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5.4KProviding Support for Young Black Men in College
Young African-American men are far less likely to graduate from college than other segments of the population. A little more than one-third...
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Children Will Continue to Flee Danger, Expert Says
In all her years working with Unaccompanied Alien Children, one interaction in particular stands out to Michelle Brané, the director of migrant...
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1.6KTrump Administration Could Target Central American Teens
After 18 days on a bus to the Mexican city of Reynosa, five days walking through the desert to Texas and two...
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2.2KAt Big Thought, Gigi Antoni Has Taken a Big-Picture Approach to Out-of-school Learning
“It’s in out-of-school time that kids get to pursue their interests,” says Gigi Antoni, who moves to the The Wallace Foundation in...
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2.4KFederal Spending on Child Poverty Meager, But Root Causes Must Be Found: Experts
The war on poverty and an array of social welfare measures that followed over the last half-century have helped improve the lives...
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1.6KHomelessness Leads to Justice System and Vice Versa, New Report Details
You’re 16, homeless and sleeping on a park bench when police grab you at 3 in the morning. Vagrancy, trespassing or a...
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A Qualitative Study of Youth and the Juvenile Justice System: A 100 Percent Pittsburgh Pilot Project
This new report from the Pittsburgh Foundation uses data gathered from a comprehensive survey of youth in Allegheny County to paint a...
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1.0KSenate 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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3.1KYoung 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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3.4KLA 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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2.4KNY 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...
