Youth Today
口 Curated
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219Knitting, cheerleading, fishing: This is what a cellphone ban looks like in one school district
Pairing expansion of extracurriculars with a cellphone ban, one school district sees success.
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364Unsanitary practices persist at baby formula factory whose shutdown led to mass shortages, workers say
Shortcuts are taken when cleaning manufacturing equipment, repairing leaks and testing for dangerous microbes.
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287School libraries are essential ‘third spaces’ for students like me
Libraries are a long unfunded mandate in New York. Let’s change that.
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529Head Start is turning 60. The federal child care program may not make it to 61
Providers operating on ‘razor-thin margins’ worry about possible deep cuts from the Trump administration.
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357Close to $3billion in relief funds in jeopardy as Ed Dept. halts payments
Even extensions agreed upon during Trump’s tenure called ‘unreasonable’ examples of ‘misuse.’
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454Podcasts explain latest trends in youth justice
What are effective ways to respond when youth make mistakes and break the law?
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1.1KGun violence undermines the mental health of big city teens
The random, unpredictable nature of shootings can reinforce teens' fear and hypervigilance.
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680Youth gun deaths in the US have surged 50% since 2019
Firearms killed 2,581 children in 2023. Black children died disproportionately.
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795Understanding aging out of foster care
About 19,000 young people age out of the U.S. foster care system each year.
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1.4KA big change for kids with disabilities is underway, Trump says. Critics say it’s against the law.
Trump announced that HHS would handle students’ “special needs” instead of the Education Department.
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1.1KTrump signs executive order that aims to close U.S. Department of Education
President Trump has already radically transformed the DOE without relying on such an order.
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717Let’s talk: Teachers pushed to converse more with youngest kids
States are using talk pedometers and conversation coaches to develop young brains.
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2.2KEnding AmeriCorps funding means closing afterschool programs
AmeriCorps funding cuts would make a bad situation for afterschool programs even worse.
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7685 ways schools have shifted in 5 years since COVID-19
We’ve identified five ways we believe the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed education.
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788Podcast: OpenAI’s educational leader on AI’s ‘Massive Productivity Boost’ for schools, teachers
Q&A discussion on AI’s value in education and the irreplaceable human element in teaching.
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788Should boys talk about their feelings more? There’s a partisan divide.
57% of adults said boys should be more encouraged to talk about their feelings.
