Youth Today
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1.3KLearning to thrive after doing time
"Prison education is where you change lives,” says Dyersburg Community College President Scott Cook.
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4.9KFor foster youth, new restrictions make abortion access even more difficult
And less than a third of teens in foster care receive birth control information.
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2.0KThe toll of his absence: the women supporting prisoner Almeer Nance
Jameerial Johnson's father has been incarcerated her entire life.
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1.6KShooting fallout: Metal detectors in elementary schools?
How do schools approach protecting students and staff from an armed 6-year-old?
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2.5KQ&A: Reporter Roxanna Asgarian’s upcoming book dives deep into the murder-suicide that killed six adopted Black children
There's a larger story behind the Hart murder-suicide, Asgarian says.
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1.5KSeattle schools sue tech giants over social media harm
The lawsuit blames the social media companies for worsening mental health and behavioral disorders.
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8.3K‘It’s not just a jail break’: Juvenile prison populations reach all-time lows
The statistics are fueling proponents’ hopes of entirely eliminating juvenile detention centers.
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2.7KMayor: Teacher shot by 6-year-old ‘red flag for the country’
Virginia authorities struggle to understand how a child so young could be involved.
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2.6KTennessee ban on juvenile life sentences is latest to align with U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling
Some states ignore court orders to lessen juvenile sentences.
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3.3KQ&A: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s JooYeun Chang wants to give the child welfare system a ‘helping hand’
Chang aims to use fund organizations that are transforming the system "upstream."
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1.5KMove on from COVID? Childcare disruptions continue
Forty-seven. That's how many days of childcare Kathryn Anne Edwards' 3-year-old missed last year.
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1.3KAs legal pot grows, more kids sickened by edibles at home
More than 7,000 cases of young children eating marijuana edibles were reported from 2017-2021.
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3.0KEsports seen as pathway to boost diversity in STEM careers
Young video game viewers are diverse. The STEM workforce is not.
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2.0KAre snow days about to get buried by remote learning? Not quite – but it depends on where you live
Chill out — the traditional snow day is far from extinct.
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1.6KFBI: Steep climb in teens targeted by online ‘sextortion’
At least 3,000 children, mostly teenage boys, have been victims this year.
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1.5KHealth officials revise tool to track severe obesity in kids
In recent decades, severe obesity among children in America has nearly quadrupled.
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1.3KChildren’s medicine shortage hits as flu season starts fast
Shortages might last in some communities until early next year.
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2.6KAfterschool programs raise pay, lower hiring requirements amid staff shortage
Some programs face long waitlists due to staffing shortages; others have closed.
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5.2KThe extraordinary surge in gun-carrying by teens comes with a heavy cost
The increase in gun carriage was especially pronounced among rural, white, and higher-income adolescents.
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2.1KStudy: More girls are carrying guns
However, it's still less common for girls and young women to carry guns.
