Youth Today
Posts By mbloom
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2.9KOpinionWhy is a book about love the latest casualty in the book ban culture wars?
Bans are hitting record highs and states are moving to limit teaching of certain information.
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2.3KOpinionSouth Dakota afterschool program shows the power of authentically responding to community needs
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has managed to access public funding bottlenecked in school budgets.
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3.2KNewsFive years in with millions unclaimed, is Family First helping kids and families yet?
The Family First Prevention Services Act aims to keep families together, whenever possible.
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3.3KOpinionTo end the age of incarceration, three communities pioneer a developmental approach
People ages 18-25 are over-represented at every stage of the criminal legal system.
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3.3KNewsAs fentanyl use rises among teens, Arizona requires naloxone in foster homes
In 2021, 44 Arizona children died from fentanyl overdoses.
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3.6KNewsReport: Fewer teens in foster care, but less than half find permanent homes
By 2021, neglect was the leading cause the system removed teens from their families.
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9.8KNewsTiny schools, big money: Microschools are increasingly popular among some families of children with disabilities
Microschools occupy a space between homeschooling and private schooling but can get public funding.
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2.6KOpinion
Americans say character education is schools’ top job. So why do they think no one else cares?
A private opinion study helps show what Americans think about character education in schools.
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3.0KNewsReport finds ‘huge unmet demand’ for afterschool programs among Native American families
Some schools have zero opportunities for afterschool learning, one tribal education director said.
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15.1KNewsAs demand for youth mental health services grows, the U.S. is facing a social worker shortage
Rural communities have been particularly affected by social worker shortages.
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2.4KNews‘Everybody’s tired of talking about COVID’: Millions of COVID orphans overlooked in pandemic responses
Approximately 245,000 children across the U.S. have lost one or both parents to COVID.
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11.6KNewsThe death of 17-year-old Taylor Goodridge is the latest test for Utah’s will to regulate the “troubled teen industry”
“On the internet, it looks like a great place," said an attorney for Taylor's family.
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4.0KOpinionDon’t let conservatives fool you: Anti-trans laws don’t protect youth and families, they endanger them
If conservatives were truly concerned with children's wellbeing, they would stop pushing anti-trans policies.
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1.8KOpinionNo place for (most) kids
We’re spinning our wheels when court is our primary response to youth misbehavior.
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3.3KOpinionCalifornia: Is this how you want your kids to be treated?
“Why are we still pepper spraying other people's kids?" one juvenile justice advocate asked.
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4.8KNewsAn accidental experiment during COVID suggests too many children are removed to foster care
Experts warned child abuse would rise during COVID. These researchers found otherwise.
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6.9KOpinionNew York’s mandatory reporter training wants to have it both ways. That’s an improvement.
New York’s new online mandated reporter training course is less awful than its predecessors.
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4.6KNewsAfghan student in U.S. starts remote learning program for women and girls back home
Teaching the women and girls English gives them access to the world, Zahra said.
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3.0KOpinion
The power of us comes from fully being us and fully seeing them
Complete Power of Us survey today to build understanding of youth program staff shortages.
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10.9KNews‘Yes, you can do this’: The story behind the rapid rise in sports for youth with disabilities
These student-athletes are breaking the mold of what many people think is inclusion.
