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Indian School in Wyoming Cuts Jobs and Salaries During Sequester

This story is republished from Wyofile    Two things were in short supply at St. Stephens Indian School on Wyoming’s Wind River...

Researchers Question Link Between Early Puberty and Adolescent Behavioral Problems

Australian researchers have published findings that dispute previous studies linking early puberty with greater likelihoods of young people developing mental health issues....

Early Puberty and Childhood Social and Behavioral Adjustment

Out Online: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth on the Internet

Decreasing High School Dropout Rates Could Save Billions in Medicaid Expenses

The United States could save billions in annual Medicaid costs simply by cutting the nation’s total number of high school dropouts in...

Well and Well-Off: Decreasing Medicaid and Health-Care Costs by Increasing Educational Attainment

-Full report- Author(s):  Alliance for Excellent Education Bill DeBaun Martens Roc Dr. Peter Muennig – Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health...

New Report is First to Explore LGBT Online Activity In-Depth

The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) has released the first report extensively analyzing the online experiences of LGBT young people....

Report Teaches Cities How to Improve Afterschool Programming

The Wallace Foundation examines some of the best practices used by the nation’s top afterschool programs, in a recently released report. The...

Better Together: Building Local Systems to Improve Afterschool

In the Wake of Zimmerman Verdict, Voices of Anger, Anguish and Resignation

WITH REPORTING BY SARAH AMANDOLARE, LINDSAY ARMSTRONG, CRAIG GIAMMONA, DARYL KHAN, AND CHRISTINE STRIECH NEW YORK–Trayvon Martin wasn’t from any of New...

Effects of State Medical Marijuana Laws on Adolescent Marijuana Use

Firearm Possession Among Adolescents Presenting to an Urban Emergency Department for Assault

Stanford University Football Program for At-Risk Youth Kicks Off Third Season

What grand experiment could possibly bring together the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA), Lockheed Martin and defending National Football Conference champions, the...

Study: Young People Who Own or Carry Guns More Likely to be Victims of Gun Violence

  A survey of almost 700 subjects finds nearly a quarter of young people who visited a Flint, Mich., emergency room for...

Medical Marijuana Laws Don’t Increase Adolescent Use, Study Says

Medical marijuana laws have no effect on the likelihood a young person will smoke pot, according to a new report. The study,...

Higher Interest Rates Leave Some Students Uneasy about Taking on More College Debt

Americans owe nearly a trillion dollars in outstanding student loans, according to a 2012 announcement from the Federal Reserve Bank of New...

Justice Policy Institute Brings in Advocate as Executive Director

Marc Schindler has worked “outside” the justice system as a litigator and advocate, but also in the trenches of a juvenile justice...

The Annie E. Casey Foundation: 2013 KIDS COUNT Data Book

Tighter Income Requirements for Child Care Assistance in Kentucky

Beginning this month, maximum income requirements for some child care services in Kentucky will become more restrictive, with the cutoff for a...

New KIDS COUNT Data Reveals Both Improvements and Failings in Child Wellbeing

The latest numbers from the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2013 KIDS COUNT Data Book finds mixed results for the nation’s youth —...