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2.1KMentors & Change Makers: Meet Some of the People Working to Bring Opportunity to Kids
As the gap between the nation’s poorest and wealthiest citizens has grown during the past four decades, so has the gulf in...
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5.3KA Look Back at the Juvenile Justice System Before There Was Gault
The case is a half-century old this week, a landmark decision that merged jurisprudence, common sense and fortunate timing to reshape juvenile...
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1.5KMothers Whose Children Have Been Arrested, Killed by Police Meet to Organize
The mother never wanted to talk in public about what happened to her son. For 24 years — since her then-17-year-old son...
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1.5KCuts in 21st Century Learning Centers Could Drastically Hurt Mississippi, Leaders Say
Some youth-serving organizations in Mississippi are holding their breaths. They’re waiting to see whether $14 million dries up. That’s the amount currently...
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1.6KThank a Youth Worker Day: Self-renewal Important for Those Who Champion Kids, Nonprofit Founder Says
The executive director of ProAct, an Indianapolis nonprofit, works with kids ages 10 to 18 to connect them with community projects so...
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1.6KJessica Colotl Again Threatened With Deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement
"Just because someone is driving without a license or ends up in jail for a minor traffic violation ... [they] should not...
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Newsmakers | May-June 2017
Walter Isaacson - Kent McGuire - Colleen A. Kelly - John Goodwin - Tonya Allen - Barbara Wong
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2.4KLA’s Youth Probation Camps Have a Problem With Graduating Kids (But Not What you Think)
The Los Angeles County Office of Education boasts that scores of young people who were at risk of dropping out of high...
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Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Raising High School Graduation Rates
Civic Enterprises and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University released the latest edition of this annual report examining the the...
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1.5KIn-Person Visits, New Underwear, More Counseling: Key Changes Sought in California Juvenile Detention
Should youth incarcerated in California juvenile halls and camps be entitled to new underwear? Should family and friends be assured that their...
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2.9KFear of Deportation Leads to Rise in Mental Health Symptoms Among Youth
For 17-year-old Alejandro, dealing with anxiety has been a normal part of teenage life.
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1.1K21st Century Learning Centers Get Budget Reprieve Until September
Millions of low-income kids just got a guarantee they’d have something to do this summer. And so did a cadre of educators...
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3.4KOut-Of-School Time Organizations Play Pivotal Role
Brittany Fisher grew up in the South End of Hartford, Connecticut, a tough neighborhood where gangs flourished. When she entered South Middle...
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1.1KClosing the Gap: Youth Workers Helping Youth of Color
Struggling youth, especially those of color, face unique challenges in reaching their goals as they grow up, but according to the educator...
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1.6KGAO Says Education Dept. Should Up Its Oversight of Federal After-school Program
As after-school programs across the country fear loss of federal funds, a new report from the Government Accountability Office could muddy the...
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2.4KYoung People Suing Government, Oil Industry Over Climate Change Rally
Coreal Riday-White is an attorney working to hold the U.S. government and the oil industry responsible for climate change, a case that...
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1.7KSpending Disparities Foster Inequality Among Kids, New Reports Say
Just as President Donald Trump proposes yanking federal funds serving 1.6 million children after school, new reports show two ways inequality of...
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More Than a Place to Sleep: Understanding the Health and Well-Being of Homeless High School Students
This recent report from the Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness uses data from the Centers for Disease Control's 2015 Youth Risk...
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Spending Blind – The Failure of Policy Planning in California Charter School Funding
In the Public Interest, an Oregon-based research and policy center, produced this report shining a spotlight on the rampant problem of California...
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1.4KOrganizations Undertake Appreciating Youth Work — and Making It Pay
Jobs in after-school programs aren’t known for their high pay, but this week, at least, employees may be paid extra in appreciation.
