Time To Use Our Outside Voices
Imagine leadership in Connecticut that stands up for young children. Now imagine our votes electing that person.
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School Discipline Victory
What happens when parents object to kicking kids out of school? We win! But our work's not done yet.
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Health Care for Our Families
Quality, affordable health care for all of us is within reach. Will Connecticut grasp it?
Read more »- Federal Health Care Reform - in 5 minutes!
Read More > - School Discipline
During the summer of 2010, CT Parent Power, Connecticut Appleseed, and Connecticut Association for Human Services hosted a webinar on improving how schools deal with "troublesome" students.
The history of school discipline isn't pretty, but there are some changes underway that are improving the picture. Right now, our perspective as parents is crucial.
Read More > - Some Stories Just Need To Be Shared
Kioni Marshall's parents were separated for five years of her life. Things changed, and they got back together. Kioni, 8, recently asked her father about that separation, and the pair discussed how their family has changed. Story Corps and National Public Radio brought us the story.
Read More > - Summer Must-Read for Kids? Any Book
...new research offers a surprisingly simple, and affordable, solution to the summer reading slide. In a three-year study, researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville found that simply giving low-income children access to books at spring fairs — and allowing them to choose books that most interested them — had a significant effect on the summer reading gap.
Read More > - Obama: Education is the Economic Issue of Our Time
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