Tag: Children’s rights
Local ADs sense return to normalcy in 2021-22
By all accounts, David Edens’ professional timing couldn’t have been worse.
Edens took over as the Whiteland High School athletic director last summer, a time...
Louisiana school board settles BB gun suspension lawsuits
NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana school board agreed to pay $165,000 to settle lawsuits by parents of two children suspended last year for holding...
Families, doctors urge Alabama to reject trans treatment ban
<p>MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Transgender youth, parents and advocates on Tuesday urged the Alabama House of Representatives, as well as the state’s governor, to reject...
Families, doctors urge Alabama to reject trans treatment ban
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Transgender youth, parents and advocates on Tuesday urged the Alabama House of Representatives, as well as the state’s governor, to reject...
Former Oregon U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Furse dies at age 84
<p>PORTLAND, Ore. — Elizabeth Furse, who represented northwestern Oregon in Congress for three terms in the 1990s, has died from complications related to a...
Former Oregon U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Furse dies at age 84
PORTLAND, Ore. — Elizabeth Furse, who represented northwestern Oregon in Congress for three terms in the 1990s, has died from complications related to a...
Experts criticize UN over blacklist on harming kids in war
UNITED NATIONS — A panel of child rights experts sharply criticized the U.N. secretary-general’s decisions on a global blacklist of parties responsible for harming...
Memo banning Afghan girls singing prompts #IAmMySong protest
KABUL, Afghanistan — A memo from Afghanistan's education ministry banning girls 12 years old and older from singing at school functions has been causing...
Video shows Israeli troops detaining Palestinian children
JERUSALEM — Israeli troops detained five Palestinian children for several hours after they were confronted by Jewish settlers while gathering wild artichokes near a...