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This paper presents specific and useful suggestions for successfully using phone interviewing as a means of data collection in research studies. The lessons and insights are intended for anyone conducting research with phone interviews, particularly the novice researcher. The authors speak directly...

Launched in 2002 by the Polis-Schutz family, Starfall is a free educational website with an optional low-cost membership program that teaches phonics. Young children diagnosed with learning disabilities will load fun activity lessons from letter recognition to reading full-length books. Students can...

With the long-heralded advent of the information age, the upheaval caused by the proliferation of visual technologies in a society dominated by the media is forcing the entire spectrum of what used to be called " the press " to redefine itself, to reassess its professional code of ethics and to...

In India, as in other countries, the rise in the number of street and working children is associated with the phenomenon of rapid urban growth, especially of sprawling slums and shanty towns. The predicament of the urban child "in difficult circumstances" is inextricable from these conditions of...

2001 ZIM: Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children and Adolescents in Zimbabwe UNICEF Zimbabwe conducted four studies and one literature review in collaboration with various local and governmental entities to develop a national strategy for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in the country. Children were...

With a focus on how to improve the lives of children victimized by or affected by forced labour, this article from the BMJ although dated, concentrates on the care and development of these children from a medical lens. In criticizing inadequate policies, the article highlights the importance of...

While stressing the many stabilizing aspects of good quality education, editors Kenneth Bush and Diana Saltarelli show how education can be manipulated to drive a wedge between people, rather than drawing them closer together. After analyzing the increasing importance of ethnicity in contemporary...

Introduction The conference was convened by the Overseas Development Institute and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue to discuss different views on the ‘Terms of engagement’ between humanitarian and political actors. It was held in Geneva on the 3 and 4 May, 2000. This report aims to give an...