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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...
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Will Ruling Save All Lifers?
Joe Sullivan: Among the inmates who must be given a “meaningful opportunity” for release after the Supreme Court ruling in Graham...
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Linked Learning Spreads in California
Academics and stagecraft: Students carry a full academic load and concentrate in their field of interest: music, visual arts, film, dance,...
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Summer Jobs Wilt
Youth summer jobs programs are preparing for a rough season. Congressional delays last month left providers uncertain about how they’ll manage...
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Job Training’s Value in Tough Times
When youths contact Workforce Development, Inc., in Rochester, Minn., to ask about their chances of landing a summer job, youth workers...
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Newsmakers for June 2010
Nonprofits Alex Busansky started this month as president of the Oakland, Calif.-based National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD). When the...
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Florida Delves into Predictive Analytics
Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice is diving into the field of predictive analytics – a tool that big business has come...
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First Lady’s Fitness Plan Takes Shape
Let’s Move: First lady Michelle Obama unveils the findings of a childhood obesity report at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in...
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Out-of-School-Time: Leveraging Higher Education for Quality
Foundations and The After-School Corporation Youth need high-quality out-of-school time (OST) programs with staffs that are well-trained and better educated staff...
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A 5-Year Projection of the Number of Children Reaching Age 18 while in Foster Care
Chapin Hall The number of children who will age out of foster care will begin to decline and eventually level off...
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Child Maltreatment 2008
U.S. Administration on Children, Youth and Families This latest annual government report documenting child maltreatment figures shows a continued decline in...
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Towards a New Model of Success for Disconnected Youth
Youth Development Institute (YDI) This report serves as a guide for forming partnerships between community-based organizations and colleges that want to...
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How Colleges and Universities Are Improving Degree Completion
Southern Regional Education Board Amid growing concern over lackluster college completion rates in the United States, this report takes a look...
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Programs and Policies to Assist High School Dropouts in the Transition to Adulthood
Princeton University and the Brookings Institution This selection among nine articles in this latest publication of The Future of Children...
