Kristin Drouin

Posts By Kristin Drouin

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  The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Outcomes of Black Males in Urban Schools

  The Council of the Great City Schools The council, for the first time, tried to measure exactly the extent of challenges facing...

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  Opportunities Just Beyond His Grasp

  The case of Erwin Celes, a 19-year old Hawaiian youth who committed suicide six months after aging out of foster care, where...

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  Subprime Opportunity: The Unfulfilled Promise of For-Profit Colleges and Universities

  Only 22 percent of first-time, full-time students at for-profit schools received their degree within six years, compared to 55 percent of similar...

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  Adolescent Obesity in the United States

  One out of every six adolescents (ages 12 to 19) is overweight, according to a November report of youth obesity statistics by...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Group Calls for Conference, Spending on Multigenerational Services

  A new report released by Generations United calls for White House conference that addresses the needs of the young and elderly, and...

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  Civic Pathways Out of Poverty and Into Opportunity

  Civic Pathways Out of Poverty and Into OpportunityPhilanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) The majority of children living in poverty are of...

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  Awards for November 2010

  National Arts and Humanities Youth Program AwardsFor: After-school programs that exemplify how arts and humanities can enrich the lives of youths.By: President’s...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Office For Victims of Crime

  www.ovc.gov Office For Victims of Crime Developed by a branch of the U.S. Department of Justice, this website provides access to resources...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Pew Center Supports Research On Home Visitation Programs

  The Pew Center has established 12 new home-visiting research projects to provide policymakers with greater information about how to improve state-based visitation...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Virtual Financial Office Manages Aid for All Connecticut

  Community college financial aid offices are struggling to find the resources to deal with a surge in the number of applicants and...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Education Department Warns Schools on Bullying

  The Department of Education has notified schools and colleges that it intends to penalize systems that refuse to address pervasive problems with...

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  College Board Report Finds Tuition, Grant Aid Increasing

  The price of going to any type of college was up again this year, but the actual cost went down for many...

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  Education Department to Schools: Protect Against Bullying or Risk Federal Funding

  The Department of Education (DOE) notified schools and colleges today that it intends to penalize systems that refuse to address pervasive problems...

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  College Student Debt Increases

  Student Debt and the Class of 2009 The Project on Student Debt This report, fifth in an annual series that examines cumulative...

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  Help Minorities Succeed in STEM Education

  Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads National Academies Although minorities are the fastest-growing subset of the...

• Gangs: From Early America to Now

  History of Street Gangs in the United States National Gang Center Bulletin This report provides a historical summary of the many factors...

• GAO Urges Crackdown on College Recruitment Violations

  Stronger Federal Oversight Needed to Enforce Ban on Incentive Payments to School Recruiters U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) The federal government has...

• A Stronger Nation through Higher Education

  Lumina Foundation for Education This report explains the Lumina Foundation for Education’s “Big Goal” – that the proportion of the population that...

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  Study: CPS Investigations Didn’t Improve Risks for Children

  Investigations by Child Protective Services in cases of suspected maltreatment did not result in any improvement in the at-risk factors for the...

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  An Update to ‘Simulating the Effect of the ‘Great Recession’ on Poverty’

  Brookings Institution Center on Children & Families A new study suggests that the economic recession will continue to affect national poverty levels...