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Why the Zone Will be Hard to Copy
Geoffrey Canada The premise of the Harlem Children’s Zone is deceptively simple: Provide the same cradle-to-college support for low-income, at-risk children...
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Will Mentors Shield Youths from Violence?
Probability is Chicago’s latest weapon in the ongoing fight against youth violence – and the city is banking millions of federal...
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Decoding Data to Help Youth Workers
In juvenile justice and child welfare, it is usually the extremes – sweeping reforms and devastating scandals – that garner attention....
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Running OJJDP: What Does it Take?
“I was very familiar with controversy. I thought that would be an advantage. It wasn’t.” John Rector, former OJJDP administrator “I was...
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Homeless Programs Hit Skid Row
Vicki Wagner: Not going away Last month, Vicki Wagner took a call from the National Council on Accreditation, which was trying to...
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Newsmakers for November 2009
Patrick Corvington Government President Barack Obama has announced nominees for some major youth-related positions within his administration. Patrick Corvington is the...
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The State of City Leadership for Children and Families in 2009
National League of Cities This National League of Cities report, released last month at the league’s National Summit on Your City’s...
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KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Reducing the High School Dropout Rate
Annie E. Casey Foundation Living a successful, financially comfortable life is difficult for many Americans, but especially for high school dropouts....
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What Works for Summer Learning Programs for Low-Income Children and Youth: Preliminary Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Social Intervention
Child Trends/The Wallace Foundation Preliminary evidence suggests that summer learning programs are an effective way to negate the learning loss that...
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The Consequences of Dropping Out of High School
Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University A new report chronicling the whereabouts of past high school dropouts shows that all...
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Availability of Less Nutritious Snack Foods and Beverages in Secondary Schools
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed its School Health Profiles data...
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2008 Investment Performance and Practices of Community Foundations Report
Council on Foundations This Council on Foundations report shows there was a 27 percent decrease in the asset values of community...
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Play Matters
KaBOOM! KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit organization that focuses on the importance of children’s play, has released a report, Play Matters, as...
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Alcohol Promotion on Facebook
Marin Institute The Marin Institute, which calls itself the “alcohol industry watchdog, ” calls for Facebook to ban all alcohol-related content...
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Latinos and Education: Explaining the Attainment Gap
The Pew Hispanic Center Less than half of Hispanic youth are likely to pursue a college education, according to this new...
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Three Jurisdictions Get Funds for Reclaiming Futures
Three jurisdictions are being awarded nearly $3.7 million in federal funding so they can establish the Reclaiming Futures program. Reclaiming Futures...
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Community Schools Pushed by Dems, Brits
Youth-serving agencies should plan to play a prominent role in America’s educational reform efforts by partnering with public schools to transform them...
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College Prices Keep Rising
The cost of higher education got higher this school year, and the biggest increase was at public two-year colleges, where tuition jumped...
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Report Says Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths Underreported
A report released today by the nonpartisan child advocacy group Every Child Matters Education Fund shows that the deaths of 10,440 U.S....
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Conyers Slams OJJDP Boss at Girls JJ Hearing
Compelling testimony at today’s hearing about girls in the juvenile justice system was nearly overshadowed by Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. John Conyers’...
