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3.1KHow to Recruit, Retain Kids for Voluntary Summer Learning
Leaders of summer learning programs who are now reaching out to enroll kids often have to deal with a high no-show rate.
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3.0KMissed Opportunities: LGBTQ Youth Homelessness in America
Researchers at the University of Chicago's Chapin Hall recently produced this report showing the disproportionate struggles LGBTQ youth experience as they are...
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3.5KLGBTQ Youth More Likely to Become Homeless, Latest Chapin Hall Report Finds
Lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and queer youths have nearly double the risk of winding up homeless as their straight peers — and...
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4.6KDr. Amy Pollack is the Next Director of Maternal, Newborn & Child Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Amy Pollack, MD, FACOG, FACPM will be the new director of maternal, newborn & child health at the Bill & Melinda...
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5.8KLos Angeles’ Vast Child Welfare System Has a Lot to Teach Rest of Nation
You can only find the entrance to the RightWay Foundation if you’re really looking for it. Hidden deep within the parking structure...
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3.0KYoungest Afterschool Alliance Lobbyists Ever Reassured by Legislators on Annual Funding
What began as a lobbying gala quickly changed into a pep rally as key congressional leaders assured after-school advocates that their cherished...
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1.7KThe State of Preschool 2017
The latest edition of the National Institute for Early Education Research's annual report discusses the latest trends in public preschool quality, availability...
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3.3KPolice in Illinois Are Helping Substance Abusers Get Into Rehab Instead of Arresting Them
Ronald Reagan didn’t start the war on drugs but he did his best to finish it. Law enforcement budgets soared, the jails...
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6.7KLos Angeles School District Fighting Trauma With Wellness Centers
It is the second-largest school district in the nation with more than 640,000 students enrolled. It spans more than 720 square miles,...
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2.5KTanya Curren is a 2018 Inductee of Kennesaw State University’s Bagwell College of Education Hall of Fame
Tanya Curren is a 2018 inductee of Kennesaw State University’s Bagwell College of Education Hall of Fame in recognition of work in...
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3.1KTulsa Groups Worked Together to Provide After-school for Kids During Teacher Strike
The Tulsa Opera, yoga teachers, magicians and first responders helped after-school providers shift into high gear to provide free, full-day activities for...
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2.4KHope That Undecided High School Graduates Could Become Thing of Past Inspires Minnesota Effort
Sparks flew in Russ Tesmer’s auto body repair class as a group of students practiced welding on an old car that had...
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2.6KThis Youth Development Consultant ‘Started in a Coat Closet’
Rebecca Fabiano is president and founder of Fab Youth Philly. OST Hub editor Sara Hill asked her a series of questions about...
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2.4KNY High School Students Pull Off Gun Regulation Forum for State Candidates
Jessica Moskowitz hesitated before she sat in one of the pews in the back of an Episcopal church. The 16-year-old is Jewish...
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1.6KIndicators of School Crime and Safety: 2017
This latest issue of the annual report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics presents comprehensive...
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2.2KStemming the Tide: Diverting Youth with Mental Health Conditions from the Illinois Juvenile Justice System
The Illinois Mental Health Opportunities for Youth Diversion Task Force authored this report which demonstrates the mental health issues of youth involved...
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2.6KUse SEL Principles to Create Safe Schools, Aspen Institute Urges
The Aspen Institute is urging making schools safer by using social and emotional learning principles. “Safety is about the absence of violence,”...
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6.5KFor Underdog High School Football Team in Harlem, Fight Is a Way of Life
The weight room inside Frederick Douglass Academy in East Harlem, New York is nothing more than a repurposed classroom. The ceiling is...
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5.5KSocial Media a Powerful Weapon in Combating Opioid Crisis, Reaching Teens
It used to be common behavior, but few would consider getting into a car with an open beer today. Public awareness of...
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3.4KAdvocates Express Concern, Hope about Revolutionary Changes to Foster Care System
Recently passed federal legislation is revolutionary in its approach to reorganizing the nation’s foster care system, reform advocates agree, but some are...
