children

Oakland School for the Arts still making noise after ten years

Natalie Meier — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:53:44 +0000

In 2002, Oakland Mayor, now governor, Jerry Brown started Oakland School for the Arts (OSA) with the hope that students would have an outlet to express themselves through art forms like dance, theater, and visual illustrations.

Child health advocates await Supreme Court decision

Hana Baba — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:26:16 +0000

Societies around the world recognize child literacy and elementary education as human rights. It’s actually guaranteed by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Article 24 of that Convention also guarantees the following:

“States Parties recognize the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and to facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation of health. States Parties shall strive to ensure that no child is deprived of his or her right of access to such health care services.”

How can we lower the student drop-out rate?

Ben Trefny — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:59:24 +0000

In last week’s State of the Union address, President Obama proposed something radical, that dropping out of high school no longer be allowed. But that might be complicated. Every school district has tried numerous solutions to the dropout dilemma without success.