Youth Today
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2.0KMontana Nonprofit Helps School District Graduate High Percentage Of Homeless Students
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of several articles in an occasional series about the intersection of OST and students experiencing homelessness.)...
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1.2KHow To Supervise Your Staff During Times Of Great Change
The way youth workers do their work has shifted sharply since spring. For some, this means a shift to connecting youth and...
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2.0KWhat Role Does Health Insurance Play For Youth With Disabilities During COVID-19?
Having health insurance in this country has been a major topic of discussion in recent years. You hear about it on the...
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1.9KHuman Rights Protections for Children in the U.S. Justice System – 2020 National State Ratings Report
Human Rights for Kids takes a comprehensive look at the basic legal framework protecting the rights of justice-involved youth across the country...
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3.2KIt’s Time To Protect Child Sex Crime Victims In Justice System
Some of the worst government-sanctioned human rights abuses committed against children are happening right here in the United States. Earlier this year,...
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4.6KNY Orthodox Jewish Teenagers Charge COVID-19 Is Bringing Up Anti-Semitism
VIDEOGRAPHY AND PHOTO: MARCO POGGIO NEW YORK — They all had disturbing stories, and they all had a familiar ring to them. ...
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2.3KCommunity Learning Centers Can Pick Up Where ‘Learning Pod’ Solution Falls Short
HALFPOINT/SHUTTERSTOCK Not so long ago, the word “pods” conjured images of body snatchers invading our communities or herds of marine mammals. Today,...
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2.0KStevens Initiative Connects Young People Across Cultures, Aims To Build Global Knowledge
In 2016 students in several of Chicago’s least affluent public schools struck up an online connection with students in Casablanca, Morocco. Together...
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2.8KWhat Do Youth With Disabilities Think Of a Coronavirus Vaccine?
For months, health officials have been talking about the possibility of scientists creating a coronavirus vaccine. Now that we are getting closer...
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2.3KIthaca Children’s Garden, Schools, Toolkit Show How To Get Kids Outdoors For ‘Happiness And Joy’
An out-of-school time organization, Ithaca Children’s Garden, has partnered with the Cornell University Master’s of Public Health program and eight elementary schools...
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3.8KIn Child Welfare, the Racial Bias is Everywhere — Even in the Research
Consider this hypothetical scenario: A 10-year-old boy mouths off to a man on the street; His mother is with him. She slaps...
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1.8KMacon’s School-justice Partnership Vulnerable To Pandemic Effects, Change In Leadership
Bibb County District Attorney David Cooke first heard about school-justice partnerships five years ago on the other side of the country, at...
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2.0KWhat Do Youth With Disabilities Expect About Predicted Second Wave Of COVID-19?
The first case of COVID-19 in the United States was reported in January, and since about April scientists and other health experts...
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1.5KMillion Girls Moonshot Wants To Attract More To STEM Career
Girls in after-school programs across the country will have a chance to speak directly to astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli Friday at 3 p.m....
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2.2KHow San Francisco Supports Its Neediest Kids In Virtual Learning
When Maria Su walked into the Tenderloin Recreation Center in San Francisco recently, she saw kids from different schools sitting at desks...
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1.7KChallenges and Opportunities in Addressing Rural Youth Homelessness
Researchers at Chapin Hall discuss the challenges that rural communities face when it comes to dealing with youth homelessness and make recommendations...
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1.5KOur Maryland Coalition Supports Evidence-based Programs For Black, Brown Communities
Gun violence in Maryland disproportionately impacts young Black and brown men and, increasingly, women. Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence has led the...
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5.6KA Day In the Life Of New ER Tech During COVID-19
I was excited to work toward fulfilling the prerequisites for graduate school. My ultimate dream is to work as a physician assistant...
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1.4KWhat Do Youth With Disabilities Think About the Stimulus Packages?
Starting in April, as a response to the COVID-19 emergency, the U.S. government issued a round of stimulus checks to American citizens...
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1.4KReducing Student Vote Would Hurt Young People’s Well-being, Experts Say
The youth vote took center stage this week when a leaked video showed a Republican activist rejoicing that fewer college students might...
