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Melmark Among Top 100 Women-Led Businesses for Sixth Year

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023
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and BERWYN, Pa. and CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rita M. Gardner, President and CEO of Melmark, Inc. has been named among The Women's Edge's list of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts for 2023.

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  • and BERWYN, Pa. and CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rita M. Gardner, President and CEO of Melmark, Inc. has been named among The Women's Edge's list of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts for 2023.
  • This is the sixth consecutive year Gardner and Melmark have made the list created by The Women's Edge and published annually in the Women & Power issue of the Globe Magazine.
  • In 2023 – 2024 Melmark is in the process of 100% enrollment expansion in their day schools across their three state divisions.
  • She is dedicated to every child, adult and family served at Melmark, as well as every member of Melmark's professional staff.

NCLD Calls for Juvenile Justice Reform with a New Report, Unlocking Futures: Youth with Learning Disabilities & the Juvenile Justice System

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Thursday, December 8, 2022
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The National Center for Learning Disabilities ( NCLD ) calls on the U.S. Department of Education (USED) to improve the Juvenile Justice system by stopping the criminalization and disadvantaging of students with learning disabilities.

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  • The National Center for Learning Disabilities ( NCLD ) calls on the U.S. Department of Education (USED) to improve the Juvenile Justice system by stopping the criminalization and disadvantaging of students with learning disabilities.
  • WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) calls on the U.S. Department of Education (USED) to improve the Juvenile Justice system by stopping the criminalization and disadvantaging of students with learning disabilities.
  • As part of its new Unlocking Futures report, NCLD highlights that there are nearly 240,000 instances of juvenile detention in the U.S. every year.
  • "This report sheds light on the many ways our juvenile justice system fails youth with disabilities," says Jessica Snydman, policy research associate, at NCLD.

African American Women: Reclaiming Their Role In Pioneering Education Reform

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Saturday, November 30, 2019
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From freedom fighter pioneer, Harriet Tubman to Marian Wright Edelman, African American women provided a blueprint of how to gather and propel movements in communities to change the face of education.

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  • From freedom fighter pioneer, Harriet Tubman to Marian Wright Edelman, African American women provided a blueprint of how to gather and propel movements in communities to change the face of education.
  • Currently, African American women are accepting the call to lead efforts in changing the face of education for ALL children, especially those that are caught in the political crossfire of free choice and the dire need of Special Education reform.
  • The current fight in education reform is to give access to a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) for ALL children, especially children of color and those with special needs.
  • African Americans are not so much "new" to being the "Pioneers and Champions" of Education, but it's obvious they need to renew their leading role in the fight of education reform.