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1.2KJeffrey Vanderploeg, Ph.D. is the Newly-Appointed President and CEO of the Child Health and Development Institute
Effective Oct. 1, 2017, Jeffrey Vanderploeg, Ph.D. is the president and CEO of the Connecticut-based Child Health and Development Institute (CHDI). He...
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2.7KNearly 5 Million Latino Kids Risk Seeing Parents Deported, Report Says
Nearly 5 million Latino children run the risk of seeing their parents deported, a new study says.
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1.6KThe Journey Helps Youth Workers ‘Show Up Whole’
Ryan Sims was a recent college graduate when he started work two years ago at the Boys & Girls Clubs in Indianapolis.
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4.3KU.S. Child Maltreatment Statistics Show Slight Decline From Year to Year
Nearly 700,000 American kids were found to be victims of abuse or neglect in fiscal 2015, and the public ought to...
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Early Childhood Educators’ Self-Efficacy in Science, Math, and Literacy Instruction and Science Practice in the Classroom
Researchers from Michigan State University wrote this report using analysis and observations of 67 Head-Start classrooms which details how effective early childhood...
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2.1KResources Available for Teen Science Cafés, Which Let Kids Get Hands-on
When a group of high school students got together on a recent Tuesday evening, they ate chocolate, taste-tested different...
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1.5KMac Howison is the New Program Officer for Creative Learning at the Heinz Endowments
Mac Howison has recently been announced as the new program officer for Creative Learning at the Heinz Endowments. He begins work in...
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3.1KHands-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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1.6KUntrained 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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1.3KDiffering 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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7.6KConcerns 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...
