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Summer Learning Should Be Nothing Like School: Use Thematic Curriculum

In light of high-stakes testing, children spend much of their in-school time listening to the teacher instruct whole group lessons and then...

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Outstanding Insights About SEL in OST in Major Book

“Social and Emotional Learning in Out-of-School Time: Foundations and Futures” is the second volume in the “Current Issues in Out-of-School Time” series...

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Gun Control Movement Experiencing Growing Pains

With the advent of March For Our Lives and the success of pro-gun control candidates in the 2018 midterm elections, today’s gun...

Gun Violence: Youth in South Mississippi Senator Speaks in Capital Courtyard

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Youth Caught in Crosshairs of Cycles of Gun Violence. Is Anybody Listening?

Cassio Batteast, a community advocate in Jackson, recently sat down with 20 of the students in the local school district who were...

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Ex-juvenile Offender Finds Key to Stem Youth Crime: Give Kids Hope

Tommie Mabry was 12 when a bullet grazed him while he was burglarizing a home he thought was empty. It could have...

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The State of Preschool 2018

The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) releases their annual report on state-funded preschool education across the nation. The report shows...

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Sherri Davis Chisholm is Urban Alliance’s First Detroit Executive Director

After the 2018 expansion of its youth employment initiatives into Detroit, Urban Alliance has announced that Sherri Davis Chisholm will be the...

Youth Homelessness Includes Host Homes, 100-day Challenges

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Fight Against Youth Homelessness Includes Host Homes, 100-day Challenges

Relly Brown was so destitute in 2016 they could not even get a room in the abandoned house on the corner of...

LGBT: Homeless Teenage Boy In Sleeping Bag On The Street

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Homeless LGBT Youth: How We Can Fight Their Invisibility, Including Youth of Color

Youth homelessness is a pervasive problem throughout the United States, and its rate has steadily risen over the years. According to the...

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LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care See Higher Roadblocks Than Others in System

Foster youth who identify as LGBTQ face significantly more hurdles in their educational path, experiencing harassment, homelessness and depression at higher rates,...

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Right Relationships Crucial to Help Foster Youth Get Into, Through College

Having relationships with resourceful, knowledgeable individuals is important for the college success of young people with foster care histories. Put more simply,...

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Rep. Lucy McBath, Other Leaders Talk About Working With Opportunity Youth of Color

Achieving equity in the U.S. starts with giving young people of color a level playing field, Rep. Lucy McBath says.

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Behind the Asterisk*: Perspectives on Young Adult Mental Health from “Small and Hard-to-Reach” Communities

CLASP publishes findings on young adults' mental health from focus groups in "small and hard-to-reach" white rural; Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and...

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Dr. Aaron Kowalski Appointed President and CEO of JDRF

JDRF recently appointed leading international diabetes expert and advocate, Dr. Aaron J. Kowalski, Ph.D. as its president and CEO. He succeeds Derek Rapp who...

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Restorative Justice Can Give Kids the Power of Choice

“I’m too busy to volunteer,” I mumble to myself, and I know I’ve given the stink-eye to those perpetually busy do-gooder women...

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Child and Family Welfare Community-Based Program Grants

Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Child Maltreatment, Family Support | Deadline: June 11, 2019 | Amount: $500,000 - $550,000

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Homeless Youth Don’t Realize How Much Legal Aid Can Help Them

Civil legal aid services are a necessary tool in preventing and eliminating youth homelessness. Though most young people do not initially identify...

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After-school Program Teaches Immigrant Children and Parents

Two hours after the school day ended, three parents sat in the nearly empty cafeteria at Norton Park Elementary School in a...

A World Ready to Learn, Early Chidhood Education Report; young ethnic girl playing with hoop in front of blue sky

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A World Ready to Learn: Prioritizing Quality Early Childhood Education

UNICEF's first ever global report on early childhood education provides a comprehensive and exhaustive analysis of pre-primary education across the globe, showing...

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Louisville After-school Programs Get Support From Our Network

Philanthropic organizations and local government have been supporting nonprofit organizations that serve young people in my community for decades. We have dozens...