Gallery to show art of 4-year-old prodigy
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Jun 7, 2011 at 1:29 PMArtists often struggle to bring curiosity and child-like wonder to their works. Not this one. Aelita Andre is a 4-year-old art prodigy whose work will be featured in the fine art Agora Gallery.
The Fleecing of Foster Children
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Mar 16, 2011 at 6:25 PMChild welfare agencies are unfairly confiscating the government benefits of foster youth, according to a very important new report from one of our California child advocates. The Children’s Advocacy Institute shows in their report, “The Fleecing of Foster Children,”…
Our Life in the D[etroit]
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Feb 11, 2011 at 3:40 PMVoices member Michigan’s Children is sponsoring an innovative multimedia project for kids in Detroit. Called “Our Life in the D,” the site features stories and content from Detroit children working under the guidance of professional journalists.
New child report from Maine spotlights early years
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Jan 6, 2011 at 5:33 PMToday our Maine member celebrated Infant-Toddler Awareness Day by releasing a new report on children’s school readiness. The Maine Children’s Alliance report details rising poverty levels in the state, along with other factors that could influence a child’s early…
Shanghai bests U.S., world in international education test
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Dec 10, 2010 at 5:25 PMYet another international assesment for education shows American students with middling scores compared to students from other rich countries. Surprisingly enough, students from the Chinese capital of Shanghai came out on top. Given the amount economic anxiety around…
Voices for America’s Children at the Sanity Rally!
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Oct 31, 2010 at 10:45 PMVoices for America’s Children visited the Daily Show’s Rally to Restore Sanity in a run up to Monday’s Vote Kids First Blog Carnival. We wanted to use the occasion to ask people questions about child hunger, education and more.…
“Curiosity is banned” at a Virginia high school
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Oct 21, 2010 at 9:28 PMA new code of academic ethics at Westfield High School in Fairfax County is tantamount to banning curiosity, according to a recent piece in the Washington Post. History teachers for an Advanced Placement History course there have made…
Health insurance reform update: Child-only plans
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Oct 14, 2010 at 4:44 PMWe’ve been discussing lately how major insurers have stopped selling new child-only plans. Families might seek to insure only their children if they can’t afford family plans or can’t cover children on their work plan. But insurers worry…
How California kids are doing, county by county
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Oct 1, 2010 at 5:04 PMVoices member Children Now has just released a new report that tracks child well-being county by county in California. The report, titled “2010 California County Scorecard” and available online, lets you see indicators like health insurance rate, dental visits,…
Stimulus package program could expire, cutting needed jobs
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Sep 27, 2010 at 4:10 PMThe New York Times recently reported on a program from the stimulus package that could end, taking tens of thousands of jobs with it. The program pays federal dollars for hiring the unemployed to do government jobs, but is…
