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2.0KBoys & Girls Clubs’ Website for Kids Seeks to Bridge Digital Divide
When Facebook rolled out a messaging application for elementary school kids last fall it made big news. The Boys & Girls Clubs...
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1.6KRestorative Justice for High School Artist Who Felt Betrayed and Lashed Out
Humans of Restorative Justice stories highlight the individuals working to build and restore strong relationships in their communities. They are written and...
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2.4KKansas City Public Schools Selects Innovative Mentoring to Power their Ambitious “Success Mentors” Program Goals
Kansas City Public Schools (KCPS) has their sights set on enrolling 350-400 students across 12 schools in the first year of their newly...
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4.4KThe Economic Well-Being of Youth Transitioning From Foster Care
The Annie E. Casey Foundation describes the education and employment barriers many foster youth face when leaving foster care and makes recommendations...
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1.5K3 New Yorkers Talk About Life With DACA
George Kenefati, a sophomore at Macaulay Honors College in Manhattan, recently posted a social event on Facebook for his fellow students. It...
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2.8KTax Bill Would Indirectly Reduce Nonprofit Support, Slash Spending for Youth, Some Fear
Tax changes under way in Congress could impact youth services in harmful ways, some youth advocates say.
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1.8KSome Social and Emotional Learning Programs Can Be Funded Via ESSA, Report Says
Funding opportunities for social and emotional learning are available through the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) — but how exactly? After-school...
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1.3KThe State of the World’s Children 2017: Children in a Digital World
This new report from UNICEF is its first comprehensive look at the ways in which the world's children interact with digital technology...
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1.9KMatthew Randazzo is the New President of the Dallas Foundation
The board of governors of Texas’ oldest community foundation, the Dallas Foundation, unanimously selected Matthew Randazzo as its next president. He succeeds...
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1.7KGirls Led to Science, Coding by Retired Educator Who Saw the Need for High-tech Options
At Camp Invention in Norwalk, Connecticut, elementary school girls string beads marked with 0s and 1s. They’re getting an introduction to the...
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2.0KMindfulness, SEL: ‘Something Uniquely Human About That Ability to Connect and to Care’
Rick Alleva is a field specialist at the University of New Hampshire and co-author of a curriculum called “Courage to Care,” which...
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1.8KA Punishing Decade for School Funding
This new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities discusses the sharp decline in state-level public investment in K-12 schools...
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1.4KThe Future of Undergraduate Education: The Future of America
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences' Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education produced this report which takes a comprehensive look...
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2.0KThe Heron Foundation has Selected Dana K. Bezerra as its Next President
Dana K. Bezerra is the new president of the New York City-based Heron Foundation, whose mission is to help impoverished communities through grantmaking...
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2.4KEx-Big Brother, Little Brother Team for Power Up, Providing Martial Arts, Mentoring
At a martial arts gym in Atlanta, kids sit in a semicircle around their sensei. He talks to them about persistence, about...
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2.4KOhio’s Before- and After-school Project Link Wants to ‘Make Our Program More Professional’
Nora Gajewski is site coordinator at the Bassett Elementary school for Project Link, the before- and after-school program at the Westlake K-12...
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3.4KBoys and Girls Clubs Do Have to Change to Run Quality Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds
Remember doing art projects with construction paper and Elmer’s Glue? We’ve all had that experience, but we know it usually doesn’t constitute...
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1.9KJackson, Mississippi, Native Working to Change Culture of Suspension in Its Public Schools
Juan Cloy remembers being suspended when he was at Provine High School in the 1980s. He and several friends got in a...
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1.3KShould Your Youth Program Be Concerned About an ‘Active Shooter’?
Since the shooting last week at Rancho Tehama Elementary School in Tehama County, California, some schools across the nation seem to be...
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2.1KSupporting Young People Transitioning from Foster Care: Findings from a National Survey
This new study from Child Trends describes the array of services available to foster youth in 47 states and territories until they...
