Schools Tackle Science Teacher Exodus

This is an excellent and informative article.  The comments by Mr. Therrien and Mr. Cicarella, and the research data provide important information about some of the key problems in retaining science teachers in urban school districts. Not enough emphasis has been placed on: 1) Lack of adequate teacher preparation; not in subject content but in classroom management and content delivery.  a)…

RECLAIMING FUTURES – ANOTHER EFFECTIVE PROGRAM TO KEEP TEENS OUT OF TROUBLE

Fighting The Odds: Boxing/MMA Programs Keep Teens Off The Streets, Out Of Trouble

The Winston-Salem Chronicle, Layla Garms, 08/08/2013…

DIABETES EDUCATION – IT’S ABOUT HEALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE, LIMBS AND LONGEVITY

OneWorld Informs the Community that Inches and Pounds Matter

http://youtu.be/9YXTb22yPB8 Video link

A UConn study last year showed that 37 percent of Hartford's preschool children are obese or overweight.…

For The Third Time, Immigrant Cleared In Cop-Attack Case - NHI

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Victories Against Childhood Obesity, But Harder to Find Among Poor

American Medical News, Jennifer Lubell, 07/19/2013

(Localities are seeing…

What If Any, Are the Similarities Between Dred Scott 1857 and the Zimmerman/Martin Verdict in 2013?

In light of the Zimmerman / Trayvon Martin Verdict, are there lessons to be learned today (in 2013) from the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott in 1857? Whether we are dealing with the city of Sanford, Florida, or John Sanford and family in 1850’s Missouri, history certainly has its uncanny similarities.…

Why the Lowest Income Families Might Care the Most About Their Neighborhoods

The Atlantic Cities, Emily Badger, 07/08/2013…

New Video Explains How Adults Can Lessen ‘Toxic Stress’ In Kids

WBUR, Sascha Garrey, 06/25/2013

Almost one in four American children are living in poverty, according to a new report by the…

National Cord Blood Awareness Month – National Institutes of Health

Office of the Director - July 9, 2013

Bone marrow transplants can treat and even cure some types of genetic disorders and blood diseases. Key to this potentially life-saving procedure is finding a matching donor. Not all patients, however, are able to find a match among their relatives. In those cases, searching for an unrelated, matched donor can be a long, stressful, and…

Stepha'N Quicksey beat the odds, the result of a strong local effort to fix broken schools in Detroit. / Paul Engstrom/Skillman Foundation

Help Our Youth Go From Failing To Fulfilling…

The New Haven Promise Scholarship Program is unique to New Haven Public School Students.  The program has certain specific criteria that all qualifying students must meet.  Students start getting benefits from the first grade until the 12^th grade, and must graduate from a NH Public High School.

On Sun 6/30/13, 7-8pm, on Comcast Channel 26, a 1-hr program explaining the details of and the criteria for NH Promise will air. For those without cable, you…

Having a range of information allows us to ask questions and exercise options.  The articles linked below provide such information.  Remember - an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  We are more likely to prevent than to repair damage to the human body.

N'Zinga Shani, OneWorld, Inc…

• OneWorld Progressive Institute, Inc
• A 501(c)3 Community Organization
• P. O. Box 8662 New Haven, CT 06531
• Phone (203) 407-0250
• Email:…

Keitazulu Blazes His Own Campaign Trail. He Brings Something Special to The Political Table

The entire article in the New Haven Independent is worth reading.  We encourage you to do so.  The link is at the end of this short blog.

New Haven NEEDS an effective collaborative government.

This is a form of governance in which leaders…

Charter School Suspension Rate Prompts Call To Action

This Is An Opportunity for Meaningful Examination of Suspension/Disciplinary Policies!

While this situation is alarming, it is also an opportunity for the State Dept of Education (SDE), CT’s public school districts, the Charter Schools, parents and community leaders to take a god analytical look at school suspension and disciplinary policies and their implementation across the…

Bending the Curve: Person-Centered Health Care Reform

Curbing Costs, Improving Quality of Health Care  

Framework for Improving Care and Slowing Health Care Cost Growth…

Cheerios Advertisement with Interracial Couple Brings Out America’s Underbelly.

The hopeful belief expressed by many that we are living in a post-racial America is challenged daily by the experience of many people of color.  Of course, the dismissive comments of some public commentators that racism in America is largely in the past and therefore needs no serious attention are challenged every day by the experience of…

IMPORTANT!  Reversing Course, New Insurance Market Might Negotiate Rates

YOUR PHONE CALL CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN HEALTH ACCESS CT

The CT House of Representatives can act NOW to give Access Health CT the power to actively bargain on behalf of consumers to bring down insurance costs.  Bill 596 was approved by the Senate this…

May 31, 2013 - It is the End of Women's Health Month - But NOT of Caring for Ourselves; That Is A Daily Responsibility.  Let Us Encourage Each Other in Health.

•  Black Women Are Dying Younger from Heart Attacks. 
•  Black Women Are Diagnosed With Diabetes Younger Because of Obesity. 
•  According…

When It Comes to What We Consume into Our Bodies, We NEED to Be Alert and Informed.

New Rules for Labeling Meat Go Into Effect in U.S.…