Tim Burke

Youth Credentials

Leicester, England – While a movement to help youths earn various forms of credentials is growing in the United States, a similar...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Climbing Career Ladders: In England, youth work education pays

Birkenhead, England—From an American point of view, Kai Wooder seems an unlikely candidate to get a degree in youth work. She...

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Juvenile Justice

Leicester, England—What happens when a country reduces the penalties for smoking marijuana to the point where most users won’t get arrested for...

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United Kingdom

Leicester, England—More kids are lighting up joints at some youth clubs here, and youth workers who confront them are getting a new...

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Faith-Based Debate Stirs Britain

Leicester, England—President George Bush’s enthusiasm for enlisting faith groups to deliver more government-funded human services is spreading across the...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Britain Implements National Youth Policy

London—In an effort to pursue a single, comprehensive national youth policy, British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Labor government has launched a Children...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Getting Personal: England Gives Kids Advisers

While “guidance counselor” in the United States has routinely come to mean a desk-bound administrator who dispenses college applications, England has just...

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