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Miscellaneous Good Stuff

Please note: Being listed here is not per se an endorsement of any particular site or email list. I have included annotations for those sites or lists that I am familiar with and strongly recommend.

Internet Safety:  The state of Massachusetts publishes two excellent pamphlets on internet safety, both available online.

Internet Safety: Advice from Kids Who Have Faced Danger Online
http://www.ago.state.ma.us/pubs/intsafe.htm
            and
The Internet, Your Child and You, What Every Parent Should Know
http://www.ago.state.ma.us/pubs/intrnet2.htm

SafetyEd International is a non-profit organization founded in 1998 and run by volunteers with many years of experience in internet safety education, child advocacy and child protection. http://www.safetyed.org/

LD/ADD Pride Online: Inspired by Deaf Pride, this site has been developed as an interactive community resource for adults with learning disabilities (LD) and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).
http://www.ldpride.net

Zero Tolerance:  Randy Cassingham, editor of This is True, has an essay on the excesses of the way Zero Tolerance laws are used to eliminate all discretion in dealing with children in schools. If you have javascript enabled on your browser, you can see a sample This is True story below.

Last updated Friday October 06, 2006

"Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction."
       ~ Anne Sullivan (Helen Keller's Teacher)

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