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WATCH LIVE Today: How Education Can Help Fight Poverty In America

Posted 03.26.2012

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At 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, Mark Shriver, head of U.S. programs for Save the Children, will address middle and high students across the country in a...

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Happy Thanksgiving

Mark Shriver | Posted 01.21.2012

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This is my first Thanksgiving without my dad. Not a day goes by that I don't miss him greatly, but not a day goes by that I don't thank God for blessing me with such a role model.

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Education Nation Changes the Conversation

Mark Shriver | Posted 11.26.2011

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Our country is engaged in a deep, delicate battle about how to slice up the federal budget. What may surprise some people is that early childhood education comes down to everything Americans are anxious about.

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President Obama Delivers For America's Youngest

Mark Shriver | Posted 07.27.2011

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However, just before official Washington raced home for the Memorial Day weekend, something really fabulous got done for America's youngest.

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Election Day: The 74 Million Americans Who Had No Voice

Mark Shriver | Posted 05.25.2011

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We are a nation of 74 million kids. But because kids don't vote, don't host shows on Fox or MSNBC, don't run PACs or host fundraisers, their priorities simply aren't met in Washington, D.C. or the states.

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One Poll That Can't Get Lost in the Electoral Storm

Mark Shriver | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the month before Election Day, Americans are understandably fatigued and disheartened by a daily onslaught of polls that reveal the public's unrele...

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America's Kids: Bearing the Brunt of the Recession

Mark Shriver | Posted 05.25.2011

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The age group with the highest rates of poverty in the US are children under 18. We can have a robust debate about the role of government for adults living in poverty but children can't work and they can't vote.

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After BP, Louisiana's Next Manmade Disaster

Mark Shriver | Posted 05.25.2011

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The flooding of New Orleans wasn't the only man-made disaster that struck the Gulf Coast five years ago: our failure to meet the needs of children during the hurricaine was a catastrophe of no less epic proportions.

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Our Future Dims as Childhood Poverty Jumps

Mark Shriver | Posted 05.25.2011

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Childhood poverty in the United States ignites a devastating chain of consequences that leads to equally devastating places.

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Another Gulf Coast Disaster...Are We Ready?

Mark Shriver | Posted 05.25.2011

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During the response to Hurricane Katrina, some kids weren't reunited with their families for up to six months. If five years isn't long enough to learn the lesson that preparation for kids matters for all of us, then how long is?

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How to Turn Banking Waste into a Bright Future for All Kids

Mark Shriver | Posted 05.25.2011

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The debate on the Senate floor has largely ignored the fact that savings from student loan reform would buy us an America much better prepared to compete in the future global economy.

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For Kids, the First Five Years Are Forever

Mark Shriver | Posted 11.17.2011

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Startling new research shows that the 1 in 6 American kids living in poverty are subject to stress that can transform their very physiology, impeding intellectual skills for the rest of their lives.

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This Week In Impact Blogs: Good News In Afghanistan, Struggles In Uganda, And Empowering Impoverished Kids

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week's Impact blog posts covered a typically divergent range of topics, and as anyone who's kept up with the American news cycle of late knows, t...

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Obama Fulfilling Commitment to Rural America

Mark Shriver | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just like Obama is looking for new industries, like green technology, to drive the economic recovery, innovative 21st century solutions can be the force behind revitalized rural education.

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