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Teens’ Attitudes About Drugs Worry Health Researchers

Teens in recent years have become more indifferent to the harms associated with drug use and abuse, according to the 2009 Monitoring...

Charting a Necessary Path

Too few low-income and minority students are enrolling in and graduating from college, according to a new report released by The National...

Gates Grants to Boost Community College Education

The Bill & Melinda Foundation has awarded $12.9 million through four grants to enhance and create advanced technological opportunities for community colleges....

Britain Changes Background Check Plan for Youth Workers

During a time when the American public and its lawmakers keep calling for more background checks for anyone who works with youth,...

Corvington Nomination Approved by HELP Committee

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved the nomination of Patrick Corvington to serve as CEO of the Corporation for...

Tobacco funds rarely used for anti-tobacco efforts

A new report showing that state governments cut funding of smoking prevention programs by 15.4 percent this past fiscal year is the...

Study outlines ways to help more students finish college

More money, more child care and more flexibility. Think of how much easier it would be for everyone to do their jobs...

How Well do Your Graduates do After High School?

Fast forward to high school graduation season and think of a graduation ceremony near you. The auditorium gradually fills with camera-toting parents....

Agencies to Pilot Postsecondary Projects

A GED – or general education diploma – once was a “good enough diploma,” as comedian Chris Rock has called it. But...

‘Green Jobs’ Grants Awarded

The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded the first of a series of “green jobs” grants designed to prepare targeted populations –...

Another Federal Audit Slams Another Job Corps Site

Dead cockroaches, expired food, filthy conditions, and unreported drug- and weapon-related incidents were all uncovered at a Florida Job Corps center operated...

OJJDP Administrators Gather for First Time

Earmarks, independence and interagency politics were among the subjects discussed this week at an unprecedented gathering of former federal leaders on juvenile...

Supreme Court Mulls Juvenile Life Without Parole

Whether “death is different” than life without parole for juveniles was at the center of arguments today as the U.S. Supreme Court...

Understanding Donors’ Motivations

The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana State University This new Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University report concludes that the motivations of...

Lifelines: Linking to Federal Benefits for People Exiting Corrections

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law has released a three-volume report emphasizing the importance of...

Child Advocates Push for CAPTA Reauthorization

The need for more interstate cooperation in child abuse cases was one issue highlighted today as six child abuse prevention advocates testified...

Uncle Sam to Pre-Schoolers: I Want You … to be Ready

America’s national security will be put at risk if the government doesn’t make stronger investments in high-quality early childhood education for the...