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Report: Declining College Degree Prospects For Low-Income Youths
In the coming years, low- and moderate-income youth will find it increasingly difficult to afford the cost of a college degree because...
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AfterZones: Creating a Citywide System to Support and Sustain High-Quality After-School Programs
Public/Private Ventures & The Wallace Foundation P/PV analyzes the success and impediments in implementing one of the country’s more well-known citywide...
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2010 Child and Youth Well-Being Index
Foundation for Child Development, Duke University Children under 18 comprise the largest group of Americans in poverty, and overall conditions –...
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Groups Unify to Reduce Latina Teen Pregnancy
More than 50 national organizations have taken the first steps toward a new national campaign to reduce pregnancies among Latina teens –...
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Childhood Poverty Persistence: Facts and Consequences
Low-Income Working Families Project, Urban Institute Children born into poverty whose families continue to be poor for several years have worse...
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Summer Meals Participation Declined in 2009
Only about one in six of the children who regularly receive free or reduced-price lunch during the school year received lunch through...
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On the Streets: The Federal Response to Gay and Transgender Homeless Youth
Center for American Progress Recognizing the disproportionate number of homeless youth who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, the Center for...
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Transforming the High School Experience: How New York City’s New Small Schools Are Boosting Student Achievement and Graduation Rates
MDRC This report confirms that New York City’s small schools, introduced in 2002 after several underperforming public high schools were shut down,...
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Is It Live or Is It Internet? Experimental Estimates of the Effects of Online Instruction on Student Learning
National Bureau of Economic Research Results of a recent unprecedented experiment found that Hispanic students, male students and lower-achieving students benefit...
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Hundreds Vie for Promise Neighborhoods Planning Grants
More than 300 organizations are vying for 20 planning grants worth $500,000 each through the Obama Administration’s Promise Neighborhood initiative, data released...
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Sweeping New Child Labor Law Reforms Take Effect July 19
The most sweeping reform of U.S. laws concerning child labor in three decades will go into effect on July 19. The new...
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Summer Jobs Money Is Part of Jobless Benefits Bill Blocked in Senate
With the yet another congressional recess approaching, Congress missed another chance Thursday night to approve $1 billion in federal summer jobs program...
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Community Colleges Struggle to Maintain Open Access
Students attempting to take advantage of the community college systems across the country are quickly finding that “open access” isn’t as open...
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Obama Nominates Seven to Fill CNCS Board Slots
President Barack Obama announced a slate of nominees to fill seven of the eight vacant positions on the Corporation for National and...
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The Next Great Collapse?
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee waded into the growing controversy over just what kind of education students receive at...
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Colleges Ease Way for Community College Transfers
Reflecting what could become a national trend, four-year universities in Virginia and Maryland are taking various measures make it easier for community...
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Anti-gang Activist Murdered
An ex-convict turned social activist was murdered June 9, according to an article in The Washington Post. David Lewis, 54, started a...
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Do Students Get Hurt by Fuzzy Credits?
Washington – With $100 billion in federal student loans and grants at stake, House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.)...
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For-Profit College Reforms Stir Debate
The U.S. Department of Education is proposing new rules to oversee the growing field of for-profit higher education, but it kicked the...
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Volunteering Is Up
More than 63 million American volunteered for some type of organized program in 2009 – about 26.8 percent of the population, and...
