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New UN Report Calls for Improved Family Planning Services in Developing Countries

Globally, an estimated 222 million people have no access to family planning services or supplies and risk unintended pregnancy, according to a...

SAMHSA Releases New Publication to Help Parents, Teachers with Children Affected by Trauma

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, many East Coast families are struggling with how to help adolescents through the resulting devastation. The...

How Out of School Time Programs Can Support the Nation’s Economic Recovery

Exit polls show the number one issue for voters during the 2012 election cycle was “fixing the economy.”  Outsourcing, unemployment, foreclosure, credit...

Advocates Built Support for Maryland DREAM Act ‘One Person at a Time’

Born in Calcutta, Yves Gomes came to the United States with his Indian mother and Bangladeshi father when he was a year...

Will the 2012 Election Impact Education in America?

With the presidential election settled, one education expert summarized his prediction for the next four years of education in the United States...

Young People Born with HIV Aren’t Informing Sexual Partners, Researchers Find

A new study recently published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases found approximately two-thirds of sexually active young people who were either...

Is the Gridiron Too Dangerous For Children? Experts Address Youth Football Safety

Tom Farrey, director of the Aspen Institute’s Sports & Society Program, began the “Playing Safety: The Future of Youth Football?” panel discussion...

Why Did the Republicans Lose? Conservative Experts Air Their Thoughts

“When we look at what we have to face, it is not a hopeless picture,” said Henry Olsen, director of the American...

Young Voters Turned Out in Droves to Re-Elect Obama

Defying predictions about an enthusiasm gap this election cycle, young people turned out to vote this year at about the same record-breaking...

Allegations of Abuse at Unlicensed, Religious-Exempt Children’s Homes Prompts Florida Officials To Take Action

Recently, Florida officials began a sweeping review of unlicensed “boarding schools” within the state, with seven unofficial placement homes — none of...

Report Finds That Reasonable Video Visitation Policies in Prisons Benefit Children

The jail in Washington, D.C., recently began to allow family members to visit inmates by video conference. The problem is, in-person meetings...

Video Visits for Children Whose Parents Are Incarcerated: In Whose Best Interest?

Real-Time: Voices Outside the Polling Booth

Youth Today took to the streets of Washington, D.C., Atlanta and rural Georgia on this Election Day to capture the voices of...

The Future Factor: The Influence of Spectrum Disorder Students in America’s Colleges

Experts evaluate how more inclusive programs can not only improve conditions for students with autism spectrum disorders, but change prevailing perspectives on...

The Next Wave: Autistic Students in Higher Education

Over the next decade, more students with autism spectrum disorders are expected to enroll in America’s universities than ever before. And according...

Girls with Below-Average Reading Skills More Likely to Become Teen Moms, Says New Study

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania recently released a new study that examines the links between literacy and teen pregnancy, finding that...

Conference Offers Strategies for Protecting the Child From Sexual Abuse

Organizations that serve youth must overlap their defenses against sexual predators, say experts at a youth protection conference organized by the Boy Scouts...

Impact of Social Media Reverberates

Social media seem to be everywhere these days, and it’s not just kids in skinny jeans and hoodies typing madly on their...

Protect the Child: A How-to Guide

Accept that someone you work with could molest a child. Develop written rules and make sure everyone sticks to them. If a...

Former Penn State President Charged in Sandusky Case

Pennsylvania will prosecute former Penn State President Graham Spanier on charges that he helped cover up sex abuse charges against former assistant...