by Children At Risk | Jun 28, 2023 | C@R Blog, Equity, Immigration, K-12 Education, Newsletter, North Texas, Op-Ed, Policy, Research, Uncategorized
By Linda Corchado & Bob Sanborn The data is clear. A third of Texas’ nearly 8 million children are immigrants or the children of immigrants. In our cities, like Houston, the number is about half of our children. If children are our future then our path forward...
by Children At Risk | Dec 12, 2022 | C@R Blog, Health & Nutrition, Op-Ed
As published in Dallas Morning News, December 12, 2022. By Bob Sanborn and Laura Hayes According to Feeding America, 1 out of 5 children in North Texas faces hunger due to limited resources, poverty and parental unemployment. Just like a car running out of gas, hungry...
by Children At Risk | Aug 31, 2022 | C@R Blog, Equity, K-12 Education, Op-Ed
As published in Dallas Morning News, August 31, 2022. Even as families are enjoying the first weeks of the school year, the challenges facing our education system remain more of the same. Many schools still have teacher vacancies and don’t have subject-certified...
by Center to End the Trafficking and Exploitation of Children | Jun 30, 2021 | C@R Blog, Human Trafficking, Op-Ed
Coming out is a testimony in itself. I told my mother when I was a sophomore in college. Preparing to come out wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. I drafted numerous speeches and spent countless tearful nights racked with anxiety. But, to my surprise, the best...
by Julie Morris | Apr 11, 2019 | C@R Blog, Health & Nutrition, Op-Ed, Policy
By Jenny Eyer & Dan Micciche Health coverage for children means a lot more than a yearly doctor’s visit. Children with health coverage have better school attendance, higher educational attainment, and improved economic opportunities than those without coverage. If...
by SophekTounn | Nov 28, 2012 | Health & Nutrition, North Texas, Op-Ed, Uncategorized
OpEd by Jaime Hanks Meyers Published: 04 November 2012 10:38 PM in the Dallas Morning News In November, the Dallas School Board considered implementing Breakfast in the Classroom universally across the district to ensure all students start the day fed and ready to...
