End-of-month links!

Here are a few links you might find interesting:

• Our friends at the Children's Alliance have a great blog. Check there for information on cutting-edge issues of children's rights and legislative change.
  

• This post on Mark's Daily Apple, a health and fitness blog, addressed childhood obesity and health issues. Also, check out this one on the merits of outdoor play time.

• The Seattle Times has an article on Eckstein Middle School's work to integrate students who receive special ed in the same classrooms as their peers who do not.
  

• Harvard Family Research Project has released a report called After School Programs in the 21st Century: Their Potential and What It Takes to Achieve It
  

• The RAND Corporation has a new report called Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn’t, and at What Cost?
  
  
• Here's an article from the Christian Science Monitor on service learning as dropout prevention.

Thanks to imnop88a for the Flickr Creative Commons photo.