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Young Inmates Doing Thyme in the Prison Garden

On a football-field-sized stretch of land beside the Walton County Jail in tiny Monroe, Ga., a tractor tiller turned weed-choked rows of...

Student Advocates Raise Concerns over Pending Student Loan Interest Rate Increase

Student advocates worry that a pending interest rate increase on federally-administered student loans will further burden borrowers, potentially adding thousands of dollars...

Getting Up: Improving Youth Outcomes with Graffiti in Denver

Graffiti is a common site in the neighborhood around the Access Art Gallery in Denver – not inside, hanging on the walls...

Cheating Scandal Prompts New SAT and ACT Security Measures

In the wake of a cheating scandal involving more tha 20 Long Island, N.Y. high school students, makers of the SAT and ACT...

Center for Sustainable Journalism now home to Youth Today

KENNESAW, Ga. — The Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University will begin publishing Youth Today immediately. “Having Youth Today housed...

Book Review: ‘Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts’

In this engaging revelation of the organization behind the cookies, Girl Scouts’ national CEO Kathy Cloninger boldly envisions the future of women...

National Assembly Launches Portal on Social Welfare History

The National Assembly has created a portal to historical websites on youth work and human services on its own web home. The...

A Look at Youth-Related Spending in Obama’s 2013 Budget (Updated 2/14)

President Barack Obama unveiled his 2013 budget proposal today, which calls for $3.8 trillion in spending and projects a $901 billion deficit...

Juvenile Judge Tries to Alter Failed Policy with ‘Rationality’

LOS ANGELES — Fifteen-year-old Juan Carlos Amezcua was just five minutes late for school, and already at the corner by Theodore Roosevelt High...

Foundation Makes Noted Life Skills Training Curriculum Free for Schools, Youth Programs

With state budget cuts forcing many school districts to skimp on any type of education that won’t appear on a standardized test,...

Ten States Get No Child Left Behind Act Waivers as Rewrite Proceeds in Congress

Ten states have received waivers from the 2014 targets set by the No Child Left Behind Act, in exchange for agreeing to...

Virginia’s “Conscience Clause” Would Shield Child Welfare Providers from Sexuality Conflicts

Virginia’s General Assembly is close to passing a law that will shield its faith-based child welfare partners from having to work with...

The View from the Cliff

Bridgespan Group For nonprofits that rely primarily on philanthropic support, membership or user fees, says the Bridgespan report, overall economic recovery is...

From the YT Archives: The Push for More L3Cs

President Barack Obama spent part of his hour-long State of the Union address Tuesday discussing a partnership between business and academia aimed...

State of the Union Speech Touches on DREAM Act, Dropout Laws and Job Training

President Barack Obama delivered his third State of the Union speech last night, an hour-long oratory that focused mostly on success in...

Melodee Hanes Named Acting Administrator of OJJDP

Melodee Hanes has replaced Jeff Slowikowski as acting administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, reaffirming what many already...

National Hub Started for State Child Welfare Reform

A group of nonprofits will work with the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation to establish a national hub for state child welfare...

Laurie Robinson Leaving the Obama Administration in February

Laurie Robinson, the assistant attorney general for the division of the Justice Department that oversees juvenile justice, announced in a message to...