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Mississippi State University Gets $2 Million to Study Juvenile Substance Abuse Programming

Mississippi State University received a $2 million grant last week to research substance abuse prevention and treatment options for the state’s juvenile...

New Report Documents Effects of Childhood Poverty on Education, Adult Life

The United States prides itself on being the land of opportunity, and we like to believe that everyone has the chance to...

Poverty and Education: Finding the Way Forward

America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2013

AMERICA’S CHILDREN: Well-Being Report Finds Youth Achievement Contingent on Race, Economics

From The Chicago Bureau Numbering 73.7 million last year, children accounted for nearly 24 percent of the nation’s population. In 2011, 22...

House Bill Would Cut After School Program Funding, Create Block Grant

Late last week, the House of Representatives passed the Student Success Act (H.R. 5), a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education...

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...