Teen suicide rates hit 30 year high
Suicide rates are at a 30-year high among all ages, the tenth leading cause of death in the United States, and currently the second leading cause of death among 15- to 24-year-olds. Educators, families...
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Jewish and Arab parents push for integrated schools for all religions, cultures in Israel
While tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have surged in recent months increasing ethnic cracks in Israeli society, a group of Jewish and Arab parents in Jaffa are fighting to open a school that pays equal respect to...
Baltimore community quickly steps up to provide for youth during school cancellations
The situation in Baltimore became a top national news story after a night of unrest and the declaration of a state of emergency. Just as the grievance at the heart of the unrest –...
Cross-border Boko Haram attacks displace students in Cameroon’s Far North Region
Information about the Boko Haram attack on the northeastern Nigerian town of Baga and its surrounding villages is slowly seeping out, confirming reports issued last week of large-scale destruction. The death toll has been...
Corruption and extremism hinder efforts to rebuild bombed-out Pakistani schools
This year, Pakistani teen Malala Yusufzai shared the Nobel Peace Prize for her work advocating for education and peace in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. On Wednesday, she was also awarded the World’s Children’s Prize. The...
FSRN Weekly Edition – September 19, 2014
The NOs have it in Scotland’s independence referendum At least 700 migrants and refugees killed in recent Mediterranean shipwrecks Civil rights groups urge congressional action on racial profiling Pennsylvania parents call for buffers zones...
Dignity in Schools campaign calls on lawmakers to end “zero tolerance” policies
Students and activists from across the country went to Capitol Hill this week to demand lawmakers set education policy that encourages students instead of criminalizing them. New data from the Department of Education shows...
Mumia Abu Jamal: Closed Schools
A commentary by Mumia Abu Jamal Download It is a national crisis. Worse – it is a crime. Schools all across Black America and in El Barrio are closed, shuttered. What does this mean?...
May 28, 2012 – Neighborhood Schools: The fight for the future of American public education
In the US, the historic struggle for quality education continues to unfold as America’s public schools have become the center of an intense debate. Much of that has focused on deciding what to do...
