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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...

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Do online adoption “heart galleries” do more harm than good?

Two decades ago, it was common practice for the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption to advertise the faces of foster youth seeking...

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3 benefits of meaningful nonprofit collaborations

Collaboration has always been a hallmark of the nonprofit sector. These efforts may take a variety of forms, which is the first...

Recovering learning report: young ethnic girl looking at camera with patterned facemask on

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Recovering learning: Are children and youth on track in skills development?

UNICEF and the Education Commission publish a new report taking a comprehensive look at skills attainment among children and youth across the...

Jill Biden education: Middle-aged blonde woman in navy suit stands speaking into microphone at podium in front of red and blue curtain

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Jill Biden, education chief to kick off summer learning tour

Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will visit Connecticut, Georgia and Michigan this week to examine summer learning programs that are...

Working at school or nonprofit could erase student loans: silhouette of young woman with graduation cap on

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Work at a school or nonprofit? You could erase student loans

When Melissa Martinez applied to have her student loan debt forgiven more than a decade ago, the U.S. Department of Education told...

National Youth Leadership Council: Young dark-haired woman wearing pirnted face mask holds red. white and blue brochure up to camera

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Latinx youth saving lives through culturally-specific service-learning

As a national partner in PODER en SALUD (Power in Health), a project of PROCEED, Inc., with funding from the Centers for...

Mental health: young black girl sitting on school steps with head lowered and hugging her legs

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Mental health figures into Pennsylvania’s education funding

Amid a growing population of youth experiencing mental health crises, as well as another spate of mass shootings around the country, Pennsylvania...

Asian-Black activism rekindled: A black woman and an Asian woman pose side by side, against a blank wall of a convention hall.

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Asian-Black activism, going back decades, now is being rekindled

Launched in winter 2019 by a Black woman and an Asian American woman, both 27, People Matter echoes cross-racial collaboration extending back...

student threats, when students bring guns to schools: gun falling out of backpack on top of yellow book

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When students bring guns to North Carolina schools

West Charlotte High School had let out only minutes earlier when, hearing gunfire, school officials ordered an immediate lockdown and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police...

College pandemic fallout: TYoung black woman with long black hair wearing a white blouse stands outside surrounded by large trees.

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Luring pandemic-impacted youth back to college will take effort, educators say

Colleges and universities have lost nearly 1.3 million students since spring 2020 as youth of color bear the brunt of the pandemic...

Hotline autism training: Teen girl with long dark braids, black face mask and oversized gray t-shirt stands alone leaning against a cement pillar under an overhang on sidewalk of bsy strret

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Advocates call for more autism training for crisis hotlines ahead of 988 launch

Research shows people with autism spectrum disorder have a much greater risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Despite this – and despite doctors identifying more...

Online SAT: A person with blonde hair sits next to a laptop

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New online-only SAT puts students with disabilities at new disadvantage, advocates say

Some young people who are neurodivergent or have learning disabilities, already concerned about what they say are structural biases in the existing...

Addressing youth substance use through school services report: woman with glasses talking to female student in overalls in school classroom with clipboard

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Addressing youth substance use through school services and supports

Urban Institute researchers discuss lessons learned from school-based approaches to youth substance use implemented in D.C., Massachusetts, and New Mexico.

Transgender youth Alabama: Older, gray-haired woman wearing light blue suit raises right arm behind brown podium with Alabama state seal surrounded by men in dark suits

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Alabama cites abortion ruling in transgender medication case

Days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can prohibit abortion, Alabama has seized on the decision to argue that the...

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Hurricane Maria devastated her home. Now, this teen is helping put survival kits in Florida libraries

Seven months after Nadya Rexach-Rivera celebrated her quinceañera in her beloved Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria upended her life. The catastrophic storm in...

free school meals ending: young girl in pink shirt gets food from cafeteria worker

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Families brace for changes to pandemic-era free school meals

The pandemic-era federal aid that made school meals available for free to all public school students — regardless of family income levels...

study says schooling for incarcerated youth is inferior: boy in juvenile detention holds book behind back as he walks in line with other detainees

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Study: Schooling for incarcerated youth is fragmented, inferior

Most of the 50 states have clearly designated which agencies are in charge of hiring teachers for incarcerated juveniles, creating teaching curriculum...