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6.3KTrump’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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1.5KThe 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...
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2.7KAfter-school Advocates Lobbying Congress — Again — for Funding
They’re posting on social media. They’re calling and emailing members of Congress. And after-school providers are talking to parents picking up kids,...
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2.0KThe State of Justice Reform 2017
The Vera Institute of Justice provides a comprehensive, up-to-date snapshot of where the nation stands in current efforts at reforming the many...
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3.0KHow To Fix the Large and Growing Latinx Teacher-Student Gap
This new report from the Center for American Progress highlights the shortage of Latinx teachers in American schools relative to the student...
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3.6KNY Students Quick to Throw Themselves Into March Organizing
It was late in the evening on Feb. 16 when Joey Wong’s flight from La Guardia Airport in New York City landed...
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2.6KAnuja Khemka, MSW is the New Executive Director of the Steve Fund
Anuja Khemka, MSW is the new executive director of the Steve Fund, the country’s only nonprofit focused on the mental health of...
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3.5KConey Island Teens Take First Steps Into Anti-violence Movement
Instead of hanging out, 35 Coney Island teenagers spent their midwinter vacation last week learning to cope with everyday trauma and avoid...
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4.3K5 NY Award-winning After-school Leaders Spill Their Secrets
Five of New York’s after-school educators are being honored today by the Partnership for After School Education at its 25th Anniversary PASEsetter...
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3.1KActive Shooter Prep for After-school: What to Do, What to Avoid, According to Experts
How do you prepare your youth program to respond to a gun-wielding intruder? Youth programs and schools are anxiously asking themselves this...
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2.4KWhat Happened in Tallahassee Today Shows Future Is Hopeful
Today Floridians decided it was time for action and change. The unimaginable terror that the students and staff of Douglas High School...
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2.8KF. Javier Torres has Joined the Surdna Foundation as Director of its Thriving Cultures Program
F. Javier Torres recently joined the Surdna Foundation as the new director of its thriving cultures program. In this position Torres will...
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2.7KNJ Teens Learn Job Skills, Get Professional Development at the Nabe
Many afternoons, kids at Morristown High School in Morristown, New Jersey, walk over to Morristown Neighborhood House, affectionately known as Nabe.
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2.2KDestined to Fail: How Florida’s Jails Deprive Children of Schooling
The Southern Poverty Law Center produced this report showing how youth incarcerated in Florida's jails miss out on education during their formative...
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2.5KDon’t Fear Evaluations, Says Operation Shoestring Head in Mississippi
Robert Langford is executive director of Operation Shoestring in Jackson, Mississippi. It offers after-school and summer programs plus offers services directly to...
