Not exact matches
My big
kids read this book several times and it sparked great conversations
about reconciliation and
justice for First Nations.
«Our God is a God of
justice, and He's nuts
about kids!»
When
kids begin asking hard questions, they are ready to talk
about social
justice.
When your
kids start talking
about many different things and have opinions on topics like politics, environmental health, civic
justice and whatnot, you can bet on the fact that they are growing up.
As part of our work to insert the stories and perspectives of moms into the national conversation
about climate change, Moms Clean Air Force DC fielded a large and visible contingent of 20 moms and
kids to attend the Rally for Climate
Justice in September, 2015, to mark Pope Francis» climate leadership on the day of his address to the US Congress.
Parents hear horror stories
about kids involved with the juvenile
justice system and are often afraid to contact them.
«Congressman Ellison recognizes that progressive politics matter at the most local of levels: to families seeking a job that pays the bills, to
kids from low - income families hoping to go to college, and to parents worried
about whether their
kids of color will be treated fairly by the criminal
justice system.
Although drawing conclusions
about small population subgroups — such as
kids at risk of violence — from broad population trends can be dicey, it is still worth noting that as violent video games proliferated in recent years, the number of violent youthful offenders fell — by more than half between 1994 and 2010, according to the U.S. Department of
Justice.
To sum up for the impatient folks, this is a movie
about a dead
kid's attempt, from beyond the grave, to exact revenge on the abusive stepfather of the girl on whom he has a crush, using his grieving mother as the tool of vigilante
justice.
It's nearly impossible to get excited
about superhero movies anymore, but along with Ryan Coogler's Black Panther and Zack Snyder's
Justice League (just
kidding), Venom is part of a small crop worth being hyped
about.
I told this story to a group of two dozen or so of my fellow ed reformers last week at an American Enterprise Institute convening on «race, social
justice, and school reform» because I wanted to make two simple (some will say simplistic) points: our expensive and aggressive ed reform efforts still focus far too little on what
kids do in school all day; and we don't all have the same ideas
about what it means to serve the cause of social
justice — or whether it is even appropriate to place social
justice issues at the heart of our efforts to improve outcomes for
kids.
«Teaching to make pajamas is one thing but to see a
kid excited
about activism, social
justice, and art is another thing entirely,» she says.
With its emphasis on perspective - taking, public speaking, and exploring difficult themes, theater is a valuable medium for teaching
kids about social
justice.
If you see education reform as a social
justice or civil rights crusade, you will care mightily
about whether every charter is educating its share of
kids with disabilities and whether enough «people of color» are running these schools.
To accomplish improving schools the state must make sure the Local Control Funding Formula resources get to the
kids who need them most — it's
about educational
justice.
The teachers unions in those cities, who profess to be all
about the
kids, social
justice and progressivism, pound the table and insist that our outdated 19th Century Prussian - style zip - code mandated school system continue without any innovation, just more money.
Because this movement is
about giving
kids who need us the most the
justice that has alluded so many of them in the current system.
The Rivertown
Kids Chorus sings with folk icon Pete Seeger
about civil rights, social
justice, cleaning up the Hudson River, global warming and the power of one person to create community and make great changes in the world.
In his Sunday, February 29th post, blogger Jonathan Purtle wrties
about the economic and social costs of child maltreatment He poses and answers the question «why would mistreated
kids grow up to earn less money and be more involved with the criminal
justice system than their counterparts?