Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f4UHnEf09065; Wed, 30 May 2001 13:49:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 13:49:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05001905b73ae00934ed@[146.186.96.31]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Barb Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:78] resources from HandsNet X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 3095 Lines: 64 The following items are crossposted from the WebClipper Digest, HandsNet's weekly overview of cross-cutting human services news from throughout the World Wide Web. For daily Headlines news, Alerts and Discussions, and to start your personal clipping service tailored to your needs, visit WebClipper at http://www.webclipper.org. Free trial WebClipper memberships are available on our public site at http://www.handsnet.org. _____________________________ 2001 KIDS COUNT DATA BOOK AND ONLINE DATABASE RELEASES - Many child indicators improved in the '90s, but the rate of low-weight births increased. The last decade registered the largest increase in the number of children living in the U.S. since the 1950s, foreshadowing major new challenges to the nation's schools and social services. http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/kc2001 CHILD CARE - HOW MUCH IS NEEDED, IS THERE ENOUGH? The next Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond public forum is June 13th at 9:30am in the Falk Auditorium. http://www.brookings.edu/wrb WORK AND PARENTING: The Widening Gap - The latest issue of The CLASP UPDATE summarizes relevant findings from eight years of national and urban research on conditions that poor parents face as they try to meet both their job demands and their family's needs. http://www.clasp.org/pubs/claspupdate/April%202001.htm INCENTIVES OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND THE WELL-BEING OF FAMILIES - The Joint Center for Poverty Research has recently published an online conference volume covering child support and its effects on women's employment, welfare reform's effects on child maltreatment, the EITC's role in AFDC caseload declines, the most effective welfare-to-work programs in encouraging work and lowering poverty, and related topics. http://www.jcpr.org/book LONG TERM IMPACT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION - Based on research findings that extended intervention prepares children for school and beyond, a JAMA editorial urges policy makers to bolster Head Start's effectiveness, particularly in the areas of quality, evaluation, program length, comprehensive services, parent involvement, and transition activities. http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/current/ffull/jed10024.html HOUSE PASSES BUSH'S EDUCATION BILL (H.R. 1) - The president's proposal to dramatically increase the testing of public elementary school students passed a congressional milestone, despite complaints that it would cost states up to $7 billion over the next five years http://www.stateline.org/story.cfm?storyid=129886 BEATING THE ODDS - A recent study shows the nation's urban schools have posted important gains in math and reading achievement, in spite of limited resources and substantial challenges. Racial gaps show promising reductions. http://www.cgcs.org/ TECHNOLOGY COUNTS 2001: THE NEW DIVIDES - Increasingly, inequities involve not so much access to computers, but the way computers are used to educate children, says an annual report from Education Week that includes state rankings. http://www.edweek.org/sreports/tc01/tc01article.cfm?slug=35execsum.h20
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