Youth Today
Opinion
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2.2KIs Serving on a Board Right for You?
Let's start by saying that it’s clear that all professionals who work with youth have full schedules, are always busy with weekend...
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2.0KHow People Affected by Justice System Handled Living Near Drug Activity, Sex Workers
Several years ago I was running a reentry project in south Brooklyn supporting formerly incarcerated people returning to their communities. We were...
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4.4KDon’t Turn California Child Torture Case Into Discrimination Against Home-schoolers
To the cliché “hard cases make bad law” allow me to add a corollary: Horror-story cases make horrible law.
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2.7KHow Incarceration and Placements Affect Youths’ Mental Health
There’s been a lot of news about women abused by men in power lately, and I've been thinking about the girls I...
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10.5KCaseworkers, Stand Up Against Racism in Child Welfare Or Be Part of Problem
What really changed my life was coming to understand the deep problem of structural and institutional racism that exists within child protective...
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5.1KInspire Youth-driven Change Through Motivational Interviewing
Do something today your future self will thank you for. There are books — in fact, volumes — of literature devoted to...
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3.5KTransitioning Back to School and After-school Programs After a Mental Health Crisis
It happens frequently. A kid returns to school or other activities after a two-week absence because of a psychiatric hospital stay.
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6.5KEnd the Money Grab That Makes Up Youth Soccer in U.S.
When the U.S. Men’s National Team was eliminated from the World Cup in October, it brought to light the youth pay-to-play structure...
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5.4KWhy Do Child Welfare Agencies Keep Demanding Poor People Raise Their Kids ‘Independently’ When No One Else Does?
I’ve just caught up with an excellent 2014 story from ProPublica on how child welfare systems deal with parents who have mental...
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7.4KMy ESL Journey: For Every Dark Night, There’s a Brighter Day
When I was 8 years old, my mom decided it was best for our family to move to this country: her, my...
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How Not to Lose Your Mind Over Every New Trend in Your Field
It sometimes feels like risking whiplash to try to follow all the emerging trends in our field and the potential funding, resources...
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2.8K‘I’m Not a Racist’: The Case for Inclusion and Diversity in Hip‑hop
Many fans of hip-hop have commented on Joyner Lucas’ remix of Lil Pump’s hit record, “Gucci Gang.” There is also a considerable...
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Foster Care: How a California Politician Bent an Entire Child Welfare System to His Will
Meet Matt Rexroad. He is an ex-Marine who describes himself as “an influential part of California politics for more than 25 years.”...
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2.3KLatina Girls in Our Juvenile Justice Prevention Programs Get Empowering, Effective Support
In our Family Keys program, a prevention program that served close to 40 percent Latina youth in 2016, there is a strong...
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2.0KStaggering New Numbers on Youth Homelessness Demand Action
Every year, more than 4 million young people experience homelessness in the United States. And while youth homelessness is a largely hidden...
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3.3KHow to Build the High-Quality Partnerships Schools Need to Survive Well
Helen Keller said it best, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
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3.7KTeaching Positive Peer Pressure Empowers Atlanta Students to Be Change Agents
Today’s youth have a lot to say, and they know more than we give them credit for, I have found. Youth have...
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11.7KFight Burnout and Compassion Fatigue With Lots of Self-care Ideas
For years I have sought out with fierce determination conversations, books and articles such as this. Articles with titles like “5 Steps...
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6.6KChildren Suffer When a Parent Is Deported, Whether the Children Stay or Go
Between 2003 and 2013, an estimated 740,000 to 920,000 parents of children who are U.S. citizens were deported from the United States....
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2.3KESSA Funds Must Be Used Wisely to Amplify Crucial Summer Learning
Education is not one size fits all. Nor does it stop when the traditional academic year ends. Each student has different needs,...
