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1.8KGood Sports Gets Girls Going After School
The summer custom for high school athletes is to surrender some of their vacation time at the local pool for strength and...
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Educational Exclusion: Drop Out, Push Out, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline
The Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) examines the ways in which school systems disproportionately discipline LGBTQ youth while also failing...
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1.8KWhole Foods and Whole People: Detroit Food Academy Helps Kids Develop More Than Job Skills
Last year, 250 Detroit students attended an after-school program in which they shopped for groceries, chopped vegetables and planned food events.
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1.3KWhat’s On Alex’s Bookshelf?
Adam M. Johnson is executive director of the California office of the Children’s Defense Fund. Johnson oversees the organization’s $2.6 million budget...
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1.6KExercise and Exploration: How Pokémon GO Won Youth Over
Released for iOS and Android devices on July 7, 2016, by developer Niantic, Pokémon GO is a handheld adventure that has already...
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2.7KBuilding Trust and Support for Homeless Youth in OST Programs
At the after-school coaching programs run by the Orange Duffel Bag Initiative, the staff never shines a spotlight on the fact that...
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1.4KFormer Foster Youth Get to Keep Housing Vouchers Longer Under New Legislation
Former foster youth soon will be able to access federal housing vouchers for a longer period of time, a move supporters say...
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1.9KEmbracing Pokemon Go: Some Youth Organizations Jump in the Game
In the course of one week, the “augmented reality” game Pokemon Go became a huge sensation across the country. It was released...
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2.2KReading Difficulty in Young Children Linked to Later Trouble With the Law
OST programs can reach and engage the students who need extra support, not just those who happen to show up. Every young...
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1.9KSenate Leaves for Recess Without Acting on Family First Act
Federal legislation that aims to address the nation’s opioid crisis cleared its last major hurdle this week, while another bill that also...
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Trends in State and Local Expenditures on Corrections and Education
The U.S. Department of Education produced this report as part of an effort to call on states to invest in education instead...
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Newsmakers | July-August 2016
Hanh Cao Yu, Ph.D. - Vince Yanez - Peter Nadosy - James S. Crown - Kathy Reich - John Irons, Ph.D.
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1.4KSenators Propose Grant Program to Help Dual Status Youth
A proposed federal grant program aims to encourage cooperation between states’ juvenile justice and child welfare agencies, to help youth who encounter...
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3.6KAre You Culturally Competent? Responding to Kids’ Diverse Backgrounds and Experiences
When kids from the after-school program at Garfield and Lincoln elementary schools in Corvallis, Oregon, walked into the nearby Osborn Aquatic Center,...
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The Early Childhood Workforce Index
The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at the University of California, Berkeley recently published this report establishing and tracking...
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1.3KHouse Judiciary Committee Reauthorizes Federal Juvenile Justice Block Grants
House lawmakers say the reauthorization of a major grant program could encourage more federal funding for juvenile justice programs.
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1.4KConfusion Over Certificate Program Denies Eligible Parolees the Right to Vote in NY
Diana Ortiz remembers breaking into a huge smile the minute she saw her name on the voting roster. It was Nov. 2,...
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1.6KPaletas, Plants and Play: Summer Learning Day Highlights Programs for Kids
About 400 children and parents are expected to drop by Woodard Park in San Antonio Saturday for food, festivities and Mexican popsicles...
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1.6KBoston Students Speak Out, Make Change with Support from Youth on Board
When youth organize around issues of concern to them, they gain a host of skills, says Rachel Gunther of Youth on Board,...
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The State of the World’s Children 2016: A Fair Chance for Every Child
UNICEF's latest State of the World's Children report makes the case for aggressive action to help the world's hundreds of millions of...
