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Youth Workers in the Mix on Election Day

A few youth workers and advocates may find themselves holding new positions within government following the November 2nd elections. A handful of...

Potential Leadership Changes in Congress After Election

While the exact makeup of next year’s 112th Congress will be anyone’s guess until Tuesday, one thing is for certain: across-the-board changes...

Report Questions the Value of Character Education

A nearly 700-page federal report says character education – a pillar of former president George W. Bush’s youth policy – does not...

Use of Title IX Has Worked against Sexual Orientation Bullying

The Department of Education put schools on notice this week that failure to police a pattern of bullying could result in a...

Privatizing Child Welfare Gets Painful

The move to privatize child welfare services, which some states have pursued as a cornerstone of reform, has become painful for just...

College Board Report Finds Tuition, Grant Aid Increasing

The price of going to any type of college was up again this year, but the actual cost went down for many...

New Coalition to Focus on Service-Learning’s Role in Education

The St. Paul, Minn.-based National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) is organizing a national coalition of leaders to think about education policy and...

Nearly Half of Energy Consumed by Kids are “Empty” calories

Where Kids Get Their Empty Calories America’s children are in large part ignoring the layout of the food pyramid, according to a...

Education Department to Schools: Protect Against Bullying or Risk Federal Funding

The Department of Education (DOE) notified schools and colleges today that it intends to penalize systems that refuse to address pervasive problems...

College Student Debt Increases

Student Debt and the Class of 2009 The Project on Student Debt This report, fifth in an annual series that examines cumulative...

Latino Youth Hopeful Despite Stereotyping In Schools

Speaking Out: Latino Youth on Discrimination in the United States National Council of La Raza Many Latino teens feel regularly stereotyped in...

Young People Turn More Sour on Politics

As Election Day draws closer, America’s youngest potential voters grow more glum. Over the past year, 18- to 29-year-olds have become less...

CWLA to Obama: Where’s the Youth Conference?

The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) felt a bit put out by the Community College Summit held at the White House...

City-wide Coordination of After-School Programs Helps Kids

Hours of OpportunityThe RAND Corporation Coordination among institutions that provide after-school activities to youths might be the key to better and more...

Blacks, Hispanics Trail in Higher Ed; Women Lead

Minorities in Higher Education 2010American Council on Education Higher education attainment rates for college-aged African-Americans and Hispanics have dropped across the board,...

Help Minorities Succeed in STEM Education

Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads National Academies Although minorities are the fastest-growing subset of the...

Obama Expands Effort to Boost Hispanic Higher Ed

President Obama on Tuesday signed an executive order focused on boosting college success among Hispanics. The order renewed the White House Initiative...

Georgia Bans Illegal Immigrants at Top State Universities

The governing body for Georgia’s state colleges and universities banned illegal immigrants from attending the most selective state schools, as several other...