Youth Today
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1.5KAs migrants arrive, some schools need more buses, books and bilingual teachers
An increase in immigrant kids has created challenges for schools.
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1.9KWhat do we know about long COVID in kids? And what do I do if I think my child has it?
Children and families feel frustrated because there is no specific treatment or cure.
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1.5KShaken by post-pandemic disruptions, some states take a harder line on school discipline
Kentucky is one of several states to enact stricter punishments for disruptive students.
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2.9KHow a free, 24/7 tutoring model is disrupting learning loss for low-income kids
Students in low-income neighborhoods can get free tutoring and college application help.
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1.3KJudge rules Louisiana must remove youth from Angola
“We demand investment in our children, not punishment," said David Utter, ACLU's lead counsel.
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1.9KYoung goat farmer uses YouTube to spread the word about raising a herd
Sylvia Smith found her true passion in goats at age 12.
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4.0KHow after-school clubs became a new battleground in the Satanic Temple’s push to preserve separation of church and state
The Satanic Temple has filed suits seeking the same rights afforded to Christian groups.
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1.5KAirbus afterschool classes help aviation careers take off
This pre-apprentice program trains high schoolers for careers at Airbus’ Mobile, Alabama, assembly plant.
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1.5KWith no new funding from the state, Texas schools are breaking the bank to pay for teacher raises
Lawmakers ended this year’s legislative session without giving public schools any money for raises.
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1.3KMorning-after pill vending machines gain popularity on college campuses post-Roe
The machines help ensure emergency contraceptives are cheap, discreet and widely available.
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1.1KMoms for Liberty’s focus on school races nationwide sets up political clash with teachers unions
Moms for Liberty is looking to expand its work in 2024 and beyond.
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1.2KBaltimore samaritan who bandaged a shooting victim from block party says ‘All they know is guns’
"They were having fun in the beginning, but you know kids ... they started drinking ... "
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904Ransomware criminals are dumping kids’ private files online after school hacks
The documents are intimate and graphic including psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents and suicide attempts.
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968Children face solitary confinement in cells at Illinois juvenile detention facility, ACLU says
"We're supposed to be using the juvenile legal system for rehabilitation and not punishment."
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944Instagram and Facebook are adding more parental controls. Critics say they aren’t enough
Many of the features require minors — and their parents — to opt in.
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1.3KVermont town to let 16- and 17-year-olds vote in local elections, after legislature overrode veto
The Democrat-controlled state Legislature overrode the Republican governor's veto of the Brattleboro charter change.
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1.3KFamilies worry over the future of Medicaid caregiver payments that were expanded during the pandemic
Some states have already stopped payments while others have yet to make them permanent.
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2.0KThousands of unauthorized vapes are pouring into the US despite the FDA crackdown on fruity flavors
The number of different e-cigarette devices sold in the U.S. nearly tripled since 2020.
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1.2KYour state has a law on bathrooms and trans kids? Officials may not know how it will be enforced
It's not clear how bathroom laws will play out after being enacted.
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1.7K‘She just wants a friend’: Families push for full school days for children with disabilities
Parents and advocates argue informal removals amount to discrimination against children with disabilities.
