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America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics The largest annual collection of indicators on the health, behavior and circumstances of American...

Affordability and Transfer Critical to Increase Bachelor’s Degree Completion

National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education The importance of the U.S. having more college graduates and the role that community...

Disproportionality Rates for Children of Color in Foster Care

Most states continue to place high rates of African-American children in foster care, said a recent report on race and foster care...

Newsmakers July 2011

Nonprofits Roxanne Spillett, who has led the Atlanta-based Boys & Girls Clubs of America since 1996, announced she will step down as...

Foster Care Agency, Florida DCF Make Changes after Girl’s Dealth

The Florida agency responsible for supervising the foster care of 10-year-old brother and sister twins – one of whom was found dead...

Supreme Court Takes Two Views on Questioning Youths

The U.S. Supreme Court, deciding cases about questioning youths, sidestepped the constitutional questions surrounding interviewing children in their schools about alleged child...

Education Department’s ‘Program Integrity’ Rules Remain Under Fire

The Obama administration’s attempts to increase the integrity of institutions of higher education – especially among the companies that operate for-profit colleges...

The Zero-Tolerance Equation

For nearly two decades, one of the hottest buzzwords in public education has been “zero-tolerance,” as in: Bring a weapon to school...

Parents Group Stymied in Push for School Turnaround

Parents trying to force establishment of a charter school in lieu of a failing elementary school using California’s so-called “parent trigger” law...

Minor Adjustments

Note: This story was corrected on June 30. The initial story mistakenly reported that Kirk Gunderson had a heroin addiction; he in...

Felon for Life or Juvenile Detention?

The decision to raise the age of jurisdiction for juvenile courts comes with doubts attached for some of the youths affected. Many...

YouthBuild Again Wins Funds to Work with Dropout Juvenile Offenders

Eight months after being stripped of a $10 million Department of Labor (DOL) grant it received to help dropouts and juvenile offenders...

New College Pricing Information Offered on Education Website

How much does it really cost to attend college? That’s the question most parents want to know when their children are considering...

Transforming Education Across the Pre-K to Grade Three Years

National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) In the fall of 2010, the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) convened a...

How Young Americans Who Don’t Finish College See Their Chances for Success

Public Agenda Report for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Although when in high school the vast majority of young Americans say...

Senate Passes Bill That Strips Confirmation Requirement for Juvenile Justice, Child Welfare Jobs

The Senate passed by a 79-20 margin today the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011, which would remove the Senate...

The Economic Imperative for More Adults to Complete Community College in D.C.

Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) Although the number of high school...

Leader of Child Welfare Website Wins Online Journalist of the Year

The leader of an advocacy media organization dedicated to coverage of child welfare is the Los Angeles Press Club’s Online Journalist of...

An Evaluation of the After School Matters Program

Northwestern University Although many policy makers and those in academia concur that after-school programs are important for students, participation in these programs...