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3.8KAs a buffer against social media bullies, the disabled and their parents add their fact-focused voices to those platforms
“It often makes me feel as though the public at large would like families with disabilities to live out of sight and...
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2.7KHow youth-serving organizations can teach civil discourse
Empowering youth to speak up about issues that matter to them is an important step toward self-awareness and community advocacy. This is...
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1.7KNew Mexico education policy director resigns over remarks
An education policy expert has resigned her post at the New Mexico Legislature following a long-simmering controversy over remarks she made about...
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3.3KCongress mulls ending federal program that OKs sub-minimum wages for workers with disabilities
After graduating from a Massachusetts technical high school, John Anton took a job in a sheltered workshop north of Boston where he...
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2.3KJuvenile cases in 2019 dropped to the lowest level in 14 years, federal data show
Juvenile offenses involving property, drug and public order offenses, combined, declined in 2019 to their lowest levels since 2005, according to recently...
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1.6KMigrant children spend weeks at US shelters as more arrive
Five months after the Biden administration declared an emergency and raced to set up shelters to house a record number of children...
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2.5KGeorgetown University launches national project certifying correctional officials in practices designed to limit solitary confinement of juveniles
The Georgetown University Center for Juvenile Justice Reform is preparing to train this fall's inaugural class of juvenile justice executives and rank-and-file...
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1.9KNew law gives juvenile offenders in Washington state same rights to a lawyer that adults have
Defendants who are 18 years old and younger will have the same access to legal counsel as adults in Washington, starting next...
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2.3KLGBTQ youth suicide prevention in schools
The Trevor Project issues a new brief using data from its 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health discussing the inclusion...
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1.8KRecord delta wave hits kids, raises fear as US schools open
With the highly contagious delta variant spreading across the U.S., children are filling hospital intensive care beds instead of classrooms in record...
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1.8KAnti-violence internship program finds flexibility in face of fluctuating pandemic
Kabuya recently completed an internship at a local juicery where she learned skills related to entrepreneurship and financial literacy. The internship program...
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4.5KRoommate-matching services expand housing options for people with disabilities
Growing up autistic, Meghan McCarthy found it hard to make friends. By age 24, still living with parents whom she dearly loved,...
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1.6KReport: Juveniles in pioneering San Francisco detention diversion project were less likely to re-offend than youths on probation
Juvenile offenders participating in a 30-year-old project diverting youth from detention to community-based programs were less likely to cycle back into incarceration...
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4.0KYMCA of the USA names Suzanne McCormick as its first woman president and CEO
YMCA of the USA has named Suzanne McCormick as its next president and CEO, making her the first woman leader in the...
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3.8KHow afterschool programs are using data to measure outcomes and equity
The power of using data to drive decision-making has become a mainstay in most industries, and in recent years has begun to...
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1.1KNorth Carolina is child bride destination; bill could end it
North Carolina State lawmakers are nearing passage of a bill that could dampen the state's appeal as the go-to place to bring...
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1.9KAmid nationwide debate about police in schools, a few districts recently disbanded those units
For Madeline Borrelli, a special education teacher in Brooklyn, N.Y., having NYPD-trained law enforcement officers in schools is a cut-and-dry issue: “School...
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3.3KNew Mexico head of child services steps down following controversies
ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Brian Blalock, the embattled cabinet secretary of the New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department, stepped down as the leader of...
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1.3KSummer funding helped school districts address disparities
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — After another pandemic-disrupted school year, organizers of vastly expanded summer learning opportunities are investing heavily in efforts to...
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2.4KCarlos Santini is the new CEO of Mizzen by Mott
Carlos Santini joins the Mott Foundation to lead its afterschool program improvement organization and app, Mizzen by Mott.
