National League of Cities This National League of Cities report, released last month at the league’s National Summit on Your City’s...
Annie E. Casey Foundation Living a successful, financially comfortable life is difficult for many Americans, but especially for high school dropouts....
Child Trends/The Wallace Foundation Preliminary evidence suggests that summer learning programs are an effective way to negate the learning loss that...
Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University A new report chronicling the whereabouts of past high school dropouts shows that all...
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed its School Health Profiles data...
Council on Foundations This Council on Foundations report shows there was a 27 percent decrease in the asset values of community...
KaBOOM! KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit organization that focuses on the importance of children’s play, has released a report, Play Matters, as...
Marin Institute The Marin Institute, which calls itself the “alcohol industry watchdog, ” calls for Facebook to ban all alcohol-related content...
The Pew Hispanic Center Less than half of Hispanic youth are likely to pursue a college education, according to this new...
Three jurisdictions are being awarded nearly $3.7 million in federal funding so they can establish the Reclaiming Futures program. Reclaiming Futures...
Youth-serving agencies should plan to play a prominent role in America’s educational reform efforts by partnering with public schools to transform them...
The cost of higher education got higher this school year, and the biggest increase was at public two-year colleges, where tuition jumped...
A report released today by the nonpartisan child advocacy group Every Child Matters Education Fund shows that the deaths of 10,440 U.S....
Compelling testimony at today’s hearing about girls in the juvenile justice system was nearly overshadowed by Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. John Conyers’...
College scholarships and apprenticeships. Jobs for teens in trouble with the law. Book clubs for kids and free trips to the museum....
Stephen Goldsmith, former board chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service, has assumed the position of interim board chairman with...
A new report chronicling the whereabouts of past high school dropouts shows that all dropouts, and particularly African-Americans, are far more likely...
For enterprising youth-serving agencies with a track record of partnering with schools to improve student achievement in a measurable way, now is...
The American Legacy Foundation is a rare example of a public charity being born with a silver spoon. Even before it began...