Volunteers are essential for nonprofits. In a sector where there’s usually more work to do than staff to do it, volunteers boost...
OLESIA BILKEI/SHUTTERSTOCK As his mother sees it, 16-year-old Nate Nemhauser’s main takeaway from sex education class back in fifth grade was that...
In 1789, when the Second Amendment was passed by Congress, the average number of musket balls that could be fired by a...
An imaginary elf sits on top of a drone, zipping through “Santa’s Workshop.” The aircraft bobs between snowmen, a giant nutcracker, and...
The National Human Services Assembly (NHSA) recently named Victor Valentine as its new executive director. Valentine comes to the D.C.-based NHSA from...
With fewer resources and increased constraints, program facilitators and educators are now tasked with rising to the occasion of providing high-quality experiences...
The tally of Black youth detained in juvenile facilities during the Covid-19 pandemic reached a record high last January, while the same...
Researchers from the Urban Institute discuss how to reform the probation system to be less harmful to youth prospects and seek greater...
University of California, Berkeley graduate student Hari Srinivasan had finally begun to immerse himself in campus life last year — no easy...
What will summer programs for kids look like this year? With vaccinations increasing but with COVID-19 still a danger, organizers of summer...
Structural racism drives harsher treatment of Black youth, who are more likely than white youth to be arrested, incarcerated, placed on probation...
The Montana Legislature may consider changes to a measure that would ban transgender athletes from participating in school and college sports according...
LIDERINA/SHUTTERSTOCK Cheri Williams looks back with regret at the start of her career as a child welfare caseworker in 1998. Systemic racism...
The C.S. Mott Children's Hospital uses its National Poll on Children's Health to take a look at how parents across the country...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, Wichita, Kansas, nurse Heather McFann was at a loss as to what to do for...
New York City must finish installing Wi-Fi in shelters for homeless families and domestic violence victims by Aug. 31, according to a...
LEV RADIN/SHUTTERSTOCK Every day, I walk into school greeted with silencing stares from armed police officers. They’re not facing the windows or...
With a massive infusion of federal aid coming their way, schools across the U.S. are weighing how to use the windfall to...
Large numbers of students are not returning to the classroom even as more schools reopen for full-time, in-person learning, according to a...
Researchers estimate and project the number of excess parental deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss the policy and practice reforms that...