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986Senate Judiciary Members Rail Against Juvenile Detention Rather Than Therapy
The elephant in the room never actually made it into the room this morning. But Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, who last year...
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3.0KYoung Immigrants Need to Know Their Rights
As the U.S. Department of Homeland Security steps up deportations under new policies announced Tuesday, some organizations are working to inform young...
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education at Research Universities: A Collection of Case Studies
The Association of American Universities and the Research Corporation for Science Advancement published this report bringing together several case studies documenting current...
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1.6KBeyond School Hours Conference Looks at Ways to Level Playing Field for America’s Kids
Schools can’t do it alone. That’s the message of the Beyond School Hours conference going on in Atlanta through Saturday.
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3.3KLA Center Fills a Gap for Health, Mental Health and Other Services Specifically for LGBT Youth
Growing up on the tough South Side of Chicago, Richard never felt comfortable around people because he never felt normal as a...
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1.6KJuvenile Drug Courts Agree More Family Involvement Needed; Some Not Sure How to Do It: Report
Juvenile drug treatment courts must do more to bring families into the treatment process if they want to help young offenders overcome...
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2.3KPalm Beach County Creates Master Plan for Youth
“Nobody thinks we are a county in which kids go hungry, but we are,” said Tammy Fields, Palm Beach County youth services...
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1.4KFor Youth Offenders Alternatives to Incarceration Offer Hope
A shove on a playground. A pair of shears meant for an art project. Pepper spray carried for a dangerous walk to...
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1.3KFormer Attorney General Holder Urges Action on Racial Issues Under Trump
Panelists at a discussion on race spoke mostly about collective response to a president they fear will roll back the rights of...
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3.4KGirls Gain Social-Emotional Skills As Queens of Lacrosse
The first time Joseph Albines saw the object that became symbolic of his life was in the 1980s. His older brother brought...
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Scaling Up, Scaling Out: White Paper on Lessons from Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana and Nurse-Family Partnership
Ascend at the Aspen Institute and Nurse-Family Partnership collaborated to gather information and then write and publish this brief which outlines the...
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2.0KYoung Artists Lead Through Emotional Expression, Powerful Voices and a Conviction for Social Justice
Poetry propels young people onto stages in front of hundreds of people and in the midst of world leaders.
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2.3KNY High School Students Abandon Classes to Protest Trump, Vow ‘We Vote Next’
A cold rain didn't dampen the energy of several hundred New York City high school students who walked out of classes on...
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3.9KMeet the ‘Monsters:’ Documentary Looks at California Juvenile Debate
One’s kicking himself over an unrequited lifelong crush. One dreams of being a Navy SEAL. Another leads you on a mocking tour...
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4.2KUrban Gardening Connects Youth with Health, History, Humanity
You could call it a story of two gardens. The Learning Garden was established in 2002, planted and maintained by a mix...
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Newsmakers | January-February 2017
Patrick H. Gaspard - Ellen Braune - Dr. Deborah Antoine - Michael Buchman - Yatin Patel - James E. Starr
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2.0KLiving in Two Worlds: Transborder Youth Cross Daily to Seek Educational Opportunity
Eighteen-year-old Vanessa Flores still remembers stumbling over her words on her second day at San Diego City College (SDCC) last fall when...
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2.5KBoard, Fantasy Games Lure Kids from Screens to Psychologist’s Brooklyn Store
At the Brooklyn Strategist game store, kids get a play space away from computer and phone screens.
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2.0KFostering Change
Chelsea Bramblett didn’t know what to expect the first time she showed up at the statehouse in Tallahassee...
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1.5KFamilies of Inmates: A Photographer’s Focus at Rikers Island
Every day an estimated 1,500 family members and friends of those incarcerated on New York’s Rikers Island visit their loved ones. For...
