Youth Today
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1.1KAs 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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1.7KWhat 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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3.3KCalifornia’s Wiyot Tribe gets land back and builds foster youth housing
As homelessness rises, the Wiyot are ensuring youth have "a place to call home."
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2.0KFutures on hold: The kids of long COVID
I am one of some 40 million Americans with long COVID.
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8.9KWhat are wellness rooms, and why do schools need them?
Schools are creating dedicated spaces where students can relax and regroup.
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2.0KTeen turns walker wheel woes into new business
Rachel Solomon, 18, was the winner of a youth entrepreneurs pitch fest this fall.
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1.3KShaken 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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3.2KHome-based childcare is a dying business. Here’s why.
Nearly half of all licensed home childcares closed between 2005 and 2017.
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1.7KChild poverty rate rebounds after pandemic-era child tax credit ends
American Rescue Plan Act programs expired and the child poverty rate increased to 10%.
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2.1K‘It’s such a common thing now’: School shootings reached record levels in 2022
Educational settings were the second most common location of active shooter incidents.
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1.5KReport on indicators of school crime and safety: 2022
A report presents national data on crime at school from an array of sources.
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1.4KEvery school a community school. Every community a learning community.
Community schools are one of the most effective, scalable strategies for addressing inequities.
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1.8KMichaela Pommells named executive director of Youth First Justice Collaborative
The Youth First Justice Collaborative seeks to end youth incarceration.
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2.3KHow 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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3.8KUtah “troubled teen” treatment facility shuttered in the wake of death
The state-mandated closure is the first on record for Utah’s “troubled teen industry”
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2.3KCan affordable housing make the “low-pay, low-opportunity” afterschool field fairer for workers?
“Workers in these spaces are undervalued,” said University of Minnesota professor Dale Blyth.
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1.2KJudge 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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1.9KKristin Henning: The criminalization of Black children needs to stop
We criminalize really every aspect of Black and brown adolescence, Henning says.
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1.5KStill ringing the alarm: An enduring call to action for black youth suicide prevention
Black youth have the fastest rising suicide rate among their peers of other races/ethnicities.
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1.9KWhen adults tout anti-gay legislation, young people are listening
At 17, I’m experiencing harassment that I didn’t experience when I was 13.
