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1.6KRacial Disparities in Youth Incarceration Persist
The Sentencing Project releases a new report discussing how stark racial disparities in the juvenile justice system remain relatively unchanged even as...
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313Reforming Juvenile System For Girls Requires Stories, Three Experts Say
A pregnant teenager stands alone in a cinder-block cell in one image. In another, a young body shivers, curled up in an...
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2.0KAs States Struggle With Budget Cuts, After-school Advocates In NY Push Back
Across the nation, states are tightening their belts as the pandemic cuts into their budgets. Some are feeling a financial shock similar...
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2.8KNYPD Disproportionately Restrains Students Of Color During School Crises, New York City Agency Data Shows
Over 1,500 students were restrained by school safety agents of the NYPD from the first quarter of 2019 through the first quarter...
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2.5KCalifornia Nonprofit Calls On Companies To Offer Foster Youth Internships
In 2020, Tom Fandre had hoped to place at least 90 foster youth in internships in the Silicon Valley area. But when...
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1.5KOverlooked and Under-Connected: Exploring Disparities in Digital Skill Levels Among Older Youth of Color in the US
Researchers at the Urban Institute discuss the stark racial disparities in digital skill levels of youth ages 16-24.
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1.9KPortrait Of Early COVID Period In New York, New Jersey
NEW YORK — When the COVID-19 pandemic first broke in New York City this spring, the most vulnerable populations were at the...
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5.4KAfter-school Providers Can Assist Kids Experiencing Homelessness
As the pandemic continues, the number of people experiencing homelessness could rise — especially if eviction moratoriums are lifted. More children in...
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2.3KAt Atlanta Bike Shop, Kids Learn Bike Repair, Job Skills, Soft Skills
Last spring, COVID-19 put the brakes on after-school activities at Bearings Bike Shop in Atlanta. But on a recent Saturday, a gaggle...
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5.8KEducation For Young People In Shelters Was Already a Challenge — Then Coronavirus Hit
More than 40,000 K–12 public school students in Washington experienced homelessness in 2017–18, a number that has nearly doubled in the past...
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3.0KKids, Families and COVID-19: Pandemic Pain Points and the Urgent Need to Respond
The Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzes data from U.S. Census Bureau surveys to discuss how households with children are faring during the...
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2.2KWhy Focusing On Women, Girls Could Reduce Gun Violence
Her son spent a decade behind bars for an accidental shooting in which a young woman was killed. Then, instead of a...
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2.8KYouthprise And Students Win Lawsuit, Gain Jobless Benefits For Minnesota Teens
Walter Cortina, a high school student in Minneapolis, doesn’t work merely for pocket money. Last spring, at age 17, he was supporting...
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5.0KMany Fewer Kids In After-school Programs Despite Greater Need, America After 3 PM Report Finds
The widening gap between rich and poor in America — even before the pandemic — is shown in a new report on...
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1.6KPreventing and Addressing Child Sexual Abuse in Youth Serving Organizations
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University created this comprehensive desk-guide for youth-serving organizations to learn to more effectively prevent and address child sexual...
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2.2KHow The Differing Sense Of Community In Florida, Italy Affects Children: New Book
Stell Simonton recently talked with Barbara Bennett Woodhouse, author of “The Ecology of Childhood: How Our Changing World Threatens Children’s Rights.” Woodhouse,...
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2.0KMiddle School Students In Virginia Take Part In Worldwide Hour Of Code
Three afternoons this week — Computer Science Education Week — students at Rocky Run Middle School in Fairfax County, Virginia, are gathering...
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2.2KIntegrate SEL By Focusing On Strong Relationships In Diverse Environment, Report Says
How do youth organizations and schools integrate social and emotional learning into their full range of activities? How do they also respond...
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2.3KLearning During COVID-19: Initial Findings on Students’ Reading and Math Achievement and Growth
NWEA uses data from over four million students in grades 3-8 to assess how school shutdowns and continued distance learning due to...
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1.7KBill Seeks ‘Pandemic Funding’ For 21st Century After-school Programs
As Congress considers a spending bill with behind-the-scenes negotiations this week, many youth-serving organizations hope for an injection of cash into out-of-school...
