America's Report Card 2012: Children in the U.S | ||||
America's Report Card 2012: Children in the U.S., released yesterday by First Focus and Save the Children, assigns America a lackluster C- for overall child well-being. The launch featured speakers Jennifer Garner, former Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), First Focus President Bruce Lesley, and Senior Vice President of Save the Children's U.S. Programs Mark Shriver. The national report card, released yesterday by First Focus and Save the Children, assigned the nation grades in five key domains of a child's life: Economic security: DEarly Childhood: C- K-12 Education: C- Permanency and stability: D Health and Safety: C+ Overall Grade: C- | ||||
Download corresponding policy recommendations from our partners at First Focus Campaign for Children (PDF) View video of the event (C-SPAN) |
How Book Bans, Threats to Honest Teaching of History, and “Don’t Say Gay”
Bills Harm Our Children and Undermine Education for Citizenship
-
Public schools, which serve more than 50 million of our nation’s children
and adolescents are perhaps our society’s most important public
institution. Unli...
1 hour ago