For those of us who support charter schools and other K-12 changes, it is equally important to recognize that engaging in all-out war with teachers' unions will wind up punishing children more than anyone else.

CNN: A victory for curbs on public worker unions

When there's no affordable child care, that hurts children who wind up in second-rate care, or spending afternoons alone in front of the television set.

WHITEHOUSE: Creating the White House Council on Women & Girls

New curriculums that give the Gypsies' own culture a fair wind have engaged the imaginations of children who might otherwise have dropped out.

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