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Kids-for-cash judges ordered to pay more than $200M

Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay...

Student Mental Health: Several young srudents sit at classroom desks working on laptops with male teacher sitting in background

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Youth mental health is in crisis. Are schools doing enough?

Student mental health reached crisis levels last year, and the pressure on schools to figure out solutions has never been greater. Districts...

Engage Every Student Initiative - Education Sec

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White House plan to put 250,000 volunteers, staff in schools draws support, skepticism

The new student success partnership is the latest in a web of initiatives that attempts to make up for the learning and...

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Some states approve mental health sick days for students

The language varies from state to state, with some bills limiting the number of allowable mental health days and others requiring a...

Public heath strategists tackle New Orleans gun violence: two Black cops looking at crime scene beyond yellow tape

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Public health strategists tackle New Orleans’ gun violence

The research team from Tulane’s schools of public health, medicine and social work is probing how public health concepts and practices might...

Being Michelle documentary: short-haired woman with glasses sits in a room

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New documentary highlights lack of accessibility for deaf and disabled people in north central Florida justice system

Michelle Ricks said she was in prison for five years without an interpreter. Executive Producer Delbert Whetter said he believes Ricks would...

2022 KIDS COUNT Data Book: mentally challenged boy laughing with guardian at table

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2022 KIDS COUNT data book: State trends in child well-being

The Annie E. Casey Foundation releases its 33rd annual report on child well-being across the nation.

Dr. Vivivan Tseng selected new president and CEO of FCD: Asian woman in shirt and orange pullover smiling at camera

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Vivian Tseng, Ph.D. selected as new president and CEO of the Foundation for Child Development

Dr. Vivian Tseng arrives after 18 years at the William T. Grant Foundation and will begin her work on Nov. 1, 2022,...

COVID grads face college: Black student with glasses and facemask looks down at schoolwork in a classroom

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‘I didn’t really learn anything’: COVID grads face college

Hundreds of thousands of recent graduates are heading to college this fall after spending more than half their high school careers dealing...

Video Mental Illness: Collage of several young people's headshots

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‘Hiding in Plain Sight’: Film probes youth mental illness

Several youth and young adults discuss mental health in this clip from the PBS documentary, “Hiding In Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness.”...

LGBTQ+ community youth: group of stoic youth standing with one holding a rainbow flag

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Trauma and suicide risk among LGBTQ youth

The Trevor Project releases a new research brief using data from the 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health to examine...

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What happened after Minneapolis removed police officers from schools

By September 2020, 11 new unarmed public safety support specialists, many with law enforcement-related backgrounds, were in place and on the Minneapolis...

Girl vs. boy juvenile incarceration: A person's tattooed forearms and hands dangle between cell bars.

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Florida girls are arrested and locked up at higher rates than boys

Non-felony offenses accounted for two out of three arrests of juvenile girls in Florida, according to “The Justice for Girls Blueprint: The...

Karen Pittman opinion: Black woman with dark-frame glasses an hair pulled back stands leaning against wood porch railing wearing dark jacket and colorful scarf with greenery in the background.

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The Remix with Karen Pittman: Student Success + Youth Success = Field Success

I'm encouraged by recent signs that the Biden administration understands the importance of community-based organizations to the allied youth fields.

schools make few changes for new year: students in masks sitting at desks

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Some schools hit hard by virus make few changes for new year

As a new school year approaches, COVID-19 infections are again on the rise, fueled by highly transmissible variants, filling families with dread....

David Shapiro newsmaker: smiling man with goatee and glasses in suit at event

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David Shapiro to lead YMCA of Greater Boston after 18 years at MENTOR

David Shapiro will become the 14th president and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Boston, succeeding James Morton, who has led the...

SEL - A person with long hair and children sit on the grass

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Pandemic pushes afterschool programs to add social-emotional learning

Afterschool programs across the country are increasing turning to social emotional learning, or SEL, and other approaches to help cope with increased...