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In Nation’s Richest Farmland, Some Workers’ Kids Get No Education at All

  Erick Araujo, 13, was disciplined and removed from his middle school in Lost Hills, California, through next fall semester. But he was...

Kentucky Child Abuse Deaths Lower in 2013

Fewer Kentucky children died as a result of abuse and neglect in a 2012-2013 evaluation period than in the 2011-2012 period, despite...

Proposed Food Stamp Cuts Put Most Vulnerable At Risk

  Markita Barrett, 35, using her WIC vouchers, places two gallon jugs of milk into her cart as she shops for juice...

Is Citywide Afterschool Coordination Going Nationwide?

Report: After-school Programs Need Better Coordination

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After-school programs need to be better coordinated in many large cities to serve more children, says a new report....

CDC Finds Teens Using E-Cigarettes Doubled Last Year

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adolescent use of electronic cigarettes doubled from 2011 to 2012, with an...

Notes from the Field: Electronic Cigarette Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011–2012

Q&A With Patrick Boyle, Author of ‘Scout’s Honor’

First, the scout leaders befriended the boys, then mentored them … and ultimately, molested them.  And then, all too often, the scout...

Poor Quality Housing Is Tied to Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Problems

Results from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings

Future Problems Forecast for Young in Poor Housing Conditions: Report

Written by  Quentin Heilbroner for The Chicago Bureau Living in substandard housing can be a leading predictor of future behavioral problems, according to a...

California Survey Shows Troubling Portrait of Children’s Lives

San Jose Mercury News / (MCT) PALO ALTO — More than 4 percent of seventh-graders have brought a gun to school, more...

Sesame Street Workshop Helps Kids with Incarcerated Parents

Kharon Benson reads letters from his imprisoned father. At age 10, Benson found out that his father was not in the military...

State to Boost Care for Medicaid Youths

Via The Seattle Times / (MCT):  In what all sides hailed as a landmark agreement, the state of Washington has agreed to fundamentally change the...

The New Jim Crow: How Far Have We Really Come?

On this day 50 years ago, more than 200,000 people made the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Culminating in...

Newsmakers

Dr. Damon A. Williams has been named the senior vice president of Program, Training  and Youth Development Services by the Boys &...

Increasing Access to Higher Education

Mynecia Taylor, 18, studies for the ACT at her apartment on January 6, in St. Louis, Miss. Taylor opted out of foster...

Essential Resources and Programs for Achieving Higher Education

The National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth published “College Access and Success for Students Experiencing Homelessness: A Toolkit...

Hands-On Help for Higher Ed

Anthon Smith, executive director of Seattle Education Access, and other experts shared the following tips for service providers and programs wanting to...