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3.0KYoung People a Focus for Anti‑fascism, Anti-Trump Movement
It was a school night and well past Joshua Vega’s bedtime when most of the world learned that Donald Trump had won...
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2.0K‘What If the Kids Who Are Acting Out the Most Need Art the Most?’
The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, on a grant from The Wallace Foundation, is running a pilot project with six of...
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1.3KMarsha Levick Receives the AACAP’s 2017 Catchers in the Rye Humanitarian Award
Marsha Levick has been selected for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s (AACAP) 2017 Catchers in the Rye Humanitarian Award....
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3.5KCalifornia Tries — With Difficulty — to Implement 2 Major New Laws to Help Sex-Trafficked Kids
California is attempting to switch to a victim-centered approach for its sexually trafficked youngsters. But...
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2.8KArts Seen As Crucial to Healing Youth, Changing the Juvenile Justice System
For Jordan, growing up in Jamaica, Queens in New York City left much to be desired. One of the few places he...
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2017 Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children
This recent policy report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation uses the latest data available to discuss the progress and welfare of...
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2.9KGetting $50 Million More for California After-school Programs Took Group 3 Years of Lobbying
California after-school programs statewide were able to breathe a small sigh of relief this year after Gov. Jerry Brown set...
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2.1KChildren of Color Face Higher Barriers to Success, New Casey Report Says
The children of immigrants make up less than one-fourth of the nation’s youth population yet account for 30 percent of children living...
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2.2KYouth in North Carolina Work to ‘Flip’ Abandoned Prison, the Scripts of Their Lives
A half-acre of pumpkins fatten under the sun in Wagram, North Carolina, in a field next to an empty prison. Nearby are...
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2.4KProfiles of Youth Service Workers: Oneeka Benjamin
Oneeka Benjamin is the K-5 site supervisor for the SCO Family of Services/Family Dynamics after-school program at P.S./I.S. 41 in Brooklyn, New...
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3.7KCalifornia Dreamers, Advocacy Groups Working Together in Hopes of Preserving DACA
Imagine working hard to achieve your dream of attending the University of California at Los Angeles, only to find after getting in...
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1.6KDr. Angela Haydel DeBarger, Ph.D. is a New Education Program Officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has recently announced the hiring of Dr. Angela Haydel DeBarger, Ph.D. to the position of program...
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Raising the Bar: State Trends in Keeping Youth Out of Adult Courts
The Campaign for Youth Justice published this latest update and summary of the progress made by states in reforming their state justice...
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3.3KFrom Detention to Graduation: Examining Role of Education in U.S. Juvenile Justice System
At 7 a.m., teenagers are scurrying to dress and head to class. There are no parents or older siblings nearby to push...
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Latino Education and Economic Progress: Running Faster but Still Behind
Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce recently released this new report highlighting how a lack of higher education degree attainment...
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6.4K4-H Disputes Article’s Claims That It Is/Was Racist, Sexist, Bound to Corporate Interests
A small pale boy with a crewcut scowls as he holds his goat at a county fair. A young girl in green...
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3.0KLittle Free Library Has New Best Friend — Girl Scouts
Eight years ago, wooden boxes on posts began popping up in neighborhoods across the country. They contained books that were free for...
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2.1KExploring How an Idea Developed in Business Applies to Youth Development
Among trendy ideas in education and youth development — right up there alongside “growth mindset” and “grit” — is something called “design...
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2.3KTim McChristian has Been Named the Executive Director of Madison Square Boys & Girls Club
The Board of Trustees of Madison Square Boys & Girls Club has recently announced the appointment of Tim McChristian as its next...
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2.0KPoetry Helps Young Angeleno Cope With Deportation of Family Member
Eleven-year-old Violeta Esquivel feels uncomfortable in President Donald Trump's America, especially after he announced the phasing out of the DACA (Deferred Action...
