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2.3KStill Hungry and Homeless in College
Wisconsin HOPE Lab discusses the worrying results of a national survey of more than 20,000 college students that found the problems of...
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2.0KAndrew Delbanco is the New President of the Teagle Foundation
Andrew Delbanco has been appointed as the new president of the Teagle Foundation. He succeeds outgoing president, Judith R. Shapiro, in July...
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6.0KPowerful Stories Written by Young People Offer Healing Insights, Guide Youth Workers
Desiree Moore, 28, was taken from her home by the Administration for Children’s Services in New York City when she was 17...
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2.5KGeorgia Legislation to Help Child Sexual Abuse Survivors Sue Dies
Efforts to hold organizations accountable for child sexual abuse could be killed in Georgia on the last day of the state legislative...
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1.8KAlton Sterling Decision Shreds Last Bit of Trust in Police, Community Says
It is easy to imagine that the scene Thursday afternoon in front of the Triple S Food Mart on North Foster Drive...
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2.8KRace and Economic Opportunity in the United States: An Intergenerational Perspective
The Equality of Opportunity Project released this report discussing the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau about the persistent and massive...
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2.4KMarch for Our Lives Is Turning Point for Lifelong Activist, Energized Teen
The soon-to-be marchers, many of them teenagers, stood in the dark, shivering in the bitter cold, bracing against brutal winds howling off...
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1.9KMeri-Margaret Deoudes has been Appointed as the National Environmental Education Foundation’s Next President and CEO
The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) recently appointed Meri-Margaret Deoudes as its next president and CEO. She succeeds retiring 12-year president and...
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3.1KPhotos and Videos of March for Our Lives Around the U.S.
They came by the hundreds and thousands to Atlanta; Boston; Jacksonville, Florida; and New York: from babes in arms or strollers to...
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3.2KYouth Violence Shows How Necessary After-school Is, NAA Leaders Say
When NAA President and CEO Gina Warner stepped to the podium at lunchtime Tuesday at the National Afterschool Association Convention, she had...
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1.8KNoncitizen Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: 2018 Update
The Annie E. Casey Foundation takes a look at the most important recent policy and practice changes regarding noncitizen youth in the...
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3.0KDespite DeVos Claim, Data Show Effectiveness of After-school Programs
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday repeated the Trump administration's claim that no data shows after-school programs to be effective.
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5.5KAfter-school Professionals Find New Ideas, Resources, Messages at NAA Convention
ATLANTA — About 1,800 after-school professionals attended workshops on social and emotional learning, effective approaches to STEM, creating high-quality programs and many...
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6.2KTrump’s Immigration Policy Pushing Children Into Foster Care
The struggle to reunite a Congolese woman swept up in an immigration crackdown with her little girl — and to reunite countless...
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3.4KStudents Walk Out to Protest Gun Violence in NY, Atlanta and LA
Thousands of students, administrators and teachers across the country walked out today to mark the one-month anniversary of the mass shooting at...
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1.4KThe Road to School: How Far Students Travel to School in the Choice-Rich Cities of Denver, Detroit, NO, NYC, and Washington, DC
Author(s): The Urban Institute – Student Transportation Working Group Published: Mar. 14, 2018 Report Intro/Brief: “How to get to school is an...
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3.3KFrancis Guzman Receives the Juvenile Law Center’s 2018 Leadership Prize
Francis V. Guzman has been announced as a recipient of the Juvenile Law Center’s 2018 Leadership Prize. Guzman has helped to catapult...
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2.1KAtlanta High School Among Many Preparing for Walkout Linked to Parkland Shooting
Thousands of students, administrators and teachers across Georgia and the country are expected to walk out Wednesday for the one-month anniversary of...
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2.9KThey’re Working to Reform Juvenile Justice With an ‘Art Attack’
The pianist jammed on the Steinway with such force, he stood up to play it. The rest of the orchestra swayed with...
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3.7KOur Children’s Fear: Immigration Policy’s Effects on Young Children
The Center for Law and Social Policy documents mental and physical harm that our nation's youngest children are experiencing due to the...
