Posted on September 12, 2014
Bound Brook and Quinton captured the first place prizes in the NJ Food for Thought School Breakfast Challenge, for North and South Jersey, respectively. Both districts significantly increased the number of students eating a healthy morning meal at school.
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Posted on August 13, 2014
Many New Jersey children living in foster care may visit regularly with their parents, but those visits frequently are not held in ways that encourage positive interaction among parents and children, which can help children return safely home, a new survey found.
Posted on July 28, 2014
While New Jersey has made progress in improving its child protection system, it would be ill‐advised to relax court‐ordered standards aimed at safeguarding children from abuse and neglect, according to a new report from Advocates for Children of New Jersey.
Posted on July 22, 2014
Despite rising poverty, child well-being improves in many areas
Over two decades, the health and well-being of New Jersey children has improved in many key areas, from more children attending preschool, fewer 4th graders failing reading tests and more teens graduating on time from high school, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 25th edition of its annual KIDS COUNT Data Book.
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Posted on July 16, 2014
Early childhood stakeholders create plan addressing barriers to developing an aligned and coordinated system of early learning in New Jersey.
