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What’s Good About For-Profits?

Steve Pearlstein of The Washington Post explores what’s good about the for-profit college business model and how it challenges traditional educational institutions. ...

‘Get in the Game’ Campaign Targets Uninsured Student Athletes

A pilot public service campaign aimed at signing up more children and youths in seven states for federal health insurance is being...

New York Tells Schools What Their Graduates Know – and Don’t Know

New York City is sending reports to its high schools telling them how many of their students who arrived at the city’s...

Nazario Leaves ACF to Care for Husband

Assistant Secretary for Children and Families Carmen Nazario resigned on July 19 from the top job at the Administration for Children and...

Accusations Prompt Changes at For-Profit Colleges

Some of the nation’s most prominent for-profit colleges have announced changes in their recruitment practices in the wake of a scathing congressional...

Child Nutrition Bill Passes Senate

The U.S. Senate passed a new $4.5 billion Child Nutrition bill Thursday, approving it by unanimous consent, a procedure that does not...

Tobacco Use in 13 States

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study shows youths 18 to 24 who smoke cigarettes are more likely to use...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...