Youth Today
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769Education groups push back against feared cuts to school-based Medicaid
For decades Medicaid has paid for services in schools for low-income students.
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621Some incarcerated youths will get health care after release under new law
The goal is to help prevent them from developing a health crisis or reoffending.
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671‘Golden ticket to job security’: Trade union partnerships hold promise for high school students
For trade unions and CTE programs, new collaboration may be key to survival.
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628How Medicaid helps mothers, caregivers and children
Medicaid covers nearly half of all births and health of all children in America.
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581Active reading: A tutoring program uses movement, balls, sandboxes and more to bridge the literacy gap
A teaching method that makes reading fun gives hope to struggling students and families.
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1.1KTeachers learning what works − and what doesn’t − will get a lot harder without the DOE’s Institute of Education Sciences
The IES advances education by supporting rigorous research and sharing data on student progress.
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690A developmental disability diagnosis can hit hard – but it isn’t a knockout
An evaluation for a developmental disability can feel like a double-edged sword.
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915Stunned education researchers say cuts go beyond DEI, hitting math, literacy
Following Trump research budget purge, school analysts face new world.
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6681 in 5 child care workers is an immigrant. Trump’s deportations and raids have many terrified
Many staff and children aren’t showing up as federal crackdown on immigration ramps up.
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997Top scholar says evidence for special education inclusion is ‘fundamentally flawed’
Research doesn't support academic advantages of placing children with disabilities in general education classrooms.
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821Teen girls are facing an increased risk of suicide − and stress related to sexual identity might be contributing to it
LGBQ teen girls reported much higher rates of thinking about, planning and attempting suicide.
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832The Department of Education told employees to end support for transgender students
This ends programs, contracts and policies failing "to affirm the reality of biological sex.”
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630Severe irritability in children and teens: A new understanding
Kids with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder have explosive outbursts well past toddler age. Why?
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493College student access to sexual and reproductive health care
A federal report discusses the access college students have to sexual/reproductive healthcare on campus.
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2.6KQ&A: Black kids overdiagnosed with ‘Oppositional Defiant Disorder’
The ‘bad kid’ diagnosis ‘greases the school-to-prison pipeline.’ This doctor offers anti-racist solutions.
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947Hundreds of thousands of students are entitled to training and help finding jobs. They don’t get it
The best program to help students with disabilities get jobs is almost a secret.
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627HHS should help states address barriers to using federal funds for programs serving youth transitioning to adulthood
A report discusses how states use federal funds to support youth transitioning from foster care to adulthood.
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724Moms to Trump: We want relief on child care costs
A new national campaign encourages Trump to keep and expand the child tax credit.
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1.1KTeens on social media: Red, blue and purple states are all passing laws to restrict and protect adolescents
It remains to be seen if, and how, the federal government will weigh in.
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1.1KParents have way more influence than they realize in shaping their children’s success
Parents with academically unmotivated and disengaged kids are often at their wits’ end.
