Saturday, September 30, 2006

New York Times: Painting called too violent for children won’t return
--"The skirmish is over and all sides are claiming victory, but a large painting deemed too violent for elementary school children will not return home."

Times Online: Test-free system 'gives children a better start in life'
--"Pupils who learn at their own pace in Montessori schools may have an advantage over those in traditional classrooms."

allAfrica.com: Migration Affects 900,000 Children in Sierra Leone
--"United Nation's Children Fund (UNICEF) Country Representative, Geerte Cappelaere Tuesday disclosed that an estimated 39 %, about 900,000 Sierra Leonean children do not live with their parents mainly due to migration."

Toronto Star: Include kids in same-sex debate: Group
--"A coalition of religious groups and a backbencher who wants to become Alberta premier appeared together today to urge the federal government to consider the needs of children in any same-sex marriage debate."

The Hindu: The Young World quiz
--"The Hindu Young World Quiz series started in 2000 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Young World supplement. Begun as an interschool, inter city quiz this has become the best known and most widely attended live quizzing event in the country. The quiz conducted every year since then over a number of cities draws enthusiastic responses from tens of thousands of children from hundreds of schools at regional events conducted nationwide."

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