Brutal Truths and Best Practices Forum
Save the date; Friday, Oct 17th 9am to noon (Registration link below qualifies for 3 CEUs) Our Child Protection System Brutal Truths and Best Practices Forum at Century College Join our focused and...
View ArticleArt Rolnick Ted Talk Video; Federal Reserve Bank Study (Highest Return On The...
A powerful argument for investing in children from a Federal Reserve Bank Director (a short video) TEDxTC – Art Rolnick – Economic Case for Early Childhood – YouTube ► 21:14► 21:14...
View ArticleAmerica: 20 Times More Gun Homicides Than The Rest Of The Developed World
Ten years ago, KARA board member David Strand wrote the book (NATION OUR OF STEP) comparing the United States to the rest of the developed world as determined by the quality of life indices that have...
View ArticleNote To InvisibleChildren Readers
Guardian ad-Litem Program (CASA) Minnesota First, it hurts me to see how negative the last few weeks of my writing and reporting have been. In my defense, the news has been terrible on a national...
View ArticleWhere Bad Laws Come From (& why it’s not fair to blame the worker bees)
Brandon Stahl’s article in the Star Tribune today suggests that Minnesota is probably the only state in the nation to have forbidden social workers from considering past screened out cases of child...
View ArticleManifesto For Minnesota Children
Early Childhood Education Manifesto (this article appeared here in 2009 – it was submitted by KARA board member David Strand) Education is the engine of progress and prosperity. No nation can achieve...
View ArticleThe Ghost of Christmas Past
In 2003, MN Federal Reserve Board Director Art Rolnick & Economist Rob Grunewald completed a study demonstrating the highest return on investment government could make – 18%. They proved that by...
View ArticleBrutal Truths and Best Practices Forum
Our Child Protection System Brutal Truths and Best Practices Forum at Century College Join our focused and energetic conversation about children in need of protection and the people, programs, and...
View ArticleBrutal Truths and Best Practices Forum
Our Child Protection System Brutal Truths and Best Practices Forum at Century College Join our focused and energetic conversation about children in need of protection and the people, programs, and...
View ArticleArt Rolnick Ted Talk Video; Federal Reserve Bank Study (Highest Return On The...
18% return on investment (without siblings, children of the children, education success) Could Be 20%. Dr Bruce Perry "25% of Americans will be special needs people by the end of this generation if...
View ArticleAmerica: 20 Times More Gun Homicides Than The Rest Of The Developed World
America at that time had slid far from the top in almost all of the important measurements. Today’s Institutes of Medicine & National Research Council 378 page study demonstrates that our nation is...
View ArticleNote To InvisibleChildren Readers
www.avahealth.org You can spend hours listening to the medical professionals address these topics on this site in a very straightforward manner. Their videos are powerful - in particular, study the...
View ArticleWhere Bad Laws Come From (& why it’s not fair to blame the worker bees)
Brandon Stahl's article in the Star Tribune today suggests that Minnesota is probably the only state in the nation to have forbidden social workers from considering past screened out cases of child...
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