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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...
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2.5KAfter-school Programs Work to Host, Show Off for Their Elected Officials
Would you invite elected officials to visit your youth program? Would you welcome the prospect or shake in your shoes at the...
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1.4KYoung Bostonians Pleased With Counter-protester Turnout Against ‘Free Speech’ Rally
With her 2-year-old son perched on her shoulders, Tomiqua Williams, 30, carefully guided her 5-year-old daughter’s...
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Student Loan Repayment
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) takes a comprehensive look at how student loan borrowers and their repayment progress has changed over...
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2.2KAfter-school Programs Have Role to Play in Reducing Bigotry, NAA Says
In the wake of hate crimes that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, adults who work with youth need to be equipped to...
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2.5KSchools, After-school Programs Join to Promote Social and Emotional Learning
When school starts this fall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, teachers and after-school staff will be working together in a new way. In five...
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Unrealized Impact: The Case for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
This report released by NewSchools Venture Fund highlights the stark lack of diversity in education leadership across the country and the detrimental...
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1.9KHow a New York Police Official Targets Thoughts to Fight Crime
When Carlos Jennings got out of prison in 2014, he wanted to kill the person who helped put him there. “I wasn’t...
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8.9KAll Day: A Year of Love and Survival Teaching Incarcerated Kids at Rikers Island
Liza Jessie Peterson’s “All Day” is a moving account of her career working with young men at New York’s notorious Rikers Island....
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Unlocking Youth: Legal Strategies to End Solitary Confinement in Juvenile Facilities
The Juvenile Law Center recently released this new report which outlines the counterproductive nature and the great harm caused by the solitary...
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1.5KKids Learn By Doing in Canoemobile’s Floating Classrooms
When kids first step into the big 10-person canoes at Canoemobile, some are panic-stricken. Julie Storck has seen kids cry in fear....
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2.0KYouth Meet in Greensboro, NC, to Address Food Systems, Inequality
About 100 high school youth from community and out-of-school organizations have gathered along with their adult allies in Greensboro, North Carolina, for...
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Removals to Foster Care Called ‘Jane Crow’
In New York City, the agency that handles children’s services asked for 40 percent more removals of children from their families to...
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2.3KHouse Subcommittee Funds Federal After-school Program Despite Trump’s Call to Kill It
Chris Neitzey breathed a sigh of relief this week. He and other advocates of after-school and summer learning programs have been on...
