Youth in foster care have educational aspirations much like youth who have not been in care, with 70-80% of foster youth reporting...
Youth experiencing homelessness are frequently described as hidden or invisible. The thought is that they are challenging to identify as they do...
Kyle Kashuv, a conservative, Jewish student who survived the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, made headlines because his admission to Harvard University was...
Youth need to participate in active learning opportunities that cultivate their interests and promote positive growth. Youth also need educational experiences that...
More first-generation, low-income students and students of color, including youth in foster care, are enrolling in college than ever before. However, youth...
I am known to borrow tips, tricks and tools from all kinds of sources. I rely on a multitude of frameworks from...
Youth homelessness is a national crisis. Does that seem like a dramatic statement? It’s not. About 7% of the total homeless population...
It’s been a week of major transitions for the Center for Sustainable Journalism (CSJ), which publishes the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE)...
My first job was making cheesesteaks and hoagies at Grillworks, a fast food restaurant in a downtown tourist area of Philadelphia. I...
Imagine we could make sure that every young person transitioning out of foster care was able to graduate from high school and...
Netflix’s highly anticipated limited series, Ava DuVernay's "When They See Us" is now out. It chronicles the story of the infamous Central...
Avid cyclists understand if anyone spends enough time riding a bicycle, they will crash at some point. Crashes are more likely for...
According to the math, I should be living in poverty today. Born in South Baltimore General Hospital to first-generation high school graduates...
Owing to increased attention during recent decades, few professionals who are interested in the well-being of youth remain unaware of the challenges...
As the United States grapples with how to best address juvenile and youthful offenders, criminal justice reform is focusing on the best...
Neighborhood conditions like exposure to violence are unacceptable, and undoubtedly create numerous negative outcomes. However, there are additional factors that consistently show...
Students who have experienced foster care or homelessness are often doing it all: managing complicated and ever-changing family situations, carrying out adult-level...
For the past 13 years I have had the privilege of working with hundreds of students who enroll at our university. It...
Remember all those celebrations when the vastly overhyped Family First Prevention Services Act made it into law? Even some of those who...
When you are trying to make the shift to a restorative justice mindset, having even a few teachers, support personnel or administrators...