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Special Briefing: Resource Equity and Student Success
192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
In international comparisons, the U.S. has gained the unenviable reputation of having one of the most unequal educational systems in the industrialized world. A growing chorus of voices has argued that resource equity must become part of our...
Child Rights and Child Risks in the Digital Age: Global and U.S. Perspectives on Youth Access to the Internet
Reserve Officers Association, Washington, DC
In commemoration of Universal Children’s Day and the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, this briefing explores a critical modern theme for both global and domestic importance. In today’s world, youth...
Transforming the Teaching and Principal Professions: A Pathway for Policy Makers
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
The Coalition for Teaching Quality has developed a new, comprehensive framework for educator quality that will ensure that each student, regardless of need, color or disability, has fully-prepared and effective educators. Panelists will focus on the...
Briefing: Permanent Homes for Foster Youth
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Please join Congressman Jim Langevin on September 23, 2014, at 11:00 am in 210 Cannon for an important briefing on pathways to permanency for youth in foster care. Children who enter the system after the age...
Reducing Asthma Triggers Keeps Kids Healthy
Rayburn House Office Building, Gold Room (Room 2168), Washington, DC
Asthma is one of the most serious chronic childhood diseases in the United States, affecting one in seven children nationwide. Over 13 million days of schools are missed each year because of the incidence of asthma...
Children's Budget Summit 2014
National Press Club, Washington, DC
Children's Budget Summit 2014 featured a keynote address by Ronald Brownstein. Brownstein is CNN’s senior political and election analyst and the political director of Atlantic Media Company, publisher of National Journal and The Atlantic. The event...
Ending Family Homelessness Webinar: Identifying Effective Interventions
Headlines are filled with indicators that our economy is improving, but the effects of the Great Recession continue to linger for millions of homeless children and families, with over 1.1 million children identified as homeless in the 2011-2012 school year.
Briefing - National Climate Assessment and Air Pollution: The Impact on Asthma and Allergies
Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC
Speakers will include: Paul Garbe, Chief of the Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), on the health chapter of the recently released National Climate Assessment, with a focus on...
Briefing - National Climate Assessment and Air Pollution: The Impact on Asthma and Allergies
U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, Washington, DC
Speakers will include: Paul Garbe, Chief of the Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), on the health chapter of the recently released National Climate Assessment, with a focus on...
Briefing: Changing the Course for Infants and Toddlers in the Child Welfare System
An estimated 200,000 infants and toddlers have contact with state child welfare systems every year, at a time when rapid brain development can be undermined by abuse or neglect. State child welfare agencies hold not only...