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USDA Proposes New School Lunch Standards
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued proposed nutritional guidelines under the Healthy and Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 that will require...
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For-Profit Colleges Intensify Lobbying on Proposed Rules
A year of congressional hearings, bad publicity, falling enrollments and federal rule modifications has led to major changes in the for-profit private...
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Updated Trends in Child Maltreatment, 2009
Amidst a worsening economy that many feared would heighten the demand for child welfare services in 2009, the number of substantiated abuse...
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New Report Disputes GAO For-Profit Findings
A report commissioned by a coalition of for-profit schools challenges the findings of the Government Accountability Office’s report that found alleged fraud...
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USDA Proposes New School Lunch Standards
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued proposed nutritional guidelines under the Healthy and Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 that will require...
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What Are Business Leaders Saying about Workforce Readiness?
What Are Business Leaders Saying about Workforce Readiness? Corporate Voices for Working Families The vast majority of America’s business leaders believe investing...
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New ‘Scared Straight’ Series Backs Discredited Strategy
Supporters and critics of “scared straight” programs – which generally entail youths visiting prisons and prisoners in hopes that the experience will...
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Most States Improved CHIP, Medicaid in 2010
Despite the ongoing economic downturn and the resulting decline in state budgets, almost all states maintained or made improvements to their Medicaid...
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Characteristics of Young Adult Sexual Relationship
Characteristics of Young Adult Sexual Relationships: Diverse, Sometimes Violent, Often Loving Child Trends Research Brief Data for this study was obtained from...
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Unlikely Allies: Unions and Districts in the Battle for School Reform
Unlikely Allies: Unions and Districts in the Battle for School Reform Education Sector Faced with the task of turning around failing schools...
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Family Structure and Children’s Health in the United States
National Center for Health Statistics The fact that children today are more likely to grow up in a non-traditional family in...
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ER Visits Increase for Prescription Drug Use
If hospital emergency room visits are any indication, prescription drugs are replacing illicit drugs as America’s preferred vice. A new government report...
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Survey Shows How Jobless Youth are Adjusting
With youth unemployment still near record highs, unemployed teens and young adults appear to be reacting to their situation much as their...
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Supreme Court Judge to Lead Michigan Child Welfare Reform
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) today named Michigan Supreme Court Justice Maura Corrigan to lead his embattled Department of Human Services. Corrigan...
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Researchers Find ‘Discrepancies’ in Youths’ Self-reported Sexual Behavior
Association between Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Young Adults’ Self-reported Abstinence Pediatrics Self-reported sexual behavior – the lodestar of much research on teens’...
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Hidden In Plain Sight
It’s flu season, and cases of asthma, diabetes and whooping cough are on the rise. At some point this winter, most children...
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Kitchen Centralizes Meals and Snacks
The children don’t show up until after 2 p.m. but Lance Smith, after-school coordinator for residents at the Hubbard Place Apartments in...
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Opportunities Just Beyond His Grasp
The case of Erwin Celes, a 19-year old Hawaiian youth who committed suicide six months after aging out of foster care, where...
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3…8… 11 MillionEveryone seems to agree there are too many dropouts in the United States. But when it comes to counting them, the estimates...
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California Parents Pull ‘Trigger’ for School Takeover
Parents in Compton, Calif., south of Los Angeles, have organized the first challenge to one of the state’s poorly performing public schools,...
