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• Family Planning Services Save Taxpayers Billions of Dollars

  You might be shocked to learn that family planning makes much more sense than telling unmarried poor women not to have sex. A new report from the well-respected Guttmacher Institute has discovered that publicly funded family planning services save the government billions of dollars a year. According to a report co-author, “every dollar spent on [family planning] saves taxpayers $4 in costs associated with unintended births to mothers eligible for Medicaid-funded natal care.”   Read More... Posted Mar 02 2009, 12:25 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: birth control, abortion, family planning, government, low-income, stimulus bill, taxpayer, costs, saves money

• Should Students Attend Parent-Teacher Meetings?

  In an effort to boost participation in parent-teacher meetings, many schools have started including an unlikely facilitator in the talks: the student. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2008, 01:30 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: school, parents, child, teachers, privacy, principal, kid, challenges, student, should children attend parent teacher meetings, parent teacher meetings, attendance, academic success, low-income, conferences, immigrant families