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FL juvenile justice: Exterior of ornate, older building with word "criminal" etched in stone.

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Court watchers urge change in Florida, which is No. 1 in prosecuting youth as adults

Since 2007, 18 states have raised to 18 the age at which a person can be criminally charged as an adult, according...

LGBTQ+ community youth: group of stoic youth standing with one holding a rainbow flag

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Trauma and suicide risk among LGBTQ youth

The Trevor Project releases a new research brief using data from the 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health to examine...

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What happened after Minneapolis removed police officers from schools

By September 2020, 11 new unarmed public safety support specialists, many with law enforcement-related backgrounds, were in place and on the Minneapolis...

Girl vs. boy juvenile incarceration: A person's tattooed forearms and hands dangle between cell bars.

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Florida girls are arrested and locked up at higher rates than boys

Non-felony offenses accounted for two out of three arrests of juvenile girls in Florida, according to “The Justice for Girls Blueprint: The...

schools make few changes for new year: students in masks sitting at desks

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Some schools hit hard by virus make few changes for new year

As a new school year approaches, COVID-19 infections are again on the rise, fueled by highly transmissible variants, filling families with dread....

David Shapiro newsmaker: smiling man with goatee and glasses in suit at event

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David Shapiro to lead YMCA of Greater Boston after 18 years at MENTOR

David Shapiro will become the 14th president and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Boston, succeeding James Morton, who has led the...

SEL - A person with long hair and children sit on the grass

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Pandemic pushes afterschool programs to add social-emotional learning

Afterschool programs across the country are increasing turning to social emotional learning, or SEL, and other approaches to help cope with increased...

Adoption heart galleries - An illustration of a laptop with children's faces around it

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Do online adoption “heart galleries” do more harm than good?

Two decades ago, it was common practice for the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption to advertise the faces of foster youth seeking...

Recovering learning report: young ethnic girl looking at camera with patterned facemask on

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Recovering learning: Are children and youth on track in skills development?

UNICEF and the Education Commission publish a new report taking a comprehensive look at skills attainment among children and youth across the...

Jill Biden education: Middle-aged blonde woman in navy suit stands speaking into microphone at podium in front of red and blue curtain

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Jill Biden, education chief to kick off summer learning tour

Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will visit Connecticut, Georgia and Michigan this week to examine summer learning programs that are...

Working at school or nonprofit could erase student loans: silhouette of young woman with graduation cap on

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Work at a school or nonprofit? You could erase student loans

When Melissa Martinez applied to have her student loan debt forgiven more than a decade ago, the U.S. Department of Education told...

Mental health: young black girl sitting on school steps with head lowered and hugging her legs

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Mental health figures into Pennsylvania’s education funding

Amid a growing population of youth experiencing mental health crises, as well as another spate of mass shootings around the country, Pennsylvania...

Asian-Black activism rekindled: A black woman and an Asian woman pose side by side, against a blank wall of a convention hall.

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Asian-Black activism, going back decades, now is being rekindled

Launched in winter 2019 by a Black woman and an Asian American woman, both 27, People Matter echoes cross-racial collaboration extending back...

student threats, when students bring guns to schools: gun falling out of backpack on top of yellow book

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When students bring guns to North Carolina schools

West Charlotte High School had let out only minutes earlier when, hearing gunfire, school officials ordered an immediate lockdown and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police...

College pandemic fallout: TYoung black woman with long black hair wearing a white blouse stands outside surrounded by large trees.

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Luring pandemic-impacted youth back to college will take effort, educators say

Colleges and universities have lost nearly 1.3 million students since spring 2020 as youth of color bear the brunt of the pandemic...

Hotline autism training: Teen girl with long dark braids, black face mask and oversized gray t-shirt stands alone leaning against a cement pillar under an overhang on sidewalk of bsy strret

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Advocates call for more autism training for crisis hotlines ahead of 988 launch

Research shows people with autism spectrum disorder have a much greater risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Despite this – and despite doctors identifying more...

Online SAT: A person with blonde hair sits next to a laptop

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New online-only SAT puts students with disabilities at new disadvantage, advocates say

Some young people who are neurodivergent or have learning disabilities, already concerned about what they say are structural biases in the existing...

Addressing youth substance use through school services report: woman with glasses talking to female student in overalls in school classroom with clipboard

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Addressing youth substance use through school services and supports

Urban Institute researchers discuss lessons learned from school-based approaches to youth substance use implemented in D.C., Massachusetts, and New Mexico.

Transgender youth Alabama: Older, gray-haired woman wearing light blue suit raises right arm behind brown podium with Alabama state seal surrounded by men in dark suits

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Alabama cites abortion ruling in transgender medication case

Days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can prohibit abortion, Alabama has seized on the decision to argue that the...

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Hurricane Maria devastated her home. Now, this teen is helping put survival kits in Florida libraries

Seven months after Nadya Rexach-Rivera celebrated her quinceañera in her beloved Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria upended her life. The catastrophic storm in...