Youth Today
Posts By Elaine Korry
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5.0KNewsWhat’s Next for Gay and Transgender Students?
Advocates question how the new White House will impact recent gains.
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1.3KNewsSetback for Transgender Students in Rights Lawsuit
The Supreme Court had declined to hear the first major case in U.S. history on whether transgender people are protected from sex...
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1.9KNewsNew Report Shows LGBT Students Face Ongoing Discrimination
Despite some progress, schools are still a hostile environment for many gay and transgender youth in the U.S., according to a new...
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2.3KNewsHigh-Poverty School Districts Shortchanged by Title I
Amid complex funding formulas, billions of federal dollars go to middle-class or affluent school districts while students in some of the poorest...
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3.7KNewsIs U.S. Opioid Crisis Straining State Child Welfare Systems?
While a national opioid crisis rages, the number of child welfare cases surges natinoally. Is this more than a coincidence? “Both things...
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Puberty Blockers May Improve The Mental Health Of Transgender Adolescents
Puberty is no picnic, even in the best of circumstances. Once the sex hormones estrogen or testosterone kick in, there’s no turning...
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4.4KNewsCombatting Obesity: After-School Programs Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
Robert Hill knows firsthand what it’s like to be an overweight child. “I grew up hating physical activity and only eating foods...
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13.4KNewsTeen Stress and the Growing Brain
Anyone who works with adolescents knows what recent science has confirmed: Teenagers just don’t think like adults. In fact, researchers have known...
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California Curbs Overuse of Psychiatric Meds on Foster Children
California’s 63,000 children in foster care now have new protection from being overmedicated with powerful psychiatric drugs.
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1.9KNewsCalifornia Lawmakers Approve Plan to Tackle Misuse of Psychiatric Meds
Legislation to curb over-reliance on psychotropic drugs in foster care could become a model for the nation
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States Reform Use of Psychiatric Meds for Youth
A New Jersey nonprofit resource center has been monitoring reforms in a number of states.
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2.8KNewsRural Youth Face More Economic Hardship, Have Fewer Enrichment Opportunities
After-school activities fill a gap in remote communities, but administrators struggle to fund youth-development programs. One trend is clear: Students in rural...
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2.5KNewsAfter-School Programs Needed, But Scarce in Poorly Funded Rural Areas
One in every five children in the United States — nearly 10 million students — attends school in what the Census Bureau...
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Hidden In Plain Sight
It’s flu season, and cases of asthma, diabetes and whooping cough are on the rise. At some point this winter, most children...
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For-Profit Skepticism
For-profit career colleges have mushroomed into a multibillion-dollar industry by building their brand identity around customer service. Through expensive marketing campaigns, they...
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Will Calif. Extend Foster Care Services?
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is days away from signing or vetoing legislation that would extend foster care services in California to age 21...
