[ad_1] On April 14th, I was reminded of the powerful relationships mentoring fosters and the impact it has on our lives. On that day, I attended the homecoming of Joshua Emmanuel Owus Coramoor. Joshua Emmanuel Owusu Coramore, his 2020 graduate of the University of William and Mary, a chemistry major and soccer linebacker on his ...

[ad_1] Mimi Murray believed she could fix it.  All her son needed, she thought, was to come back to San Diego and get some help from Mom. She expected he would have a short stay at their Rancho Peñasquitos home in North County before finding a new job and landing back on his feet. Why ...

[ad_1] Carmen Gober never planned to homeschool. But during the last few days of this summer vacation, she was worried that her son, her AJ’s school, was severely understaffed. Five-year-old AJ has cerebral palsy and cannot speak. His school in northwest Indiana serves students with emotional and developmental disabilities. Many of his classmates use ...

[ad_1] More than half of Colorado counties lack a “co-responder” program in which a mental health professional joins law enforcement on police calls, including Clear Creek County where local officers shot and killed a 22-year-old man as he sat in his car.  The death of Christian Glass in the small mountain town of Silver Plume, ...

[ad_1] SOUTHINGTON — A Southington parental rights advocate said the town’s next school commissioner had been dissatisfied after a second-grade English teacher handed out vocabulary packets on “race, gender, equality, and inclusion” to students. I am preparing a protest ahead of the conference. An “Educate, Not Indoctrinate” rally, led by the group Families for Freedom, ...

[ad_1] The school and college lockdowns that accompanied the pandemic have centered the role of formal education in making friends and maintaining relationships in ways few could have imagined. Education-based friendships and other personal relationships (a form of social capital) help prepare young people to pursue opportunities and human prosperity. As young people return to ...

[ad_1] By Anne Blythe Raynard Washington, the Mecklenburg County health director, takes umbrage when he hears people say the monkeypox vaccine clinic staged at the Charlotte Pride celebration last month fell short of expectations. In mid-August, Mecklenburg Public Health worked with the state Department of Health and Human Services to administer the Jynneos vaccine at ...