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Sandy Hook One Year on, the Nation Struggles With the Stigma of Mental Illness

Photo by Robert Stolarik. NEWTOWN, Conn. — Sandy Hook Elementary School has been razed. The process of destroying the school — where...

Since Sandy Hook, Tracking Mental Health Changes Nationwide

NEWTOWN, Conn., — Nearly one year after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the town has struggled to reclaim its identity...

National Standards for the Care of Youth Charged with Status Offenses

Report Urges Ban on Detaining Status Offenders

WASHINGTON – They’re known as status offenders – youths who commit offenses that wouldn’t even be considered offenses but for their age: truancy,...

San Jose Charter School Helps Salvage Lives

From San Jose Mercury News / (MCT) SAN JOSE — After they veer off course, many of California’s hundreds of thousands of dropouts end up...

Youth Civic Development & Education

Nation’s Largest School Police Force, in L.A., Will Stop Ticketing Kids 12 and Younger

Responding to demand for reforms, the nation’s largest school police force — in Los Angeles — will stop issuing tickets to students...

Key Findings: Trends in the Parent-Report of Health Care Provider-Diagnosis and Medication Treatment for ADHD: United States, 2003 – 2011

How Can Youth Service Providers Keep Sex Offenders Out?

Most all youth-serving organizations rely upon criminal background checks (CBC) to filter out applicants with sex offenses. According to Michael Johnson, youth...

Hispanics Doubly Hampered by Obamacare Rollout

written by Michael Payant  CHICAGO– For millions of Hispanics, the federal government’s troubled rollout of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...

Are the Hurdles Too High? To be Young, Male and Homeless in America

Shawn, at right, who is homeless but also the caretaker of his family. From the Chicago Bureau: After finishing middle school, a...

The Nation’s Report Card: U.S. States in a Global Context

The First Eight Years: Giving Kids a Foundation for Lifetime Success

Has Education Paid Off for Black Workers?

Something to Say: Success Principles for Afterschool Arts Programs From Urban Youth and Other Experts

Parity Law Means More Treatment for Youths’ Mental Illness, Substance Abuse

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius talks about the Affordable Care Act at theSouthside Medical Center in Atlanta on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. She was in...

Listen to Me: Youth Share What They Want From After School Programs in New Report

  SAY Si, a San Antonio, Texas, multidisciplinary arts program, includes a line item in its budget for purchasing students’ work to...

Sports-Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science, Changing the Culture

Love Evident in Top Dropout Prevention Programs

The New Directions Alternative Education Center in Manassas, Va. won a 2013 National Dropout Prevention Network award for their work. L-R: Principal...