Join Dr. Bob Sanborn and Mandi Kimball from CHILDREN AT RISK for the July 30th episode of Growing Up in America on 90.1FM KPFT in Houston! Episode includes:

  • Hot Topic: Discussing the ongoing janitor strike in Houston with Elsa Caballero, State Director for Service Employees International Union Local 1 Texas
  • Data Head: Dr. Frances Deviney, Texas KIDS COUNT Director at the Center for Public Policy Priorities, explaining the indicator 1 million
  • Interview: Dustin Rynders, Supervising Attorney at Disability Rights Texas, on Class C misdemeanor ticketing in public schools
  • Interview: Attorney David Thompson on the ongoing lawsuit over the constitutionality of the budget cuts to education in Texas
  • Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Should the state change the foster care system so that services are outsourced to private contractors?
  • Interview: Dr. Monit Cheung, Professor of Social Work at the University of Houston, on child sex abuse.