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Report on Societal Effects of Increased Employment Opportunities for Youth in D.C. Area

Longtime Non-profit is Casualty of Economic Conditions, Funding Trends

After nearly 35 years of operation, Public/Private Ventures (PPV) will close by the end of July. The decision came after the Board...

Families Demand Say in ‘Dysfunctional’ System

Jeannette Bocanegra, a community organizer from New York City, told a gathering of juvenile justice system practitioners and advocates in Houston last...

Children in the United States – Report and Factsheet

Analysis of Obama’s Budget Proposal as it Relates to Youth Issues

“A breakdown and analysis of the President’s 2013 budget proposal as it relates to children and families.”

Report on Special Education Placement Policies in State of Massechusetts

Education Sector Report on Extended School Time Raises some questions.

Poll Shows Young People Fear Country is on Wrong Track, But Still Support Obama by Wide Margin

Only one in five young people believe the United States is heading in the right direction, yet more are still likely to...

School Discipline: Debate Reignited by New Los Angeles Data

This story originally appeared on iWatchnews.org by the Center for Public Integrity As a national debate heats up over appropriate student discipline, new data...

Upcoming Webinar Tackles Media Depictions of African-American Men and Boys

Last October, The Opportunity Agenda, a New York-based advocacy group, released a new report about the influence of media in regards to national...

Alternatives to Youth Detention Conference Opens in Houston

Texas State Senator John Whitmire came to the podium last night at the opening of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) conference in Houston...

Bart Lubow: Cutting Youth Incarceration Doesn’t Cut Public Safety

Bart Lubow, who has been working for more than 20 years to reduce the number of youth being sent to detention centers,...

Laws Sending Kids to Adult Court at Issue in New Jersey High Court

Tuesday, the New Jersey Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of the state’s so-called juvenile waiver laws – a series of rulings that...

Casey CEO: Reform Justice System that Destroys Young Lives

Patrick McCarthy,President & CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, today called for transforming the juvenile justice in the United States into...

Day Two: John Jay Juvenile Justice Conference

NEW YORK – The John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Center on Media, Crime and Justice is holding a two-day conference for journalists on...

A Juvenile Justice System in Flux: Updates from John Jay Symposium

NEW YORK – The John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Center on Media, Crime and Justice is holding a two-day conference for journalists on...

Secretary of Education Unveils Blueprint to Reform Nation’s Vocational Education System

Want Fries with That? Only if it’s Regulated

Care for a fizzy soda pop with that lunch room meal? How about a thick slice of pizza to add to that...

The Myth of Suburban Gangs: A Changing Demographic

When most people think of gangs and the criminal activity often associated with them problems of the inner-city may come to mind...

Juvenile Justice Aid Faces More Cuts in New Federal Spending Plans

Federal funding for state and local juvenile justice programs seems likely to take another big hit as Congress continues to slash federal...