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Rising Enrollments of Students with Disabilities at Higher Education Institutions

Institute of Education Sciences College and other post-secondary enrollments of students with disabilities continue to rise in the United States – with...

Achievement Gap Between Caucasians and Hispanic Students in Grades Four and Eight

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) There were no significant changes in the differences in math and reading for white and Hispanic...

House Subcommittee Questions CNCS Head about Work with Planned Parenthood

The acting CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) was called before a House subcommittee today to explain why...

Three-Year Results of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Evaluation

MDRC This report analyzes the results of the National Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe program, which targets high school dropouts between ages 16 and...

Spillett to Retire as BGCA President, Clark Named Successor

Roxanne Spillett, whose nearly $1 million salary as head of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America sparked a congressional investigation of...

Supreme Court Gives Juveniles Protection in Police Interrogations

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in a 5-4 decision that said a police officer must take a child’s age into consideration...

Details of 2009 Child Maltreatment Data Released

New information released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides more details about the number of allegations of maltreatment...

Developing a Tool for Assessing Risk of Inpatients’ Aggressive Behavior

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law This study assessed the Brief Rating of Aggression by Children and Adolescents...

House Committee Votes to Block Department of Education Regulations

The House committee that oversees higher education voted today to block two of the Department of Education’s new regulations. The move is...

The Influence of Race, Income, and Risk on the Substantiation Decision in Child Welfare

Children and Youth Services Review This study uses data from the Texas child welfare system to identify the factors that contribute to...

The Economic Value of College Majors

Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce The report released by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, not...

Non-income Effects of Welfare Receipt on Early Childhood Cognitive Scores

Children and Youth Services Review New research conducted at the University of Missouri and Central Michigan University looks at the effect that...

Civic Engagement and Community Information

Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program and the John S. and James L.Knight Foundation The paper by Peter Levine of Tufts University,...

Treatment of Abuse of Drugs Like Xanax and Valium Is Up Sharply

Treatment for abusing benzodiazepine – a class of drugs including Xanax, Valium and Halcion that is commonly used to treat insomnia, seizures...

AED Finds Single Buyer, U.S. Programs Expected to Continue

The Academy for Educational Development is close to being acquired by major North Carolina nonprofit Family Health International (FHI), and, if the...

Running Away from Foster Care: Youths’ Knowledge and Access of Services

The Urban Institute, Chapin Hall (University of Chicago) A new study from the University of Chicago showed that high percentages of young...

AmeriCorps Announces $216 Million in Grants

AmeriCorps today announced $216 million in grants for the about 300 organizations, specifically chosen to implement the areas of service emphasized in...

Education Department Sets Guidelines for For-Profit ‘Trial’ Admissions

The recently announced gainful employment rules aren’t the only new projects the U.S. Education Department has in store for for-profit colleges. Education...

Student Health Essential to Increase Academic Performance

California Healthy Students Research Project The California Healthy Students Research Project is aimed at finding a link between student performance and physical...