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Published on: 1/18/2009
Rome News-Tribune: Georgia's outdated juvenile justice system needs to be revamped, and Georgia Appleseed's "Common Wisdom" reports offer innovative proposals based on the recommendations of hundreds of key stakeholders.
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By SuperUser Account on
Published on: 10/13/2007
Bainbridge Community News: This article covers Georgia Appleseed’s initiative to rewrite the state’s juvenile justice code.
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Published on: 10/4/2007
Rome News-Tribune: Sharon Hill, executive director of Georgia Appleseed, speaks to the Rome Rotary Club of Georgia about the importance of rewriting the juvenile justice code.
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Published on: 2/21/2007
Georgia Appleseed has enlisted more than 130 lawyers from 10 Atlanta firms to overhaul Georgia's juvenile justice code, set to be the largest pro bono project in the state's history.
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Published on: 10/3/2006
We Georgians can disagree about many issues when it comes to public education, but on one crucial point we can all unite: If we want to transform public education in Georgia, "It Takes a Parent." That is the name of the new national Appleseed Report, the only one of its kind, released last week, that investigates how the No Child Left Behind Act looks to parent involvement as a central strategy to promote student academic achievement.
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By SuperUser Account on
Published on: 9/27/2006
Parent involvement in NCLB school standards is found lacking Inadequate parental involvement is hindering fulfillment of the federal No Child Left Behind program's goal to improve the nation's schools and produce better students, a two-year research project by an independent nonprofit has found. In a report released today called "It Takes a Parent," the Appleseed Foundation concludes that too many parents don't learn NCLB-required data about their children and schools soon enough to make timely and informed decisions; that poverty as well as language and cultural differences impose barriers to parental involvement; and that such participation "is not uniformly valued by school leaders as a key accountability strategy." To counter such trends, Appleseed is calling for better quality of information, active engagement of parents, community support, and professional development.
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By SuperUser Account on
Published on: 6/16/2006
The Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice has been busy since its planting in November. The nonprofit organization, one of the newest in the group of Appleseed public interest law centers around the nation,
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By SuperUser Account on
Published on: 5/11/2006
Sharon N. Hill gets big firms to take on the system at Georgia Appleseed, a new public interest law group
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By SuperUser Account on
Published on: 4/24/2006
Georgia Appleseed announces it will host an inaugural Spring For Justice fundraising event on Wednesday, May 3, at The Carter Center.
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By SuperUser Account on
Published on: 3/22/2006
A Georgia House plan to tack a fee onto wire transfers sent home by illegal immigrants is under attack from several quarters and may fail to get Senate approval. A public interest law group called Georgia Appleseed said only the federal government has the authority to regulate commerce with foreign nations.
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