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The College Board – Trends in College Pricing 2014
The College Board presents and analyzes the latest numbers concerning prices of tuition and compares them to previous years. It finds that,...
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1.2KImagination Fuels Writing Labs for Kids
What if you built a neighborhood writing center and kids flocked to it just for fun? Not for laborious tutoring at term...
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1.4KRelaxed, Hands-on Activities at OurBridge Give English Learners the Practice They Need
Imagine entering a school where you don’t speak the language and you don’t know the culture. It’s an experience shared by nearly...
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1.2KWhat Awaits Unaccompanied Minors in New York
Angelica is one of the lucky ones. A "smart and bubbly" 8-year-old Honduran girl who "loves, loves, loves math," according to the...
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847Healthy Cooking Instructional for Life in Chicago Schools
Healthy food and student advocacy were in the spotlight as 16 teams of students from the Chicago Public Schools faced off in...
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Newsmakers | November-December 2014
Dr. Barbara Ferrer - Linh Nguyen - Suganthi Simon - Rob Correia
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940One School’s Lead on Restorative Justice in Chicago
CHICAGO — At Senn High School, students are leading reform of the school’s discipline system through restorative justice. Senn’s Restorative Justice program...
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State of the South: Building an Infrastructure of Opportunity for the Next Generation
A report by MDC examining the unique issues the next generation faces growing up across the southern states of the U.S. It...
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746Loophole in Affordable Care Act Exposes Foster Care Youth to Losing Medicaid
Only 12 states have extended Medicaid coverage to foster kids who have aged out of care in a state different than their...
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Youth Today, NAA to Partner for Webinars, Google Hangouts
Youth Today and the National AfterSchool Association will partner to present a series of short webinars developed specifically to advance promising practices...
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Atlanta: Focus on LGBTQ Homeless Youth
This morning, listen to GPB's "On 2nd Thought" for talk about Atlanta's LGBTQ homeless youth.
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697Young Leaders Urge More Internships, Mentoring, Apprenticeships
A group of young adults, some of whom faced the challenges of being out of school and out of work, are pushing...
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A Great Recession, a Great Retreat – A Call for a Public College Quality Compact
The Center for American Progress presents troubling higher-education realities and calls for the creation of a new federal program along with fundamental...
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851Three Strikes Reform: Proposition 47 and the Fight Against Inequality
If Proposition 47 passes, thousands of people now incarcerated in California prisons would have their sentences reduced. The estimated savings to the...
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National School Climate Survey – The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools
The 8th biennial report by the Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) which outlines the experiences of LGBT youth in schools...
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1.2KLights On Afterschool Shows What Programs Can Do for Kids, Highlights the Need
Afterschool programs are in the spotlight on Oct. 23, as the fifteenth Lights On Afterschool is celebrated.
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1.7KMedical Journal Prescribes Fixes for ‘Urgent’ Child Health Priorities
Child poverty, hunger, child abuse and neglect, obesity and a lack of health insurance are among “urgent” priorities for children’s health in...
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1.3KYouths Still Need JROTC, They Say
Counselors refer some Los Angeles students to JROTC in an effort to improve their grades and attitudes. The Army Junior Reserve Officers'...
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1.6KYoung Women Organize Around Day of the Girl to Highlight Issues
The same week that Malala Yousafzai, 17, won the Nobel Peace Prize, girls in various countries were speaking out about issues including...
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3.0KReport: Millions of U.S. Children Unsupervised During After-School Hours
Demand for after-school programs far exceeds supply in the United States, particularly among African-American and Hispanic families, a new report says. “America...
