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Lessons from the Youth-Driven Spaces Project
Back to main article Four years ago, the Neutral Zone in Ann Arbor, Mich., worked with eight local organizations seeking a more...
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1.2KWhere Kids Run the Show: Developing Youth Leaders
A teenager who first encountered the Neutral Zone for gay, lesbian and gender-questioning youth at 15 is now, two years later, on...
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Bill Would Remove Obstacles for Aid for Homeless Children
WASHINGTON – Bipartisan legislation to eliminate obstacles that deny federal assistance to nearly one million homeless children was introduced July 24, according...
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1.6KThe Need for Speed Endangers Young Pitchers
ATLANTA — Baseball scouts and coaches, please hide your radar guns that track the speed of pitches thrown. If you can’t hide...
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The 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual comprehensive report assessing the well-being of children across the nation and ranking states based on an...
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1.4KKids’ Health, Education Improve, but Economic Well-Being Doesn’t, Report Says
The report provides a glimpse over a 25-year span — this year marks the foundation’s 25th consecutive year of measuring the well-being...
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1.0KIn New Orleans, School and Health Care Decentralization Affect Neediest Children
In recent years, New Orleans has become a case study in how children and families are affected by rapid decentralization of public...
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2.0KMusic Program Helps Homeless, Runaway Youth Follow their Dreams
At 14, Kayla Avitabile is the artist-in-residence at Valley Youth House, which provides shelter and services for homeless and runaway kids through...
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Federal Funding for Students with Disabilities: The Evolution of Federal Special Education Finance in the U.S.
A policy brief and analysis of the history of special education funding and grant allocation in the U.S. by the New America...
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LA’s BEST Serves up Innovative Smorgasbord of Fun, Learning
The LA’s BEST after-school program Carla Sanger has run for 26 years has enjoyed backing from five consecutive mayors of Los Angeles,...
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1.6KCarla Sanger — Pioneering After-School Programming
Carla Sanger’s father, Harold Galperin, a beloved principal at Baltimore City’s largest elementary school in the 1950s, taught her some of the...
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Left Behind: How LGBT Young People Are Excluded from Economic Prosperity
The Center for American Progress analyzes the disproportionate challenges LGBT youth face in the post-recession economy and makes policy recommendations that can...
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Moving Beyond Marriage: What Young People of Color Think about the LGBT Agenda
A report by the Black Youth Project which studies the attitudes of young people (particularly those of color) towards the LGBT rights...
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813Building Bridges to Meet Kids’ Needs
The Bridge Teen Center offers after-school and summertime programs aimed at providing recreation and homework help for seventh- through 12th-graders. But many...
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Mentoring Program Wraps from Home to School and Back
The decade-old Incentive Mentoring Program (now known as Thread) in Baltimore currently serves 150 students, ages 14 to 25, with 800 volunteers,...
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Newsmakers | July-August 2014
Jonathan P. Raymond - Steven Maze Rothstein - Samuel Halperin - Ted Mitchell - John C. Lechleiter - Stacey Childress
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TV Watching and Computer Use in U.S. Youth Aged 12–15, 2012
A data brief by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics which reports national estimates on television watching and computer use among...
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Closing the Race Gap: Alleviating Young African American Unemployment Through Education
A policy brief by Young Invincibles which analyzes the factors behind marked racial disparities in the job market and illustrates how expanding...
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2.3KIncreased OST Connections Provide Continued Benefits
One morning in January, 80 teachers, principals and after-school staffers gathered in a large conference room at the Nashville Public Library to...
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Return on Educational Investment: A District-by-District Evaluation of U.S. Educational Productivity
A report by the Center for American Progress which examines the productivity and effectiveness of every major school district in the nation.
