Scotsman.com: Charity calls for end to 'demonising of young'
--"A leading children's charity will tomorrow call for action to stamp out age discrimination against young people."

National Post: 'Child care' costs require some tax law gymnastics
--"A recent decision of the Tax Court makes it clear that expenses incurred from after-school activities may qualify as child care expenses for the purpose of the Income Tax Act. The decision probably does not change the law but makes clear that what qualifies as "child care" can be quite broad."

Mercury News: Panel's chairman urges changes in No Child Left Behind law
--"No Child Left Behind, President Bush's signature education law, was passed with bipartisan support and went into effect in 2002. It requires that students score at grade level on standardized tests with all students meeting proficiency by 2014. It also holds schools accountable if they do not."

Reuters: China: Beijing closes schools for migrant children in pre-Olympic clean-up
--"In some cases, the Beijing authorities have dispatched large numbers of police to close particularly popular schools. On August 29, more than 90 policemen forced the evacuation of the Weimenkou school of Shijingshan district. Petitions to the Beijing Commission on Education, signed by hundreds of parents in support of certain schools and denouncing the brutality of the closures, remain unanswered."