Youth Today
口 Feature Story
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1.4KAnger grows in Virginia city where first-grader shot teacher
Sentiment has percolated into rage from parents and particularly from teachers.
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1.2KFlavored cannabis marketing is criticized for targeting kids
Are watermelon-flavored gummies, Banana Runtz and Stony Patch Kids really marketed towards adults?
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1.2KArizona dad seeking answers after son dies in state care
"They couldn't keep him alive for two weeks, two weeks," the father said.
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1.0KDeaf student’s lawsuit at center of Supreme Court case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a case that could make it more difficult for students with disabilities to resolve problems...
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885Learning to thrive after doing time
"Prison education is where you change lives,” says Dyersburg Community College President Scott Cook.
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4.0KFor foster youth, new restrictions make abortion access even more difficult
And less than a third of teens in foster care receive birth control information.
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1.2KThe toll of his absence: the women supporting prisoner Almeer Nance
Jameerial Johnson's father has been incarcerated her entire life.
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3.7KYouth and the juvenile justice system: 2022 national report
The National Center for Juvenile Justice releases the fifth edition of its comprehensive report on the current state of the youth and...
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1.1KShooting fallout: Metal detectors in elementary schools?
How do schools approach protecting students and staff from an armed 6-year-old?
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1.6KQ&A: Reporter Roxanna Asgarian’s upcoming book dives deep into the murder-suicide that killed six adopted Black children
There's a larger story behind the Hart murder-suicide, Asgarian says.
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1.3K2022 U.S. national survey on LGBTQ youth mental health by state
For the first time, the Trevor Project releases findings from its annual national survey of LGBTQ youth mental health segmented by all...
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940Seattle schools sue tech giants over social media harm
The lawsuit blames the social media companies for worsening mental health and behavioral disorders.
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5.8K‘It’s not just a jail break’: Juvenile prison populations reach all-time lows
The statistics are fueling proponents’ hopes of entirely eliminating juvenile detention centers.
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1.9KMayor: Teacher shot by 6-year-old ‘red flag for the country’
Virginia authorities struggle to understand how a child so young could be involved.
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2.0KTennessee ban on juvenile life sentences is latest to align with U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling
Some states ignore court orders to lessen juvenile sentences.
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854Roadmap for change to support pregnant and parenting students
Researchers at the Urban Institute create a comprehensive roadmap to help pregnant and parenting students navigate the policy systems necessary for raising...
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2.5KQ&A: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s JooYeun Chang wants to give the child welfare system a ‘helping hand’
Chang aims to use fund organizations that are transforming the system "upstream."
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3.0KHiring part-time, temporary staff to work with youth isn’t okay any more
We did something revolutionary with our two newest job postings in our youth program: offered them as full-time, year-round positions.
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1.0KMove on from COVID? Childcare disruptions continue
Forty-seven. That's how many days of childcare Kathryn Anne Edwards' 3-year-old missed last year.
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893As legal pot grows, more kids sickened by edibles at home
More than 7,000 cases of young children eating marijuana edibles were reported from 2017-2021.
