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Should Foster Kids Give DNA Samples?

Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal Investigators routinely take fingerprints and photographs of children being removed from abusive or neglectful parents, but a task...

Army’s High School Recruits Earn Now to Serve Later

The Dallas Morning News The Army’s new Future Soldier Training program is paying high school seniors $1,000 a month from the time...

500 R.I. Teens Fall Into ‘Gap’ as Adults

The Providence (R.I.) Journal More than 500 17-year-olds are making their way through Rhode Island’s adult justice system because they had the...

Redefining What It Means to Be Black in America

National Public Radio (NPR) Author and NPR senior correspondent Juan Williams says that “one of the most damaging forces tearing at young...

Winning Pays Off for Top Coaches

The Birmingham (Ala.) News This investigative report finds that many of Alabama’s high school football coaches are receiving perks once reserved for...

Many Youths Fearful in Their City

The Boston Globe Violent crime has soared in the Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester, Mattapan and Roxbury in recent years. In 2006, 42...

Tackling Tobacco

While smoking has decreased significantly among youth since the funding of anti-tobacco programs through the Master Settlement Agreement in 1998, data from...

Natasha Cross – Engaging Youth Entrepreneurs for Change

Natasha Cross Founder Engaging Youth Entrepreneurs for Change Baltimore, Md. (443) 768-1604 http://www.eyeforchange.org Age: 24 Salary: $45,000 About EYE for Change: The...

Awards for December 2007

For: Teachers and administrators at alternative schoo Louise Tally, Simon Youth Foundation Teacher of the Year, and Terrie Suica-Reed, Administrator of the...

Afterschool Matters: Creative Programs That Connect Youth Development and Student Achievement

Edited by Sara Hill Corwin Press 144 pages. $25.95. Seven experts in programs geared toward struggling children present essays on how to...

Afterschool Advantage

Edited by Terry Peterson and Sybil Fix Center for Afterschool and Community Education 72 pages. Free. This collection of writing by national...

In Their Parents’ Voices: Reflections on Raising Transracial Adoptees

Rita J. Simon, Rhonda M. Roorda Columbia University Press 240 pages. $24.50. Simon and Roorda interviewed 16 sets of parents who adopted...

Revealing Minds: Assessing to Understand and Support Struggling Learners

Craig Pohlman Wiley Publishers 352 pages. $29.95. Using the philosophy of All Kinds of Minds, this book uses real-life examples to stress...

Hope Matters: The Untold Story of How Faith Works in America

John A. Calhoun Bartleby Press 238 pages. $23.50. The book profiles 24 people across the country who are making a difference in...

Adolescent Girls in Crisis: Intervention and Hope

Martha B. Straus W.W. Norton and Co. 398 pages. $35. Teenage girls are at greater risk than ever for eating disorders, sexual...

I’ve Got This Friend Who … : Advice for Teens and Their Friends on Alcohol, Drugs, Eating Disorders, Risky Behavior and More

Edited by Anna Radev Hazelden Publishers 203 pages. $14.95. Six fictitious teens of varied backgrounds discuss problems facing high schoolers, including alcohol,...

Life Skills for Teens: Healthy Relationships and Building Your Future

InJoy Videos Individual DVD, $199.95; two-volume set, $349.95. These DVDs, each about 30 minutes, focus on relationships and career-building. They address what’s...

Magical Moments of Change: How Psychotherapy Turns Kids Around

Lenore Terr W.W. Norton & Co. 304 pages. $27.99. The story of Terr’s psychotherapeutic successes and setbacks with one highly traumatized young...

GenerationPulse

http://www.bc.edu/sites/genpulse/index.html Designed by Boston College students as a creative forum for youth affected by Hurricane Katrina, the site has evolved into an...

Leading to Reading

http://www.rif.org Reading Is Fundamental’s new website (and its mirror bilingual site, Semillitas de Aprendzaje) is a research-based educational resource designed to help...