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More Fruits and Vegetables in School Lunches but No New Money for Kitchen Improvements
Many school districts don’t have the money for equipment or training to implement the new dietary guidelines for the national school lunch...
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Bill Introduced to Offer New Child Welfare Waivers
A bill introduced this week would allow the Department of Health and Human Services to issue more waivers to allow state child...
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The Effects of In-State Tuition for Non-Citizens: A Systematic Review of the Evidence
Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University Creating national legislation to implement in-state tuition for non-citizens can have a positive effect on...
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Federal Safe Schools Chief Leaving to Lead Be the Change
Kevin Jennings, currently head of the Education Department’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, has been chosen as the new CEO of...
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Letter from 19 Congressmen Urges Obama to Name a leader at OJJDP
A group of 19 congressmen is pressing the Obama White House to fill the long-vacant post of administrator of the Office of...
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Low-Income Students Are Key to Meeting 2020 College Attainment Goals
Attaining President Barack Obama’s goal of having the highest percentage of college graduates in the world by 2020 can only be attained...
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Q&A: Bryan Samuels, Obama’s Top Child Welfare Appointee
Bryan Samuels, who has served for more than a year now as President Barack Obama’s Commissioner for the Administration on Children, Youth...
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Former Florida Child Welfare Boss Will Lead Administration for Children and Families
George Sheldon, the former head of Florida’s Department of Children and Families, will lead the Administration for Children and Families for President...
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U.S. Chamber Report Lauds For-Profit Innovation, Says Government Is an Obstacle to Implementation
A report released by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at a program on the need for innovation in higher education examines several...
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Telomere length and early severe social deprivation: linking early adversity and cellular aging
Tulane University, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, University of Maryland Young children who spend more time in institutional care at...
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House Republicans Target 43 Ed Programs for Elimination
Even as Democrats introduced various bills to shore up persistently low-performing schools and to provide funds to ameliorate tax losses in some...
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Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Aged 12 to 14
The Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) Report, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration This report recommends more study of prevention and...
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Reading Levels of Rural and Urban Third Graders Lag Behind Their Suburban Peers
Carsey Institute On average, the reading levels of third grade students in rural and urban schools are lower than those of suburban...
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Disappearing Parents: A Report on Immigration Enforcement and the Child Welfare System
University of Arizona When a parent is arrested or detained by immigration enforcement, the chances that they will ever regain custody of...
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Black, Hispanic Groups Call for Study of Gainful Employment Regulations
Leaders of the National Black Chamber of Commerce and the Hispanic Leadership Fund today asked the Obama administration to conduct a “minority...
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Children’s Bureau Looking for Input on Improving Review of State Child Welfare Systems
The Department of Health and Human Services is taking suggestions on how to redesign the Child and Family Services Review, the main...
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Launches Dropout Prevention Project
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced today it is launching a new project focusing on America’s dropout problem in 20 cities where...
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U.S. Chamber Wants Grades for Schools in Reauthorization
The nation’s largest business federation intends to have a say in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), and...
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Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Graduation
Low income students who are not proficient in reading by the third grade have a much lower chance of graduating high school,...
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Still Denied: How Community Colleges Shortchange Students by Not Offering Federal Loans
The Project on Student Debt Federal student loans provide the most affordable and safest option for students, however, many community colleges to...
