A good friend of mine, a middle school teacher before going on to earn his Ph.D. in education leadership, once told me:...
This new report published in Pediatrics shows that the prevalence of children with parent-reported autism in the U.S. is nearly 1 in...
Leticia Peguero, current executive director of the Andrus Family Fund (AFF), will join the Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) to be its next...
In 2013, the Wyoming Afterschool Alliance (WYAA) became interested in understanding the school-to-prison pipeline based on the alarming statistics that we were...
If there’s one thing that really, really upsets America’s child welfare establishment, it’s pointing out the close resemblance between the Trump administration’s...
The U.S. Dept. of Education recently released this report summarizing the current state of rural education across the country. The report highlights...
Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) has recently received much needed attention, but is by no means a new issue. Researchers have...
Sara A. Sneed will be the new president and CEO of the NEA Foundation. She succeeds Harriet Sanford on Mar. 1, 2019...
Recently, I have spent a great deal of time in Virginia. My organization, Jobs for the Future, is supporting the state’s education...
Human Rights Campaign and researchers at the University of Connecticut conducted a survey of more than 12,000 LGBTQ youth to produce this...
The Conversation Innovation is widely viewed as the engine of economic growth. To maximize innovation and growth, all of our brightest youth...
Students, survivor organizations and women’s advocates slammed the changes proposed to Title IX guidelines on how schools and colleges respond to sexual...
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), is stepping down effective Dec. 31, 2018.
I settled into the uncomfortable silence in front of about 150 nonprofit and government leaders in education. I had asked a question,...
As the number of homeless youths continues to grow in many large cities and small towns across the U.S., how should communities...
Out-of-school time (OST) programs, offered after school and during the summer, are intended to provide youth a safe space to go with...
The American Council on Education outlines the effective methods and lessons learned in the confrontation of college campus racial issues by using...
Six common factors support upward mobility for youth in rural America, a report released today said.
The embattled Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) recently named Nicole Taylor as its new president and CEO. She officially assumes the responsibilities...
Young people in the child welfare system, most of whom have experienced trauma and frequent loss, have all the same capabilities as...