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Civil Union Laws Can Spell End of Child Welfare Services for Faith-based Groups
Most states that have approved same-sex marriage or civil unions have not lost the services of faith-based child welfare providers, but the...
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GAO Says U.S. Child Maltreatment Deaths Are Undercounted
Officially, the number of children who died of maltreatment in the United States in 2009 was 1,770. That’s the count from the...
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‘Beyond Scared Straight’ Renewed for Second Season
“Beyond Scared Straight,” a popular and controversial cable television reality show that was criticized by Department of Justice officials for depicting a...
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House Approps May Gut Spending on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
The House subcommittee that oversees Justice Department funding produced an appropriations bill this week that would slash activities authorized by the Juvenile...
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Four Times More Florida Deaths from Legal, than Illegal, Drugs
Florida had four times as many deaths from legal drugs as illegal drugs in 2009, according to a report from the federal...
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Additional College Aid Doesn’t Always Increase Completion Rates
A new study that attempted to determine whether additional cash grants to college students who received Pell grants would push more of...
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Minnesota, Leader in Youth Services, Has Shut Down (UPDATED JULY 7)
Some youth programs in Minnesota are being threatened by a shutdown of the state government brought on by an impasse over the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Minor Adjustments
Note: This story was corrected on June 30. The initial story mistakenly reported that Kirk Gunderson had a heroin addiction; he in...
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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...
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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...
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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...
