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National Survey on Drug Use and Health

National Survey on Drug Use and Health U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration The newest annual National Survey on Drug...

Child Poverty Rises

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 U.S. Census Bureau The child poverty rate rose last year to...

Building Capacity for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care

Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Opportunities Initiatives (MAYOI): Building Capacity for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Providing...

Education Gap Widens Wage Gap

Education Pays: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society College Board Advocacy and Policy Center A new report from the...

Characteristics of Bullying, Bullying Victims, and Schools

What Characteristics of Bullying, Bullying Victims, and Schools Are Associated with Increased Reporting of Bullying to School Officials? National Center for Education...

Boys Town Accused of Using Improper Restraints

Allegations that workers used physical and chemical restraints on residents at two Boys Town programs near its campus headquarters in Omaha, Neb.,...

Facebook Founder to Give $100 Million to Newark Schools

The education reform movement might be shifting its headquarters to Newark, N.J., as The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal...

Rethinking Educational Neglect for Teenagers: New Strategies for New York State

Rethinking Educational Neglect for Teenagers: New Strategies for New York State Vera Institute of Justice Cases of educational neglect, defined in...

Study Questions Child Welfare Systems’ Drug Policies

More than two-thirds of state child welfare systems employ health professionals that handle the use of psychotropic drugs, but far fewer have...

School Suspensions Skyrocket, Racial Gap Widens

Suspended Education: Urban Middle Schools in CrisisSouthern Poverty Law Center Middle schools are suspending more students than ever, and black students are...

Gay Adoption Ban Overturned in Florida

Florida’s ban on adoptions by gay people is unconstitutional, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday, clearing the way for homosexuals to adopt...

Promise Neighborhood Winners Revealed

The Obama administration on Tuesday named 21 winners in one if its most coveted youth-related grant programs: the Promise Neighborhoods Initiative. More...

America’s Promise Names Best Places for Young People

100 Best Communities for Young People America’s Promise There are 30 new names among America’s Promise Alliance’s 100 Best Communities for...

Closing a Community Helped the Kids

CHA Transformation: Children and Youth Urban Institute Closing down a troubled public housing community appears to have helped the children. The closing...

Chief of Juvenile Judges’ Group Steps Down

By Patrick Boyle and John Kelly Those who have worked with Mary Mentaberry, executive director of the National Council of Juvenile and...

More Financial Aid Goes to Help Students

Tuition Discounting: Institutional Aid Patterns at Public and Private Colleges and Universities, 2000-01 to 2008-09College Board Colleges are spending slightly more of...

Justice Names Major Mentoring Grant Winners

Some of the biggest organizations in youth work were winners of the Justice Department’s National Mentoring grants announced Wednesday. They are: *...

More Children Being Raised by Grandparents

Since the Start of the Great Recession, More Children Raised by Grandparents Pew Research Center The number of children living with their...

School District Wellness Policies: Evaluating Progress and Potential for Improving Children’s Health Three Years After the Federal Mandate

Recognizing that the structure of a school environment, coupled with widespread national participation in school-based nutrition programs, could be used to promote...