STATE LEGISLATION

HEALTHY LIVING
Maryland Ties Orange Ribbon On Sleep-Friendly Schools
By Terra Ziporyn Snider, PhD, Contributor
Executive Director and Co-Founder, Start School Later, Inc.; m...
IMPACT
Make the Call -- Call 911 During an Overdose
By Elaine Pawlowski, Contributor
Mother and retired educator
Children loose playmates, parents lose friends, ties are broken and silence is the norm. These are the same individuals that hesitate to call when it happens to them. They do not want to believe that it could happen in their own home.
HEALTHY LIVING
Don't Forget Our Anniversary: The Surgeon General's Report
By Mary Giliberti, Contributor
CEO of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
This month marked the two-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook elementary school tragedy in Newtown, Conn., in 2012. In a report on State Mental Health Legislation in 2014, NAMI noted that on the first anniversary of the tragedy last year, Americans could see progress flowing from both the White House Conference on Mental Health and state legislation. This year, progress has slowed.
EDUCATION
Computer Science Is Not a Foreign Language
By Stacie Nevadomski Berdan, Contributor
International Careers Expert, Award-winning Author
Allowing computer science to replace foreign language credits may actually hinder a student's ability to get into competitive colleges that are increasingly requiring students to have taken two to three years of a foreign language in high school.
BUSINESS
AT&T, ALEC, FCC, Part 2: The AT&T FCC Petition is ALEC Model Legislation.
By Bruce Kushnick, Contributor
Executive Director, New Networks Institute
EDUCATION
Recent Bills Bring Controversial Changes To School Curriculums (SLIDESHOW)
By Alex Kuczynski-Brown
POLITICS
High School Sweethearts -- Or Sex Offenders?
By Abigail Pesta, Contributor
Journalist
Frank Rodriguez is family man, a husband and father of four daughters. He is also a convicted sex offender.
POLITICS
NRA's Deadly Agenda Is Out
By Paul Helmke, Contributor
Professor, Indiana University's School of Public & Environment...