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Time to Act: Making Data Work for Students
Data Quality Campaign highlights the current state of the use of data in education and makes recommendations to states to enact more...
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1.5KStates Could Not Terminate Medicaid for Juveniles in Custody Under Bill
States would be prohibited from terminating Medicaid coverage for incarcerated juveniles under legislation introduced today in the House and Senate.
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1.3KThrough InterPlay, Refugee Teens Practice English, Speak Freely, Experiment with Identity
An after-school program uses a creative method of whole-body exercises known as InterPlay to aid refugee teens in language learning. “By moving,...
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1.1KReport: Communities Can Do More to Support Children with an Incarcerated Parent
Children with an incarcerated parent often suffer emotionally, academically and financially, and too few policies consider their needs, says a new report...
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1.4KYoung Anti-Racists Celebrate the Unity They See Amid the Hate
It wasn't all hate at Stone Mountain Park in Georgia last weekend. Yes, there were violent clashes between law enforcement and a...
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1.9KAfter School Is ‘Sweet Spot’ to Draw Girls to STEM
After-school programming shapes kids’ identities, and identity influences who ends up in the sciences, says Maryann Stimmer, senior manager for STEM programs...
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1.5KDOJ Seeks to Improve Victim Services in Efforts to Combat Child Exploitation
WASHINGTON — The federal government wants to develop better ways to ensure children who are victims of sexual exploitation get the care...
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2.7KBecoming a ‘Real Boy’: Filmmaker Follows Teenager’s Trans Journey
“This is a film about what it feels like to just want to be loved by the people you’re closest to, and...
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3.3KFederal PSA Campaign and Study Aim to Increase Awareness of Youth Homelessness
A new federal campaign launches this month, alongside the release of a study that looks at the varied experiences of homeless youth...
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Kids Mostly Homeless Due to Poverty, Global Study Finds
A recent study of global youth homelessness points to poverty, not delinquency, as the major factor leading to “street involvement.” The study,...
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1.8KSundance Film: Understand Huge Impact of Tough Childhood Events, Build Resilience
“Resilience: The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope” is a new film “about age-old problems meeting breakthrough science.” Director James...
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1.6KCollaboration, Sharing Data Key to Helping Dual Status Youth, Experts Say at Symposium
DeAngelo Cortijo remembers the fear he felt as a young boy on the day his mother was lifted unconscious into an ambulance....
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Fulfilling the Promise, Serving the Need: Advancing College Opportunity for Low-Income Students
This new report from the U.S. Dept. of Education discusses the current state of the success of low-income students in higher education,...
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4.8KWill ESSA Raise College Access, Track Graduation Rates for Foster Youth?
Before the Allegheny County Department of Human Services set up a data-sharing program back in 2009 with the Pittsburgh Public School District,...
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4.1KNew York Tries New Ways to Increase Stability for Kids in Foster Care
NEW YORK — The cycle is often triggered by something simple: refusing to do homework, leaving clothes on the floor, typical kid...
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2.0KDeconstructing a Buzzword: A Look at ‘Collective Impact’
The term “collective impact” was coined five years by two authors writing in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Philanthropies and other nonprofits...
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2.3KAn Old Message from the Drug War: Just Say No to Marijuana
Just like the abstinence-only approach to teen sex, the abstinence-only approach to marijuana sees itself as offering a realistic path to young...
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1.4KObama Affirms at Drug Summit That Addiction Is Disease, Not Moral Failure
Justin Riley, president of Young People in Recovery, got to sit next to President Obama at the National Rx Drug Abuse and...
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1.3KEmpowering Youth Workers to Tackle the Needs of Young People in America
Two national conferences highlight how youth workers and educators are uniquely positioned to spotlight the needs of children and demand action. The...
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Future Interrupted: The Collateral Damage Caused by Proliferation of Juvenile Records
The Juvenile Law Center highlights the lifelong consequences of the existence of permanent and non-confidential, accessible arrest and sentencing records of juveniles....
