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Patriotism For Children, Then and Now
Dorothy Rich, founder and president of the nonprofit Home and School Institute, Megaskills Education Center reflects on her experiences as a child during World War II— and what she sees as the very different experience today's children are having of growing up in wartime.
On this day in 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document that laid out how the young nation called the United States of America would govern itself.
On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act, For the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia.
Dorothy Rich, founder and president of the nonprofit Home and School Institute, Megaskills Education Center reflects on her experiences as a child during World War II— and what she sees as the very different experience today's children are having of growing up in wartime.
It's the ultimate back-to-school story: about 80 middle-aged Virginians are heading back to the classroom--more than four decades after their educations were derailed by the state's "massive resistance" campaign, which led some Virginia communities to shut down their public schools rather than integrate them. Connect for Kids Editor Susan Phillips spoke to recipients of Virginia's new Brown v. Board of Education scholarships.
The newest, and presumably last, museum to win space on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. opens this week with much expected fanfare. Once the celebration is over, museum leaders hope to get down to the serious business of overcoming stereotypes and teaching kids about the American Indian past, present and future.
The 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court school desegregation ruling in Brown v. Board of Education has produced an outpouring of reminiscence and evaluation. Today, amid national attention to the issues of school reform, school choice, and student achievement, Connect for Kids editor Susan Phillips asks what's next for our public schools.
The emergence of the school nurse a century ago in the New York City Schools is part of the evolution of children's health care in this country. As part of our ongoing project Kids in America: 500 Years of Change Connect for Kids highlights some of the critical moments in that evolution.
As the field of school nursing enters its second century, changes in law and society have transformed the profession: school nurses now supervise children on complicated meds, help kids manage chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes, and look for signs of depression, drug or alcohol abuse. Nevertheless, reports Rob Capriccioso, they are a frequent target of school budget cuts.
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