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Child Nutrition Bills Stalled in Congress
Michelle Obama has pleaded with the U.S. Congress (in a Washington Post opinion piece). Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) has pleaded with her...
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Obama Bestows Citizens Medals on Six Veteran Youth Workers
Six of the 13 people awarded Citizens Medals for 2010 by President Barack Obama today are veteran youth workers. The selections were...
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Big Name For-Profit Colleges Identified as Those That Misled Students
Some of the biggest names in the for-profit college education business – University of Phoenix, Kaplan College and Westwood College among them...
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Challenges in Serving Rural American Children through the Summer Food Service Program
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sites across the country are failing to reach a large majority of children in rural areas, according...
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Committee to Begin Work on JJDPA Effectiveness
A committee tasked with assessing the impact of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act will hold its first public meeting starting...
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Undercover GAO Investigation Finds Fraud at 4 For-Profit Colleges
An undercover investigation of for-profit colleges by the Government Accountability Office found that representatives of four of the 15 colleges surveyed enticed...
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Boy Scouts: 100 and Striving to Diversify
The Boys Scouts of America, hit by a 42 percent decline in membership since its peak year of 1973 and an $18.5...
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Prove It or Lose It
Barack Obama campaigned on the promise to eliminate federal programs that don’t work, change programs that don’t quite measure up and consolidate duplicate...
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Reforms Aim at For-profit Colleges
The proposition can seem fair or outrageous: If the federal government, in effect, pays a college to train young people for...
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New Legal Theory Aims at Racial Disparities
Harrisburg, Pa. – A series of hearings here last month marked the first step in what promises to be an unorthodox...
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Corporate ‘Earn & Learn’: A Growing Path to Degrees and Careers
Jennifer Supsky was only 16 years old when she moved to Louisville, Ky., to escape the emotional trauma caused by her...
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JJDPA Non-Compliance Rises in 2009
Note: This story was corrected on June 29. See comments below article for more information. Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act monitors...
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Newsmakers for July-August 2010
Steven Wing Foundations Deborah Leff, president of the Public Welfare Foundation since 2006, left the foundation on June 30 to become...
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Untapped Potential: Fulfilling the Promise of Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Littles They Represent
Civic Enterprises This report looks at the lives, needs, aspirations and concerns of Littles, the children who are mentored through Big...
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Fixing a Broken System: Transforming Maine’s Child Welfare SystemThe Annie E. Casey Foundation
Maine’s child welfare system, long hailed as one of the worst in the country, has made significant progress over the past...
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The Academy: A Program for Older Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care
Vera Institute of Justice This report explores the implementation of the Academy, a collaborative program created in New York in 2007...
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Addressing the Unmet Educational Needs of Children and Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Georgetown Public Policy Institute Youths who go through both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems...
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Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters
Annie E. Casey Foundation Poor reading skills at an early age are a warning sign of dropping out in high school,...
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Reparable Harm: Fulfilling the Unkept Promise of Educational Opportunity for California’s Long Term English Learners
Californians Together Non-English speaking students who are always taught in English are likely to face long-term academic struggles, according to this...
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Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, National Survey of Family Growth 2006-2008
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention This new report makes clear that not all teens are motivated to avoid pregnancy,...
