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Facebook App Puts Public Inside Foster Care System

Each year, more than half a million children come into contact with the foster care system in the United States. Of those, 80 percent...

Applications Now Available for CJJR’s Information Sharing Certificate Program

The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University‘s Public Policy Institute, in partnership with the Juvenile Law Center, has announced its inaugural Information Sharing Certificate...

Louisiana ‘Strayed’ from Commitment to Juvenile Justice Reform, Report Contends

Nearly a decade after Louisiana committed to sweeping changes to the state’s struggling juvenile justice system, some advocates contend the governor and...

Analyzing State Differences in Child Well-Being

David Domenici: Educators Can and Should Break the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Speaking at the New Schools – Aspen Institute Summit 2012 last week, David Domenici challenged educators to embrace troubled (and often challenging) students and to keep...

ACLU Basic Decency Report 2012- Examination of Life Sentences for Youth

This report, mostly authored by civil rights attorney Deborah LaBelle, examines the practice of sentencing juvenile offenders to life in prison. The...

Juvenile Crime Rates Falling in New York

Juvenile crime rates in the state of New York, but excluding New York City, fell 17 percent between 2010 and 2011, according...

‘Drop Out Factories’ Decline, Nation Pushes for Graduation Benchmark

Drop out factories. Since coined by a Johns Hopkins researcher working on high school dropout issues in 2004, that’s the name given to schools...

Controversial ‘Abstinence Only’ Sex Ed Law Draws Praise, Criticism in Tenn.

Earlier this month, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed a controversial new sex education law. According to the bill, the new law “exclusively...

School Police

This story originally appeared on iWatchnews.org by the Center for Public Integrity. Alexander Johnson arrived at Barack Obama Global Preparatory Academy to pick up...

Children’s Well-being Central to Courts’ Mission, Expert Panel Says

The nation’s juvenile and family courts need to lower walls that have blocked the sharing of data that is key for to...

Racial Discrepancies in Michigan’s Juvenile Life Without Parole Population, Report Finds

A number of racial discrepancies were found among Michigan’s juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) population in a new report released by the American...

New Rules Protect Juveniles in Adult Prisons

The Justice Department released a landmark ruling on Thursday to help protect juvenile offenders from falling victim to sexual abuse in adult...

Majority of Young Adults Don’t Know Enough About Birth Control Methods, Study Finds

A majority of young adults don’t know enough about contraceptives, according to results from a new Guttmacher Institute study. Six in 10...

Bullying Legislation: A Q&A With Child Advocate Judge Gail Garinger

Leonard Witt, executive director of the Center for Sustainable Journalism and publisher of Youth Today and the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange recently...

Webcast Explores How Courts Can Better Serve Overall ‘Well-Being’ of Children

After years of focusing on the safety of children, the nation’s juvenile courts are shifting to a more holistic approach that takes...

“Got Rights Project” Seeks to Inform LGBT Students of Legal Rights

This month, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and The Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY) have...

IES: Peer Assisted Learning Strategies

22 Million Children Could Be Left Without Food Stamps Due to Budget Cuts

Some 22 million children who depend on the federal nutrition assistance program that replaced food stamps could lose their benefits under a...

California Could Become First State to Ban Homosexual Conversion Therapy for Teens

If passed, a California law will make it the first state in the nation to ban controversial therapy aimed at turning gay...