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Drug Abuse and Obesity Share Brain Mechanism

A study by the Scripps Research Institute has confirmed the notion that the brain’s reward system and dopamine are tied to both...

Highlights of the 2008 National Youth Gang Survey

This fact sheet compares results of the 2008 National Youth Gang Survey (NYGS) with previous data on gangs and highlights significant...

Scaling Up Learning Communities: The Experience of Six Community Colleges

This report examines lessons learned at six community colleges that have adopted the strategy of using “learning communities” – defined as groups...

Scaling Up Learning Communities: The Experience of Six Community Colleges

This report examines lessons learned at six community colleges that have adopted the strategy of using “learning communities” – defined as groups...

Competition Opens for Promise Neighborhood Planning Grants

The U.S. Department of Education on Friday announced the long-awaited $10 million planning grants competition for the Promise Neighborhood program – an...

12 Foundations Pledge $500 Million for Education’s Innovation Fund

Twelve national foundations have pledged to add $500 million to the U.S. Department of Education’s $650 million Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund,...

FTC Campaign Designed to Help Tweens Decode Ad Messages

The Federal Trade Commission announced a new advertising-literacy campaign for “tweens” ages 8 through 12 designed to teach kids how to understand...

Vredenburgh Named to Head Girls Inc.

Judy Vredenburgh – former president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America – has been named president and CEO at...

15 of 69 SIP Applicants Seek to Address Youth-Related ‘Challenges’

Fifteen of the 69 applicants vying for a share of $50 million in Social Innovation Program (SIP) matching funds – offered by...

Jury Slams Scouts with $18.5 M for Sex Abuse

In what appears to be biggest judgment ever against an American youth-serving organization for sex abuse, an Oregon jury today hit the...

House Gets Started on Juvenile Justice Reauthorization

Note: This story has been updated The House Committee on Education and Labor today held its first hearing on the reauthorization of...

Service Organizations Mark Anniversary of Kennedy Act Signing

The one-year anniversary of the signing of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act brought officials of major service organization to Washington...

Wagner to Resign as Head of National Network for Youth

The executive director of the National Network for Youth, which advocates for increased resources to aid homeless and runaway youth, will leave...

CNCS Announces Planning Grants

The Corporation for National and Community Service has chosen 14 organizations to receive grants to help them plan programs they hope can...

Justice Department Backs JJDPA Reauthorization

Note: This story was updated on April 19 The Justice Department has notified the Senate Judiciary Committee that it “strongly supports” the...

Heroin Gang Infiltrates Balimore Community Center

Gang members working as counselors allegedly used an anti-violence program at a Baltimore community center to extend their heroin distribution business to...

Learning from Molesters: What the Scout Scandal Teaches Us

Should the Boy Scouts say sorry? Should the pope resign? Those are among the questions that people have been asking in recent...

Jury Deems Boy Scouts Negligent in Handling Sex Abuse

In a case that could have significant implications for one of the country’s most venerated youth-serving organizations, a Portland, Ore., jury today...