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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 2/14/2011
New Haven Register story on Appleseed's Same Starting Line report focuses on Connecticut school district that homes in on equity when allocating resources among schools within its district.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 2/7/2011
Report Calls For More Experienced Teachers in Low-Performing Schools
February 4, 2011
By Mary Ellen Flannery
When school boards don’t create incentives for experienced, highly qualified teachers to teach in their poorest schools, the kids in those schools are denied the same resources and opportunities to learn that middle-class kids get every day, says a newly report from Appleseed, a national network of public interest justice centers.
Their report, called “The Same Starting Line,” was based on interviews and data from school districts in five states across the nation. In all, Appleseed found a disturbing emphasis on outcomes, but much less attention to the kinds of things that help kids cross the finish line, like teacher quality.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 12/7/2010
The Financial Times has recognized the work of Appleseed and two of its pro bono partners on major projects developed by Appleseed.
In its 2010 recognition of leading firms engaging in socially responsible work, DLA Piper received the most points of all firms noted for its partnership with Mexico Appleseed. The path-breaking partnership was developed to help Mexico Appleseed build its structure and capacity for doing pro bono work.
A section of the special report was devoted to DLA Piper’s Lisa Dewey, the firm’s first “pure” pro bono partner who has been building the firm’s pro bono projects. Dewey was listed as one of the United States’ 10 leading innovative attorneys. Dewey was selected from a list of 55 innovators gathered by a consulting group for The Financial Times.
In addition, Latham & Watkins, another pro bono partner, was commended for its work on the Assembly Line Injustice report, Appleseed’s largest project, which involved more than 100 attorneys who reviewed the accuracy, efficiency and legitimacy of the nation’s immigration court system.
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By Communications on
Published on: 9/10/2010
New Mexico Appleseed's Executive Director Jennifer Ramo published a recent op-ed in the Albuquerque Journal underscoring for legislators, schools, the governor and the Public Education Department that one of the easiest and most effective solutions for improving the performance of students in poverty is preventing hunger. The Public Education Department used this op-ed to help convince Governor Bill Richardson to use stimulus funds to subsidize school breakfast at its previous level. The Governor followed NM Appleseed's recommendations and restored state funding for elementary school breakfast programs for one year.
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By Communications on
Published on: 12/29/2009
At the urging of the nonprofit New Mexico Appleseed, the state's Education and Human Services departments are pooling resources to ensure students whose families are on public assistance wait just weeks instead of months to be automatically enrolled in the National School Lunch Program.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 12/24/2009
The new teachers contract in New Haven allows for schools with weak student test scores to be converted to charter schools or managed by a private contractor, thereby providing greater flexibility in choosing teachers, changing work rules and introducing innovative programs and curriculums. Though exciting, this focus on innovation, reform and new rules must not overshadow one simple and fundamental priority: Student needs supersede adult wants.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 10/22/2009
In an op-ed piece for The Washington Post, DC Appleseed Executive Director Walter Smith explains how the nation's capital can reduce health insurance premiums for residents by distributing the excessive surplus of the region's largest insurer.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 10/19/2009
AP: South Carolina lawmakers said recently that they are seeking to ensure that thousands of state residents receive extended unemployment benefits.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 10/7/2009
Lincoln Journal Star: Production line speed remains brutally high in the meatpacking industry, and it might even be accelerating, say workers surveyed by Appleseed for a report that was recently released.
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By Communications Communications on
Published on: 8/31/2009
DC Appleseed is concerned that proposed mandatory HIV testing in local jails will undermine the city's current voluntary testing, a hugely successful program in which 99 percent of inmates elect to participate.
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