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If broadcasters get what they want in the budget, Australian television is doomed
There are widespread and justifiable concerns about what the future might hold for the Australian TV industry. Specifically, these fears relate to the upcoming federal budget and the possibility that lobbying by the commercial free-to-air networks will be successful, resulting in the relaxation or removal of requirements on them for minimum levels of investment in local drama and children's programs.
Don’t revoke Obama school discipline letter. Don’t signal that discrimination is OK.
We're black women who were labeled disruptive and rude as kids for qualities that made us leaders. Don't signal it's OK to discriminate in discipline.
Child advocates ask FTC to investigate YouTube
Read carefully through the fine print of YouTube's terms of service and you might notice that you've affirmed you are old enough to watch it. "If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use the service," the terms say.
Trump’s sending troops to the border to take on 200 kids and parents
According to President Donald Trump, the mightiest, richest country in the world is under a threat so huge and scary that it will require the deployment of military forces -- as many as 2,000 to 4.000 , Trump said Thursday -- along its 2,000-mile southern border. The danger consists of a ragtag caravan formed by several hundred impoverished people, many of them children from tiny Central American nations.
Oklahoma teachers will fight ‘until hell freezes over’ if needed
Hundreds of Oklahoma teachers filled the state Capitol for a second day Tuesday, demanding an additional $150 million in school funding and increased raises for themselves and support staff. Their walkout comes days after the state approved some raises and school funding -- but only a fraction of what the teachers' union demanded.
Bomb squad builds beeping Easter eggs for visually impaired kids
And to make sure no one is left out, the Big Bend Bomb Squad built special eggs for kids who are visually impaired in Tallahassee, Florida. From the outside, the finished product looks just like an ordinary Easter egg.
Utah’s ‘free-range parenting’ law said to be first in the nation
Those activities include letting children "walk, run or bike to and from school, travel to commercial or recreational facilities, play outside and remain at home unattended." The law does not say what the "sufficient age" is.
The Ballad of the Never Trumper, A Continuing Series
"For instance, I'm a deficit hawk," Romney said. "That makes me more conservative than a lot of Republicans and a lot of Democrats.
March for Our Lives: The moments that made up a movement
Thousands of students, teachers and other concerned citizens descended on the capital Saturday carrying signs and wearing symbolic price tags to say "enough" to gun violence. Many of the speakers at the March for Our Lives rally were students propelled into the debate over gun laws when a 19-year-old with a semi-automatic rifle mowed down their classmates and teachers last month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
March Madness: Right-Wing Media Will Take Aim at Youth Opposed to Gun Violence
If you've ever doubted the fundamental foolishness and ghoulishness of the American right, just watch-if you can bear it-the right's reaction to today's March for Our Lives. If you think the rhetorical assaults on anti-gun-violence American youth in the days leading up to this march were bad, as Bachman-Turner Overdrive famously put it, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
Why Twitter spat between Donald Trump and Joe Biden might hurt anti-bullying efforts
The president's Twitter response to the former vice president's comments come as the U.S. faces a problem with bullying. Why spat between Donald Trump and Joe Biden might hurt anti-bullying efforts The president's Twitter response to the former vice president's comments come as the U.S. faces a problem with bullying.
March for Our Lives: Is the culture on guns shifting?
Touched by the exhibition of 7000 empty shoes on the Capitol lawn, memorializing the 7000 children who have been killed by gun violence since the Sandy Hook school shooting, Fairfax Times wanted to know more about this powerful artistic expression and those behind it.
Congress demands Pentagon, DOJ investigate child sex assault
Congress reacted Thursday to an Associated Press investigation into sexual assault among children on U.S. military bases by demanding the Defense and Justice departments explain how they will solve the problem.
AP investigation: Justice elusive in child sex abuse on base
A decade after the Pentagon began confronting rape in the ranks, the U.S. military frequently fails to protect or provide justice to the children of service members when they are sexually assaulted by other children on base, an Associated Press investigation has found. Reports of assaults and rapes among kids on military bases often die on the desks of prosecutors, even when an attacker confesses.
Trump to meet with video game execs and critics
While decades of research have failed to find a link between gun violence and graphic depictions of violence in movies and video games, President Donald Trump has bemoaned the prevalence of violent images readily available to kids such as his 11-year-old son.
Striking West Virginia Teachers Revive a Proud Labor Heritage
In West Virginia, striking public school teachers and staff celebrated a victory this week, inspiring educators outside their state to take action for better pay and working conditions. Their nine-day wildcat strike - the longest in recent West Virginia history - put in stark relief another national debate on teachers: President Donald Trump's plan to arm teachers with concealed firearms in the aftermath of the Valentine's Day school massacre in Parkland, Florida.
After Florida shooting, more than 600a
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School seniors Simon Hoo and Julia Bishop share their struggle with the loss of friends in the shooting and how they're rebuilding together as a 'family.' Margarita Lasalle , the budget keeper, and Joellen Berman, Guidance Data Specialist, look on at the memorial in front of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as teachers and staff are allowed to return for the first time on February 23, 2018.
West Virginia legislature can’t break impasse over raises for striking teachers
The West Virginia legislature argued for hours but could not agree Saturday on how much to raise teachers' pay - meaning the teachers strike may well extend into an eighth day Monday. About 20,000 teachers have been on strike since February 22, keeping 300,000 students out of the classroom.
Researchers explore how activities affect brain development in kids
Dr. Linda Chang is heading a team of more than a dozen researchers at the University of Maryland taking part in a national study of adolescent brain development. More than 11,000 children from different parts of the U.S. will be recruited and studied over 10 years.