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3.0KHands-on Learning: How Learning By Doing Can Widen World for Young People
Jason Herndon had walked past the Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory, an old brick building in north Philadelphia, many times, thinking it looked...
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Stressors, Mental Health, and Sources of Support Among LGBTQ Public High School Students in New York City
The New York City Department of Health used data from the 2015 New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey and findings from...
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3.2KGeorgia Students Learn Pre-engineering As They Revamp Shipping Containers for Haiti
Six empty shipping containers sit in the parking lot of Marietta High School in Marietta, Georgia. Soon they’ll be set on a...
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1.8KA Hands-On Approach, Times Three
Excitement was in the air the morning of the big dress rehearsal at 7 Stages Theatre in Atlanta. Mentors, choreographers, young artists...
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Be Her Resource: A Toolkit About School Resource Officers and Girls of Color
This new report from the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality takes a look at how girls of color are consistently...
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House Reinstates Some Funds for 21st Century After-school Program
Prospects for fully funding the 21st Century after-school program grew today as the House of Representatives reinstated $100 million for the program...
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Understanding Part-Time College Students in America
The Center for American Progress highlights the oft-overlooked struggles of part-time college students in America. Making up 37 percent of all undergraduates,...
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1.5KUntrained Police Officers in Schools Focus on Girls of Color, Report Says
Black girls are nearly four times more likely to be arrested at school than their white counterparts and Latina girls are almost...
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1.1KYouth Today Bureau Chief Named Program Director at CUNY Journalism School
Daryl Khan, the New York bureau chief for the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange and for Youth Today, has been named the new...
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2.6KBoys & Girls Club Volunteer-Turned-Employee Says Listening to the Kids Is the Key
Wynter Parham, 29, is surrounded by teens in the kitchen at the Boys and Girls Club as she takes everyone’s cupcakes out...
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Left Behind: Refugee Education in Crisis
The UN Refugee Agency authored and released this new report summarizing and drawing attention to the crisis in the education of refugee...
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1.2KDiffering Bills That Fund After-school Programs Expected to Soon Go to Conference Committee
Supporters of after-school programs are closely following actions in Congress to see whether federal funding will be...
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7.5KConcerns About Job Corps Safety Continue in Congress
Roughly two years after the homicides of two students prompted a congressional review of Job Corps, federal lawmakers continue to probe for...
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1.7KOur Coverage of National Debate Over Undocumented Youth, DACA
Both Youth Today and the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange have been covering the changing fate of Dreamers since before the Dreamer program...
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2.8KYouth Organizations Oppose the Administration Ending DACA
The future of nearly 800,000 young people hangs in the balance as President Donald Trump threatens to rescind the...
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2.5KQ&A With Nancy Deutsch: Can After-school Programs Counter Extremist Recruiting?
In the wake of the deaths in Charlottesville, Virginia, and hate group rallies in other cities, Youth Today reporter Stell Simonton...
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Newsmakers | August 2017
Lisa Hamilton - Adam Falk - Daniel F. Wilhelm - Sidney R. Hargro - SueEllen Kroll - Giselle Leung
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Mapping America’s Child Care Deserts
This new report by the Center for American Progress analyzes and maps the locations of licensed child care centers in 22 states,...
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1.6KOne Day in Boston Against Hate
More than 40,000 counter-protesters are estimated to have descended on the Boston Common on Aug. 19 to denounce white supremacy and hate...
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1.6KWest Sacramento ‘Audaciously’ Creates Job, College Path for Its Youth with Kids’ Home Run
As the wealth gap grows in the United States, the job market shifts and college costs rise, how do young people make...
