Labor takes aim at cyber bullies (The Australian) LABOR has vowed to provide internet filtering for all Australian homes, schools and public computers to fight cyber-bullying and child computer addiction....more...Labor to fight cyberbullying (The West Australian) Labor has vowed to provide internet filtering for all Australian homes, schools and public computers to fight cyber-bullying, child computer addiction and privacy invasion....more... Gap Campaigns Against Child Labor (New York Times) After a damaging child-labor scandal in India, Gap made efforts to rebuild its reputation by taking measures to prevent the use of children in the making of its goods....more... Gap Campaigns Against Child Labor (New York Times) After a damaging child-labor scandal in India, Gap announced measures aimed at eradicating the exploitation of children in the manufacture of its goods....more... Gap moves to recover from child labor scandal (International Herald Tribune) The clothing company said it had suspended some orders placed with a vendor tied to child labor in India and announced measures focused on eradicating all child labor in the manufacture of its products....more... Gap Takes Steps to Stem Child Labor (ABC News) Gap curtails business with vendor entangled in child labor. ...more... Educators bash 'No Child' (Sonoma Index-Tribune) Local teachers, administrators and unions have been scrambling to have their voices for change heard as Congress prepared to reauthorize No Child Left Behind (NCLB). In the last week, however, reform legislation attached to reauthorization has hit a roadblock, and it now looks like the bill won't be considered until next year....more... Rockland educators, politicians show support for U.N.'s Convention on the Rights of the Child (The Journal News) RAMAPO - Rockland's education and child advocates are a proactive group, preferring to make their voices heard sooner rather than later....more... Students Learn Child Labor Laws In Response To "Oliver" (WAOW Wausau) SCHOFIELD -- Students at Riverside Elementary School are learning the history of child labor laws....more... |