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Q&A: Juvenile Judge Irene Sullivan, Part Two
On Wednesday, we ran the first part of Youth Today’s interview with former juvenile judge Irene Sullivan, author of the recently released...
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The Crossover Killer: Excerpt from “Raised by the Courts”
Yesterday, Youth Today printed the first half of our interview with Irene Sullivan, a former Florida juvenile judge and author of the...
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Q&A: Juvenile Judge Irene Sullivan, Part One
In 1998, Irene Sullivan took a seat on the Florida Circuit Court’s Unified Family Court in Pinellas County after two decades in...
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Even Harvard Agrees: Four-Year Colleges Aren’t for Everyone
The one American college perhaps most synonymous with traditional postsecondary ideals has issued a report championing community colleges over four-year schools in...
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For-Profit College Coalition Sues over GAO Report
The Coalition for Educational Success, a group of for-profit colleges that earlier issued a report blasting the methods and findings of a...
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Enrollment at For-Profit Colleges Rose 25 Percent in 2009
College enrollment rose more than 7 percent in the 2009-2010 school year, rising from 19.6 million in the fall of 2008 to...
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Four Fund Teach for America $100 Million Endowment
Teach for America (TFA), the national corps of recent college graduate K-12 teachers placed in needy areas, will set up a $100...
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Piling It On
National Consumer Law Center Students planning to attend for-profit colleges are finding it easier to borrow money from the institution itself to...
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Forms and Finances
It’s crunch time for student financial aid assistance centers as thousands of volunteer and paid financial aid experts work with first-generation, low-income...
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‘Gainful Employment’ Battle Rages On
Amid of flurry of legal actions and ad campaigns seeking elimination or softening/toughening and quick enforcement of the Department of Education’s proposed...
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Minnesota Advocates Push for Changes to Public Access on Juvenile Records
Supporters and families of ex-offenders in Minnesota will use an organized advocacy campaign today in part to push for more accuracyin public...
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Proposed Profiles Set New Way to Define Degrees
A new “degree profile” that proposes standards of critical thinking and knowledge that should be associated with earning associate, bachelor’s and master’s...
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Revised Gainful Employment Rule Due in “Early Part” of 2011
The U.S. Department of Education will release final changes to the so-called gainful employment rule affecting for-profit colleges in the “early part...
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Stand-alone Juvenile Justice Agencies Dwindling in Number
Note: This story was corrected on Saturday, Jan. 22. The original article incorrectly stated the Illinois’ juvenile justice system had already merged...
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Details on Major Labor Dept. Grant Program for 2-Year Colleges
The U.S. Department of Labor issued a solicitation for two-year colleges interested in funding from an overall pot of $2 billion to...
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For-Profits Specialize in Healthcare Fields, but Not the Ones Most Needed
Training students to fill jobs in the so-called allied health professions – a category that includes scores of occupations other than doctor,...
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Study: No Clear Relationship between Education Spending and Achievement
School district spending has no clear relationship to student achievement in more than half the country, according to a new study from...
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Pathological Video Game Use Among Youths: A Two-Year Longitudinal Study
Pathological Video Game Use Among Youths: A Two-Year Longitudinal Study Pediatrics A large study of youths in Singapore led researchers to conclude...
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No Federal Funds in Sight for Summer Jobs
With 2009 federal Recovery Act funding for summer jobs used up and no word yet on whether some states might be able...
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Rationale for Regular Reporting on Health Disparities and Inequalities — United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social attributes such as differences in income and race/ethnicity make a difference in how likely Americans...
