Youth Today
Posts By Sarah Boslaugh
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Extended Learning Time
Beginning this school year, 35 schools in five states — Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Tennessee — will take part...
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Child Abuse: Mandatory Reporting and Best Practices
Two brothers enrolled in an after-school program participate irregularly – daily one week and then not at all the next. The program...
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Child Abuse Reporting Process: Q&A
Note: this information is not meant to provide legal advice. Because laws and procedures vary by state, anyone working with young people...
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Best Practices
Best Practices Child abuse and neglect is a thorny problem, but there are programs that have been proven successful in reducing abuse...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
New Report Documents Effects of Childhood Poverty on Education, Adult Life
The United States prides itself on being the land of opportunity, and we like to believe that everyone has the chance to...
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By the Numbers: Community-Based Mentoring Programs
In Homer’s “Odyssey,” Mentor was a trusted family friend and advisor who assumed responsibility for the education of Odysseus’ son Telemachus when...
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Explainer: The Hard Numbers Around After-school Programs
Despite all the political rhetoric about the importance of a good education, you don’t have to look far to find evidence of...
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‘Statistics’ isn’t a Scary Word; Just do the Math
Statistics has a bad reputation in some quarters, including, unfortunately, sometimes among people working in youth services. I’m not sure if this...
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West of Memphis
(Sony Pictures Classics, R) Equality before the law is a basic principle of the American justice system. Faith in the jury system...
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Impact of Social Media Reverberates
Social media seem to be everywhere these days, and it’s not just kids in skinny jeans and hoodies typing madly on their...
