Save The Children [to 18 April 2015]
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Save the Children Action Network Applauds Bipartisan Support for Early Childhood Education in ESEA Reauthorization
April 16, 2015
Washington, D.C. (April 16, 2015) — Save the Children Action Network today applauded the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) for including investments in early learning as part of the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015, a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The bipartisan Early Learning Alignment and Improvement Grants Amendment (ELAIG) would create a competitive grant program to provide funding for states that propose to improve coordination, quality and access for early childhood education. States would apply for three-year grants and provide matching funds to support “sustainable improvements and better coordination” of their early learning and care systems…

400 Missing, including Many Children, as Boat Capsizes on Route to Italy
April 14, 2015
Fairfield, Conn. (April 14, 2015) — Rescue operations continue in Italy today after a boat carrying 550 people capsized 24 hours after departing Libya. According to the testimonies collected by Save the Children — who helped survivors at a port in Reggio Calabria — as many as 400 people are still missing, many of whom are thought to be unaccompanied children.
Save the Children warns that more landings are expected as instability continues in Libya, raising concerns that many more children will brave the perilous journey to find safety in Italy.
Save the Children has been responding to the needs of children arriving in Lampedusa, Sicily, Calabria and Apulia and is deeply concerned at the reports of violence experienced and witnessed by children in Libya…