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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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1.0KRacial 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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1.6KYouth 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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1.4KWhat’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...
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1.3KFrom New York to LA: The best of Our Foster Care Coverage
For the past year, the Center for Sustainable Journalism has directed much of its attention to foster care issues, featuring mentorship, care...
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1.5KSouth Carolina Close to Raising Age for Juvenile Offenders to 17
This week South Carolina lawmakers approved “raise the age” legislation that would increase the upper age of juvenile jurisdiction from 16 to...
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1.7KGAO Calls for Reducing Barriers to College for Foster and Homeless Youth
Burdensome paperwork requirements, limited academic preparation and a lack of adult guidance and support make it difficult for foster and homeless youth...
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4.9KCalifornia Law to Close Group Homes Stresses Importance of Family for Every Foster Kid
Katrina Alston wasn’t trained as a therapist, social worker or anything of that nature when she worked at a Pasadena, California, group...
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K-12 Education: Better Use of Information Could Help Agencies Identify Disparities and Address Racial Discrimination
This new report commission by the U.S. Government Accountability Office discusses data concerning the economic and racial make-up of K-12 students in...
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Reduced Disparities in Birth Rates Among Teens Aged 15–19 Years
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds a significant and widespread national drop in teen pregnancy rates across all ethnic groups...
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Better Collaboration Key to Helping Crossover Youth, Panelists Say
A Senate Judiciary hearing, held this week as part of National Foster Care Month, looked at how jurisdictions across the country are...
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13.6KTeen Stress and the Growing Brain
Anyone who works with adolescents knows what recent science has confirmed: Teenagers just don’t think like adults. In fact, researchers have known...
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3.6KBeating the Odds: Boosting School Success Rates for Students in Foster Care
Before moving from her biological mother’s home and into foster care at age 10, Kathy Rando was in the gifted program at...
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1.6KMore Foster Homes Needed, Lawmakers Move Away from Group Homes
Advocates spoke up at Capitol Hill briefing about the need for more supports for foster families and kinship care as states decrease...
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816The Redhound Formula: Teach Literacy All Year With Engaging Activities, School Connection, Community Support
Year-round support in out-of-school-time programs provides much-needed support for kids whose literacy skills lag behind their peers. Redhound Enrichment, in rural Corbin,...
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2.5KTeen Birth Rate Drops Dramatically, Still Huge Issue for Foster Kids
Jessica Chandler spent her teenage years in foster care in California after her parents divorced and her mother struggled with mental illness....
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5.6KKeeping Adolescents Engaged: What Can After-School Programs Do?
Chicago high school students practice glassblowing in their out-of-school time program. Working with fire, creating their own designs out of molten glass...
