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Do Institutions Respond Asymmetrically to Changes in State Need- and Merit-Based Aid?
A study presented at November’s conference in Indianapolis raised some eyebrows over this finding: When states increase need-based financial aid to public...
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Roberts Rules
Juvenile justice advocates and service providers had lofty expectations for the Obama administration and the 111th Congress. But the U.S. Supreme Court...
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The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Outcomes of Black Males in Urban Schools
The Council of the Great City Schools The council, for the first time, tried to measure exactly the extent of challenges facing...
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Newsmakers for January 2011
Nonprofits Gary Yates announced last month that he would retire next December as CEO of The California Wellness Foundation (TCWF), based in...
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Task Force on LGBT Youth Suicide Prevention Announced
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth are the target of a new task force of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention,...
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Substance Use and Delinquent Behavior Among Serious Adolescent Offenders
Data from the Justice Department’s long-term Pathways to Desistance study do not establish a causal link between serious juvenile offending and substance...
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Criminal-Justice and School Sanctions Against Nonheterosexual Youth: A National Longitudinal Study
Pediatrics A study based on The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health found that homosexual adolescents were at higher risk of getting...
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How to Improve Mental Health Care for LGBT Youth: Recommendations for the Department of Health and Human Services
Center for American Progress This paper shows that despite the recently highly publicized suicides of gay teens, their deaths do not mark...
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HHS Hands Out Bonuses for States That Stepped Up Medicaid, SCHIP Enrollment for Kids
More states were able to secure federal bonus awards this year for their efforts to encourage and increase enrollment of uninsured children...
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States Starting to Move on Federal Guardianship, Foster Care-to-21 Programs
More than a year after passage of a law intended to give more support to youths aging out of foster care, the...
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Teen Birthrate Drops to Lowest on Record
Births to teenagers in 2009 dropped 6 percent, reversing two years of increases that interrupted years of decline, according to preliminary data...
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Child Abuse and Neglect Cases Decline, Deaths Rise
The number of child abuse and neglect cases dropped slightly last year, for the third year in a row, but the number...
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Criminal-Justice and School Sanctions Against Nonheterosexual Youth: A National Longitudinal Study
Pediatrics A study based on The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health found that homosexual adolescents were at higher risk of getting...
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Scott Defends PROMISE Act Merger; Juvenile Advocacy Coalition Opposes It
The bill combining Rep. Bobby Scott’s (D-Va.) Youth PROMISE Act (YPA) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-Calif.) Gang Abatement and Prevention Act has...
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More Grandparents Than Ever Raising Children
Nearly 5 million children in the U.S. are being raised by their grandparents, according to data from the American Community Survey (ACS)....
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Child Abuse Legislation Passes Both Chambers
The much-discussed DREAM Act remains in limbo as the Senate and House deal on tax cuts and fiscal 2011 spending. But another...
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Scott Merges PROMISE Act with Feinstein Gang Bill
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) has made a deal with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to merge their very different crime prevention bills and...
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Child Nutrition Bill: What it Actually Accomplishes
Note: This story was updated on December 13 A massive child nutrition bill that will boost the availability and health content of...
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Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972-2008
A new federal report is the latest measurement of the American high dropout picture, this one quantifying not just rates of ninth...
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Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2010
The Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Educational Statistics collaborated on this report, which breaks down crime in and...
