This is integration
Amidst a BBC report on Roma migration in Europe is this note on education policy in Hungary, which : In Hungary, an earlier policy to give money to schools for the mentally disabled, to which a...
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“The great motto of Mother Mary Aikenhead, who founded the Sisters of Charity, was ‘give to the poor what the rich could buy with money.’ What better way to live up to this mission, and to make...
View ArticleBuddy Pack program packs nutrient punch
The Buddy Pack program in Missouri provides food from a food bank direct to school-age children. Children pick up food at the end of the school week – packaged in backpacks chosen to blend in with...
View ArticleMore DoE hypocrisy
The Irish educational system has some strange features. One is that while school staff have their wages and conditions set – and paid for – by the Department of Education – they are not viewed, in law,...
View ArticleMixed employment numbers in US
Interesting analysis from CQ Roll Call about the latest employment numbers in the US: What’s also clear is that the GOP’s spending-cut policies may limit overall improvement in the job market. While...
View ArticleMarking Bloomsday
Two different suggestions today from Labour politicians about appropriate ways to mark Bloomsday. Joe Costello notes that Ireland has one of the lowest numbers of public holidays in Europe (9 per year,...
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The Change.org people have been touting a Nicholas Kristof piece about successful petition drives on their site. His first example is of a petition by a fourth grade class, looking for changes in how a...
View ArticleCelebrating women
(While I’d originally intended to publish this on 8th March, for International Women’s Day, various events intervened. Still, it’s never a bad day to celebrate the work of women, as they bend the arc...
View ArticleEulogy – Dr Anne Boyle
We had the memorial service for my mother today – she died Monday, and the Irish tradition is to have a short few days of funereal rituals prior to the burial. In Mom’s case – always the non-conformist...
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