Tagged With "Flint, MI"

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Flint’s Children Suffer in Class After Years of Drinking the Lead-Poisoned Water

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) · 11/8/197:14 AM

By Erica L. Green, The New York Times, November 6, 2019 Nakiya Wakes could not understand how her wiry, toothy-grinned 6-year-old had gone from hyperactive one school year to what teachers described as hysterical the next. Then, in 2015, the state of Michigan delivered a diagnosis of sorts: Ms. Wakes’s neighborhood’s water — which her son, Jaylon, had been drinking and bathing in for more than a year — was saturated with lead, at some of the highest levels in the city. Jaylon would cycle...

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ACEs Science in Education: The Next Big Challenge is Systems Change #ACEsCon2018

Ingrid Cockhren · 10/23/1810:04 PM

One of the first sessions of the 2018 ACEs Conference: Action to Access discussed the barriers and opportunities for increasing access in the field of education. The main question was: "How can one achieve systematic changes within the field of education?" The session was moderated by Michelle Flowers, a passionate advocate, and the principal of Kinney High in Rancho Cordova, CA, which is part of the Folsom Cordova Unified School District. It included a dynamic and diverse panel of education...

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Workforce of Today,Workforce of Tomorrow Report.pdf

Gemma DiMatteo · 2/27/192:55 PM

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Early Childhood Is Critical to Health Equity (40 pages) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 5/31/1812:00 AM

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New Understanding Childhood Trauma Resource for Parents/Caregivers

Katherine Hughes · 1/5/211:36 PM

Please see our new pamphlet for parents/caregivers about childhood trauma (now in eight languages), and share with friends, family and colleagues. Although designed for Massachusetts residents, the resource page can be adapted for other locations. Thank you for your help and any distribution ideas. https://www.frcma.org/about/tr...sources-and-training https://myemail.constantcontact.com/NEW-Understanding-Childhood-Trauma-Resource.html?soid=1135101415145&aid=t6mWQvwx2sA

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