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Jobs Forecast Predicts Increasing Need for College Degrees
The vast majority of American jobs in the next few years will require some type of post-secondary training or degree, meaning that...
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Debt From For-Profit Colleges Leading to Federal Regulation
The Washington Post examines Congress and the Obama administration’s reaction to the rise in popularity of for-profit colleges. According to the Post,...
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Still Waiting for Summer Jobs Bill, States Tap TANF Funds for Programs
While as much as $1 billion in funding for a national summer youth employment program continues to languish in Congress, a growing...
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Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services A recent study conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics confirmed that not...
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U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: Psychological Adjustment of 17-year-old Adolescents
Pediatrics Children raised since birth in lesbian-mother families display healthy psychological adjustment and outperform their heterosexual-raised counterparts in some areas, according...
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States, 2009
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nearly three-quarters of American students – 72.5 percent – have drunk alcohol by the end...
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The Academy: A Program for Older Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care
Vera Institute of Justice Youths in the foster care system who reach adulthood without being reunited with their birth families or...
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Boy Scouts Makes Volunteers Learn About Sex Abuse
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) last week ordered all of its volunteers to go through training about sex abuse, after years...
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Fixing A Broken System: Transforming Maine’s Child Welfare System
The Annie E. Casey Foundation Maine’s child welfare system, long hailed as one of the worst in the country, has made...
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Iowa Slaughterhouse Manager Acquitted of Child Labor Violations
An Iowa child labor case that gained national attention because of the more than 9,000 violations brought against a slaughterhouse manager has...
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Budget Director Signals Probable Cuts for Youth Programs
The president’s budget director fired a warning shot at federally funded youth programs today, saying the government wastes money on too many...
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Congress Considers New Bankruptcy Rules on Private College Loans
A possible fight over college loans is looming in Congress, but not over the maximum a student can borrow. Instead, members of...
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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 often...
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Helping High School Dropouts Improve their Prospects
Dan Bloom, Ron Haskins – The Future of Children Between 3.5 million and 6 million Americans 16 to 24 years old...
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Public School Graduates and Dropouts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007-2008
National Center for Education Statistics A recent report from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that the Averaged Freshman Graduation...
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Changes in Dispositional Empathy in American College Students Over Time: A meta-analysis
University of Michigan Today’s college students are less empathetic than those of the 1980s and 1990s, according to a new study survey...
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New Paper Blames GED for Adding to Dropout Problem
While the GED – general educational development certificate – is often portrayed as a quick fix for America’s dropout problem or a...
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CNCS Announces $234 Million in AmeriCorps Grants
The first round of AmeriCorps grants under the Kennedy Serve America Act – which emphasizes health, education, veterans, clean energy and the...
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Summer Jobs Funds Caught in Congressional Wrangling
Update: The House passed the $1 billion for summer jobs on Friday, May 28, but the Senate will not consider the bill...
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Rebirth of a Burned Out Board
For sale no more: The Crittenton home has been welcoming girls since 1932. Looking to the future: A young mother and her...
