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1.9KYoung Protesters React to Not-Guilty Verdict in Baltimore
As word of the not guilty verdict spread from the second-floor courtroom down to the crowd waiting in the street below, resident...
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1.4KSeveral States Look to Keep Teenagers Out of Criminal Court
Several states have passed or are considering reforms that aim to reduce the number of teenagers charged in adult criminal court. Some...
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1.2KResponding to LGBT Youth after Orlando
Youth workers should foster resilience in individuals and resilience as a community, according to Akane Kominami, behavioral health services manager with Boston...
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1.5KA Message to Queer Youth in the Wake of Orlando
For some, the ubiquity and high frequency of mass shootings in the United States is nothing less than shocking. But many teens...
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1.3KChild Well-Being a Mixed-Bag in Still-Rocky Economic Climate, Says Casey Report
The 2016 Kids Count Data Book findings point to a need for lawmakers to pay close attention to the needs of children...
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1.6KWorking Ranch Integrates ACEs, Animals into Treatment for Teens
Although it’s too soon to tell if integrating trauma-informed and resilience-building practices based on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) sciences is making a...
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The Case for Improving U.S. Computer Science Education
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation authored this report which which uses comprehensive education data to highlight key problems in the way...
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1.4KGeorgia Court: Students Can Stand Their Ground
Students’ right to self defense was recently upheld in a Georgia Court of Appeals case, in which a student claims she was...
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2.3KHouse Committee Approves Long-Sought Family First Act
A bill that would give states more flexibility to use federal foster care funding to help families stay together cleared its first...
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Newsmakers | May-June 2016
Earl Martin Phalen - Dave Hilliard - Aaron Seybert - Amy Margerum Berg - Maggie Gunther Osborn - Dr. Stacy Carlson
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1.2KAtlanta Vigil Held for Orlando Massacre
An estimated 3,000 people gathered at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights for vigil Tuesday evening remembering the massacre in...
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1.4KCulturally Competent Youth Programming: Understanding Gender Fluidity
At a youth center in downtown Phoenix, teens can be found taking cooking lessons, participating in a drum circle or doing martial...
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1.7KNew Initiative Says Moment Is Now to End Youth Homelessness
Advocates say there’s an important role for schools and after-school programs to play in ending youth homelessness. A new initiative aims to...
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1.6KPressing Themes in the Out-of-School Time Workforce
This spring, Youth Today convened a group of Out-of-School Time (OST) thought leaders concurrent with the American Educational Research Association annual conference...
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The 2013-14 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) First Look Report
The Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) report and data for the 2013-2014 school year has been released by the U.S. Dept. of...
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997Racial Disparities Persist Even as School Suspensions Decrease, Federal Data Shows
Out-of-school suspensions dropped 20 percent nationally in recent years, but students of color and students with disabilities are still more likely to...
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1.5KYouth Need Substance Abuse Help in Communities, Experts Say
Adolescents with substance abuse problems too often cannot access treatment unless they land in the juvenile justice system, experts say. Relying on...
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1.2KThey Vote With Their Feet
Last year, when Allysha Bryant went to Camp Hoop Heros for the first time, one of her mentors complimented her as on...
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1.3KWhat’s New in Your Out-of-School-Time Program?
After-school staff tell us what’s new in their programs. The following responses came from a sampling of participants at the National Afterschool...
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The Condition of Education 2016
The National Center for Education Statistics recently published the most recent edition of its Condition of Education report which uses the latest...
