Dear Safe Schools Coalition Members and Friends:
(1) "All Children Matter" report released
(2) Making Modern Families Visible: LGBT Families of Color Survey … take the survey and spread the word
(3) YouTube video by and for Latino/as about HIV testing (featuring folks some of you know): All Together / Todos Juntos
(4) National Center for Education Statistics releases report on dropout prevention
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(1) "All Children Matter" report released
The Movement Advancement Project, the Center for American Progress, and the Family Equality Council have just released a groundbreaking report designed to focus the national spotlight on the 2 million children being raised by LGBT parents.
The All Children Matter report shows how our kids have become the victims of antiquated laws, discriminatory policies and hostile political decisions.
We know our kids live everyday in legal and social jeopardy because of these laws. Now everyone will know that our children matter.
The report shows how current laws can:
- Separate children from their parents in cases of divorce or death of a parent.
- Tie their access to critical federal and state safety net programs to family structure, rather than need.
- Deny our children access to quality child care and early childhood education.
- Deny our kids Social Security survivor benefits or inheritance when a parent dies.
- Deny forever homes to 115,000 children awaiting adoption.
The report wraps up with a set of practical policy recommendations that could fix the discrimination that exists today.
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(2) Making Modern Families Visible: LGBT Families of Color Survey … take the survey and spread the word
This survey is intended to gather critical information about the experiences and needs of LGBTQ adults of color (and/or their partners - without regard for their racial identity) who have children living in your homes.
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(3) YouTube video by and for Latino/as about HIV testing (featuring folks some of you know): All Together / Todos Juntos
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(4) National Center for Education Statistics releases report on dropout prevention
A new report from NCES found that during the 2010-11 school year, 76 percent of public school districts reported using academic failure to a large extent to identify students at risk of dropping out of school.
Dropout
Prevention Services and Programs in Public School Districts: 2010–11, a First Look report from the Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) provides national
data about how public school districts identify students at risk of dropping out, programs used specifically to address the needs of students at risk of dropping out of school, the use of mentors for at-risk students, and efforts to encourage dropouts to return
to school.
Key findings include:
-Eighty-eight percent of districts with high school grades reported offering to students at risk of dropping credit recovery courses or programs, 72 percent reported offering smaller class size, 63 percent early graduation options, and 55 percent self-paced
courses for purposes other than credit recovery.
-Eighty-four percent of districts reported regularly providing information to the receiving schools about the unique needs of individual at-risk students when students transition to a school at a higher instructional level (e.g., from middle school to
high school).
-Districts reported working with various entities to address the needs of students at risk of dropping out. Among those were child protective services (85 percent), community mental health agencies (73 percent), state or local government agencies that
provide financial assistance to needy families (68 percent), churches or community organizations (54 percent), and health clinics or hospitals (50 percent).
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