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1.4KAfter-school Programs in Housing Complexes Less Visible, Face Challenges
Most after-school programs are located in schools or at community-based organizations. Those located in housing complexes are less connected to the larger...
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3.8KWhy We Created a Suicide Prevention Program That Uses Dance, Escape Room Scenarios
It is clear that suicide is a nationwide problem, but it seems especially so here in Utah. According to the Utah Department...
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2.3KStart Your Planning Now for Summer Learning Programs, Wallace Report Says
It’s time to plan your summer learning program! Yes, the holidays are in full swing and summer seems far away, but school...
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2.7KSupporting Smaller OST Programs Reduces Opportunity Gap, Builds Equity
A good friend of mine, a middle school teacher before going on to earn his Ph.D. in education leadership, once told me:...
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1.8KThe Prevalence of Parent-Reported Autism Spectrum Disorder Among US Children
This new report published in Pediatrics shows that the prevalence of children with parent-reported autism in the U.S. is nearly 1 in...
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2.6KLeticia Peguero is New Vice President of Programs at Nathan Cummings Foundation
Leticia Peguero, current executive director of the Andrus Family Fund (AFF), will join the Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) to be its next...
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3.0KWhy Wyoming Is Using After-school Programs to Keep Kids Out of School-to-prison Pipeline
In 2013, the Wyoming Afterschool Alliance (WYAA) became interested in understanding the school-to-prison pipeline based on the alarming statistics that we were...
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3.6KTrump Approach to Separating Kids Has Much in Common With Foster System
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...
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2.2KU.S. Dept. of Education – Report on Rural Education
The U.S. Dept. of Education recently released this report summarizing the current state of rural education across the country. The report highlights...
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3.2KHow Ohio’s Restore Court Focuses on Helping Sex Trafficked Youth
Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) has recently received much needed attention, but is by no means a new issue. Researchers have...
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2.3KSara Sneed Named President and CEO of NEA Foundation
Sara A. Sneed will be the new president and CEO of the NEA Foundation. She succeeds Harriet Sanford on Mar. 1, 2019...
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3.2K10 Readiness Abilities Young People Need to Graduate and Ever After
Recently, I have spent a great deal of time in Virginia. My organization, Jobs for the Future, is supporting the state’s education...
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1.6K2018 Gender-Expansive Youth Report
Human Rights Campaign and researchers at the University of Connecticut conducted a survey of more than 12,000 LGBTQ youth to produce this...
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3.0KHow Talented Kids From Low-income Families Become America’s ‘Lost Einsteins’
The Conversation Innovation is widely viewed as the engine of economic growth. To maximize innovation and growth, all of our brightest youth...
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2.2KSurvivor Groups Fighting Proposed Sexual Assault Guidelines for Colleges
Students, survivor organizations and women’s advocates slammed the changes proposed to Title IX guidelines on how schools and colleges respond to sexual...
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3.1KMarian Wright Edelman, Founder & President of Children’s Defense Fund, Steps Down
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), is stepping down effective Dec. 31, 2018.
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4.2KNonprofit, You Can Get Much More Utility From Your Data
I settled into the uncomfortable silence in front of about 150 nonprofit and government leaders in education. I had asked a question,...
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4.7KChapin Hall Report Finds Homelessness Risk Assessment Tool Highly Accurate
As the number of homeless youths continues to grow in many large cities and small towns across the U.S., how should communities...
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4.5KHigh-quality Out-of-school Time Programs Are Worthy of Investment
Out-of-school time (OST) programs, offered after school and during the summer, are intended to provide youth a safe space to go with...
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1.5KSpeaking Truth and Acting w/ Integrity: Confronting Challenges of Campus Racial Climate
The American Council on Education outlines the effective methods and lessons learned in the confrontation of college campus racial issues by using...
