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1.5KAuthor-Illustrator’s Foundation Spurs Innovative School-based Projects
Who, having read the story of Peter going out to play in “The Snowy Day,” can forget this book by Ezra Jack...
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1.7KAcross the Border & Underage: A Look at Sexual Exploitation of Immigrant Children
According to the report, “In the United States, human traffickers most frequently exploit the desperation of undocumented immigrants as a means of...
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Tangible Improvement: Assessing for Youth Program Quality
In Minnesota our Extension Center for Youth Development made a strategic decision in 2011 to train ALL our staff working with 4-H...
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Beyond 4 Walls and a Roof – Addressing Homelessness Among Transgender Youth
The Center for American Progress outlines the unique social and economic struggles the ever-growing population of homeless transgender youth face across the...
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Grade Level: Tracking Online Education in the United States, 2014
The Online Learning Consortium reports on the state of the online higher education industry. They find that it has experienced its slowest...
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1.4KWill Federal After-School Funding Survive Senate Committee?
As Congress raises its ax to No Child Left Behind, it could also slice away the 17-year program that serves 1.6 million...
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1.3KAt YouthBuild, Young People Construct Stronger Futures
ATLANTA — On a sunny day in October, Aikeem Lawson, 22, was among a dozen or so young adults repairing a dilapidated...
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1.0KAfter-school Providers, Others Join Effort to Preserve 21st Century Funding
Advocates for after-school programs have swung into action, fearing that federal funding for after-school and summer programs could be diverted and lost....
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1.3KOases Emerge In America’s ‘Food Deserts’
Many of the teens in the impoverished section of San Antonio had never seen a garden before, let alone planted vegetables in...
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Closer to Home: An Analysis of the State and Local Impact of the Texas Juvenile Justice Reforms
This recent report from the Council of State Governments Justice Center and Texas A&M University presents findings which show that youth in...
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1.3KLocal Dance Program Gets Kids on the Move
An Atlanta youth organization, Moving in the Spirit, began in 1986 as a dance class for girls at a women’s shelter in...
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1.7KFood, Fat, Fear: Walking the Line between Informing and Stressing Kids
A girl with a blank expression stares out of the black and white photo. “Warning: Chubby kids may not outlive their parents,”...
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1.1KAfter-School Programs for Low-Income Children Endangered by Proposed Senate Bill
A draft of a bill proposed in the U.S. Senate — the Elementary and Secondary Education Act — would kill a program...
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1.7KUnion President: Time for Listenbee to Go, OJJDP Has Spiraled Out of Control
WASHINGTON — The head of the union representing employees at the federalOffice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has called for the...
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3.2KSettlement Houses Laid Foundation for Modern Youth Work
CHICAGO — “Childhood was invented here,” reads a quotation stenciled on a wall inside Hull House, the Chicago settlement house that is...
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Building Skills Through Summer Jobs: Lessons from the Field
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. commissioned this report which takes a comprehensive look at current data and presents a grim outlook on...
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875Public Health Approach Being Adapted for Kids in Trouble with Substances, the Law
Many of the kids in juvenile detention with substance abuse disorders get poor or no treatment, according to Reclaiming Futures, a nonprofit...
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3.9KKids’ Cooking Program Expanding
NEW YORK — Every Tuesday afternoon, a school cafeteria in Brooklyn becomes a professional kitchen staffed by third- and fourth-graders. With the...
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Newsmakers | January-February 2015
Laura Tomasko - Joseph Scantlebury - Sue Cunningham - Jane Campbell - William H. Scheide
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A New Majority: Low Income Students Now a Majority In the Nation’s Public Schools
This new research bulletin authored by the Southern Education Foundation analyzes statistics from the National Center for Education Statistics, illustrating the troubling...
