Youth Today
Opinion
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3.5KWe Can Close Poor Students’ Gap With Better Trauma-informed Education
The New York Foundling has been protecting children and strengthening families for nearly 150 years and is now one of oldest and...
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2.5KDon’t Rescue Me: 3 Best Practices for Working with Youth Who Have Been Sexually Exploited
Serving young people who have experienced sexual exploitation demands a high level of critical thinking and careful planning to ensure best practice....
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2.2KUsing Tasers on Youth Inspires a Shocking Lack of Action
In August, an 11-year-old African-American girl was tased by a Cincinnati police officer when he tried to apprehend her for shoplifting. The...
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5.2KDecades After Media, Child Welfare Got ‘Crack Babies’ Wrong, Damage to Women of Color Lives On
Editorial writers rarely do their own reporting. Most of the time they comment on what reporters for their publications have found or...
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2.0KThank You For Your Donations
Thanks to people like you who donated to our Center for Sustainable Journalism during 2018 NewsMatch, we raised more than $54,000.
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2.9KKeep Disconnected Youth on Track for Their Sake and the Economy’s
Over the past five years, public awareness of the plight and promise of young people who are not in school or the...
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3.4KTrump Endangers Immigrant Children, Against Every Child Welfare Principle
President Donald Trump’s immigration policies have squarely targeted the most vulnerable: children. Like most people, I was outraged last summer when I...
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3.6KEpic Stories: Why Pop Culture Is Powerful Tool for Engaging Youth Leaders
There’s a moment in every great story when it seems that all is lost: the Ministry has fallen, the Rebellion has been...
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1.9KHispanic Youth Living in Settlements at U.S. Border Suffer Poverty, Lack of Health Care
Recent media stories from the U.S.-Mexico border about immigration have largely missed the daily struggle of families and children in U.S. communities...
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7.0KOakland Demonstrates Right Way to Use Restorative Justice With Teens
Restorative justice is a centuries-old approach that seeks to empower people to address the harms, needs and obligations that arise when a...
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3.1KKansas City Program Shows How Collaboration Can Boost Summer Learning
About five years ago, a colleague of mine in Kansas City, Mo., told me it was time for a new American summer....
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4.0KWhy We Created a Suicide Prevention Program That Uses Dance, Escape Room Scenarios
It is clear that suicide is a nationwide problem, but it seems especially so here in Utah. According to the Utah Department...
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2.8KSupporting Smaller OST Programs Reduces Opportunity Gap, Builds Equity
A good friend of mine, a middle school teacher before going on to earn his Ph.D. in education leadership, once told me:...
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3.1KWhy Wyoming Is Using After-school Programs to Keep Kids Out of School-to-prison Pipeline
In 2013, the Wyoming Afterschool Alliance (WYAA) became interested in understanding the school-to-prison pipeline based on the alarming statistics that we were...
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3.8KTrump Approach to Separating Kids Has Much in Common With Foster System
If there’s one thing that really, really upsets America’s child welfare establishment, it’s pointing out the close resemblance between the Trump administration’s...
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3.3KHow Ohio’s Restore Court Focuses on Helping Sex Trafficked Youth
Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) has recently received much needed attention, but is by no means a new issue. Researchers have...
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3.3K10 Readiness Abilities Young People Need to Graduate and Ever After
Recently, I have spent a great deal of time in Virginia. My organization, Jobs for the Future, is supporting the state’s education...
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3.1KHow Talented Kids From Low-income Families Become America’s ‘Lost Einsteins’
The Conversation Innovation is widely viewed as the engine of economic growth. To maximize innovation and growth, all of our brightest youth...
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4.7KHigh-quality Out-of-school Time Programs Are Worthy of Investment
Out-of-school time (OST) programs, offered after school and during the summer, are intended to provide youth a safe space to go with...
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2.9KGraham SLAM Coaching Helps Older Youth in Care Launch Successfully
Young people in the child welfare system, most of whom have experienced trauma and frequent loss, have all the same capabilities as...
