The Detention Dilemma: Families, Security and Immigrant Rights:
Recent reports draw attention to the continuing expansion and privatization of immigrant detention centers and the violation of immigrants' rights throughout the process of detention and deportation. What are the effects of the current situation on individuals who spend months or years in detention, and on their families? Can the detention system do a better job of balancing the country's core values as a nation of immigrants and promoter of human rights? RSVP »
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Tuesday, Feb. 7
Insideschools.org forum: How to apply to public elementary school
Join Clara Hemphill, the staff of Insideschools.org, and other experts with answers to questions about what to look for in an elementary school, how and when to register, programs for gifted and talented students and more. Watch Video »
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Thursday, Feb. 2
Ties That Bind: Reimagining juvenile justice and child welfare for teens, families and communities
The Bloomberg administration is seeking major changes in how the city works with teens in juvenile justice, child protection and foster care. The city would create a complete juvenile justice system in the five boroughs, no longer sending teens to state-run correctional facilities.
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Better Child Care, For Fewer Children?
A city program that pays for child care and Head Start services for low-income children is about to be redesigned in a way that may result in higher quality services — but for far fewer children. READ MORE »
Feet in Two Worlds
Ramaa Reddy Raghavan brings us an audio slideshow portrait of Indian American Gadadhara Pandit Dasa, who tends to the spiritual life of students at Columbia University. LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE »
Insideschools.org Blog
City gives out wrong info about school zones: The Department of Education has not updated its zone maps to reflect zoning changes on the Upper East Side, lower Manhattan and the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn. READ MORE »
