARGIS and A.O. SCOTT https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/01/movies/28-essential-films-black-history-month.html 2/1/18 IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A YEAR since Barry Jenkins’s “Moonlight” won the Oscar for best picture. This awards season, Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” and Dee Rees’s “Mudbound” have received multiple nominations and accolades, optimistic signs that black filmmakers are receiving more opportunities in the […]
More to Think About: Education Supreme Court: Connecticut’s Education System Is Flawed, But Not Unconstitutional by Christine Stuart ctnewsjunkie.com HARTFORD, CT — The state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Connecticut’s education system is imperfect, but not unconstitutional. The decision may signal the end of 12 years of litigation over whether the state has been providing enough funding for […]
What Rights Children of Illegal Immigrant Parents Have in the U.S. Updated By Ilona Bray, J.D., University of Washington Law School The children of undocumented (often called “illegal”) immigrants in the U.S. typically had no say in their parents’ decision to move to the U.S., but must contend with the consequences nonetheless. If those children […]
Imperfect Choices: With Integrated Schools Out Of Reach, Segregated Options Gain Favor Twenty years after Sheff v. O’Neill — Connecticut’s decree that racial isolation in Hartford schools violated children’s constitutional rights — neighborhood schools have been left in the ruling’s shadow. Kathleen Megan and Matthew Kauffman Contact Reporters Connecticut’s network of regional magnet schools, long hailed […]
TROUBLED SCHOOLS ON TRIAL: FIRST OF SEVEN STORIES WHEN POVERTY PERMEATES THE CLASSROOM Struggling to cope with past sexual abuse and a mother who works long hours at a low-wage job, Alex regularly breaks down while at school. The screaming, crawling and crying of this 5-year-old at North Windham Elementary School – and the arrival […]
Photo: UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson VII Europe’s Child-Refugee Crisis At an age when most kids need supervision to do their homework, hundreds of thousands of minors are crossing continents alone. BY LAUREN COLLINS Wasil awoke to the sound of a knife ripping through nylon. Although he was only twelve years old, he was living alone in a […]
Poll: Cost Of Child Care Causes Financial Stress For Many Families (are you surprised?) Maria Fabrizio for NPR Most parents have experienced sticker shock when they find out just how much it will cost to care for their infant or toddler full- or even part-time. For parents who have little choice, this can be […]
Activities for Children Black children ages 5 to 19 drown in swimming pools at a rate more than five times that of white children. That suggests a lot of blacks are not learning to swim, said Dr. Julie Gilchrist of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the USA Swimming Foundation, about […]