The documents are intimate and graphic including psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents and suicide attempts.
"We're supposed to be using the juvenile legal system for rehabilitation and not punishment."
Parents and advocates argue informal removals amount to discrimination against children with disabilities.
Prisoners — and research — say visitations with incarcerated parents are a crucial lifeline for families.
Child welfare advocates worry the measures could scale back hard-won protections for minors.
Whether she could was up to her Oklahoma high school. Administrators told her no.
"I was condemned to prison to die in a cage at 17 years old."
Top Republicans announced a push to defund the University of Wisconsin System's diversity efforts.
“I’ve gone from scared and terrified, to kinda just really pissed off," Smith said.
Later school start times are a way to help adolescents get more sleep.
Twenty-six states' governors over the past year have proposed boosting teacher compensation.
The CDC released reports analyzing survey results about risky youth behaviors, including having sex.
“Solitary confinement tried to break my soul," said Vidal Guzman Jr.
Only 15% of people earn a college degree or postsecondary certificate during their incarceration.
In Brazil, there appears to be broad support for holding social media platforms accountable.
Restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors went into effect in eight states this year.
Pandemic-fueled school interruptions have raised the stakes for kids learning to read.
Most of the victims were boys, who, as a group, outnumber incarcerated girls.
"What we’re doing here?” a sheriff’s deputy asked his supervisor after a shelter call.
The largest proportional increase occurred among children younger than 15.