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Accelerating the Pace: The Future of Education in the American South

This new report from the seven southern education organizations which make up the Columbia Group demonstrates a new path to the improvement...

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After-school Programs on Trump’s Chopping Block Once Again

In a replay of last year, President Donald Trump proposed scrapping the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative, the federal funding for...

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Beyond the Vending Machine: FoodCorps Reconnects Kids to the Earth

Zashe Cockett-Demings pulled out a small box of worms. She stood in front of 20 students in the outdoor courtyard of Clarkston...

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Child Care Gains Funds in Congress Budget Deal; Outlook Good for After-school Programs

Children and youth could see some gains under a bill that passed Congress early this morning, funding the government through March 23....

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Child Maltreatment 2016

The Administration for Children and Families' Children's Bureau produced this report using data from 2016 to present and summarize the child abuse...

Afterschool activity room: Woman with short brown hair, dark, glasses wearing black blazer with rolled-up sleeves, blue shirt, dark pants and sneakers, squats down to talk to three girls in T-shirts sitting on the floor.

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Youth Workers Learn to Navigate in Turbulent Times

“Someone is going to come to your house in the middle of the night and take your parents, and you will be...

Two young girls with long brown hair in T-shirts, sitting at a long desk in a classroom, stare at empty blue and red cups in front of them, some turned up and some down.

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After-school, Mentoring Just the Start of How University of Tulsa Works with Nearby Families

The Tulsa Girls’ Math Circle is just one of several University of Tulsa’s community engagement programs that reach out to youth. The...

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Compton Jr. Posse Fights Gang Membership on Horseback

Since local violence peaked in the 1990s, the Compton neighborhood has battled gang culture and worked to lower its high crime rates....

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From Dropout to Diploma at Youth Opportunities Unlimited in Los Angeles

Last year, 11th-grader Terri Holden, 17, found herself on the road to dropping out of high school — like one in every...

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John Legend Plays Backup at Panel on Mass Incarceration

“We have allowed our most vulnerable children to be thrown away, to be traumatized, to be locked up in these...

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A National Imperative: Joining Forces to Strengthen Human Services in America

This new report published by the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities and the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) demonstrates the...

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Hilary Pennington is the First Executive Vice President of the Ford Foundation

Hilary Pennington has been appointed as the Ford Foundation's first executive vice president. This position will have her oversee the foundation's domestic...

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LA Doctors Promise to Fight for Adequate Health Care for Undocumented Patients

Video: Paula Ilonz LOS ANGELES — The physicians of Los Angeles + USC Medical Center weren’t inside for their normal rounds on...

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North Carolina Group Keeps Dreamers’ College Goals Alive

Video: Roger Newton SANFORD, North Carolina — As a high school sophomore and DACA recipient, the connections Danny Rodas made through his...

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North Carolina Dreamers Volunteer, Mentor Young People

Ernesto Cervantes Trejo, 23, teaches Catholic confirmation classes to teens at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Sanford, North Carolina. Video: Roger Newton...

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Quality Counts 2018 – Grading the States

The 22nd edition of Education Week's Quality Counts report comprehensively ranks every state's school system, giving every state a letter grade from...

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One Dreamer in New Mexico Is Social Worker By Day, Dance Instructor By Night

Video: Roger Newton SANTA FE, New Mexico — Mauricio Lopez-Marquez hadn’t wanted to be carted from Mexico City to Santa Fe when...

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About Our DACA Series

Since September 2017, when President Donald Trump started dismantling the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), some 690,000 young adults across...

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Byron Sanders has been Named as the Next President and CEO of Big Thought

The Dallas, TX-based education nonprofit, Big Thought, has chosen Dallas-native Byron Sanders as its next president and CEO. He succeeds Giselle Antoni,...