children http://kalw.org en Child health advocates await Supreme Court decision http://kalw.org/post/child-health-advocates-await-supreme-court-decision <p>Societies around the world recognize child literacy and elementary education as human rights. It&rsquo;s actually guaranteed by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Article 24 of that Convention also guarantees the following:</p><p>&ldquo;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.&rdquo;</p> Thu, 24 May 2012 22:26:16 +0000 Hana Baba 11168 at http://kalw.org Child health advocates await Supreme Court decision How can we lower the student drop-out rate? http://kalw.org/post/how-can-we-lower-student-drop-out-rate <p>In last week&rsquo;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.</p> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:59:24 +0000 Ben Trefny 5242 at http://kalw.org How can we lower the student drop-out rate?