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Jobs a Major Challenge for Low-Income Families, Report Finds
The number of American children living with job-seeking, unemployed adults has doubled since 2007 and nearly a third of children live in...
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An Examination of Sex Differences in Relation to the Eating Habits and Nutrient Intakes of University Students
National Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior College students aren’t eating even as much as a serving a day of fruits and...
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Peter Goldberg, Leader of Major Child Welfare Group, Dies Unexpectedly
Peter Goldberg, CEO of Milwaukee-based Families International for the past 17 years, died on August 12 after suffering a heart attack while...
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Social Media Use Can Lead to Mental Health Problems
Social media present risks and benefits to children who use them, but parents who secretly monitor their children’s activity on networking sites...
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Volunteering Drops Slightly in 2010
The latest annual edition of Volunteering in America, released today, shows a slight decrease in the number of people volunteering and the...
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How the Effects of Postsecondary Remedial and Developmental Courses Vary by Level of Academic Preparation
How the Effects of Postsecondary Remedial and Developmental Courses Vary by Level of Academic Participation National Center for Postsecondary Research This report...
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Volunteering Dropped Slightly in 2010
The latest annual edition of Volunteering in America, released today, shows a slight decrease in the number of people volunteering and the...
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A New Way of Measuring College Success
Update: Education Sector has just added all of the data used to determine the debt-to-degree ratio for almost 5,000 schools and programs....
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The College Payoff: Education, Occupation, Lifetime Earnings
The steady rise of college costs and the mounds of debt students are shouldering to pay those costs has given rise to...
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Youth Villages to Expand Transitional Living Program with $42 million grant
A major multi-state provider of child welfare services will receive perhaps one of the largest grants ever made to a social service...
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Integrating Technology with Student-Centered Learning
Nellie Mae Education Foundation Student-centered learning focuses on educational principles and practices that include providing all students with equal access to the...
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After Interning on Capitol Hill, Former Foster Youth Challenge Child Welfare’s Accountablity
States should not receive federal funding for foster care if they are not providing high-quality services, caseworkers should not be allowed to...
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Debt Ceiling Agreement Preserves Pell Grants — For Now
The agreement reached Sunday night among Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and Senate provides specific funding for Pell Grants, but...
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Healthy Youth / Healthy Regions: Informing Action for the Nine County Capital Region (Calif.) and Its Youth
UC Davis Center for Regional Change, Sierra Health Foundation, and The California Endowment The study examines and documents the connections between youth...
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Debt Ceiling Agreement Preserves Pell Grants — For Now
The agreement reached Sunday night among Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and Senate provides specific funding for Pell Grants, but...
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Republicans Eye Cuts to Pell Grants to Gain Tea Party Votes
Supporters of Pell Grants for low-income college students put out an urgent appeal to mobilize students to blitz their congressional representatives for...
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Seven States Comply with Federal Sex Offender Registry at Deadline
Note: This article was initially posted on July 27 and updated on July 28 Seven more states have come into substantial compliance...
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System Overload: The Costs of Under-Resourcing Public Defense
Justice Policy Institute Public defense systems across the United States are overburdened, according to this new report from the Justice Policy Institute. ...
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Early Childhood Policy Focus: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
Child Trends This brief analyzes data and current research on the nutritional and exercise habits of children under the age of 6...
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$4.46 Million Spent in Second Quarter Lobbying against ‘Gainful Employment’ Rules
At least $4.46 million was spent lobbying on federal student loan issues over the second quarter of the year – mostly in...
