The author of a hard-hitting study concluding that juveniles in Maryland charged with adult crimes are subjected to “appalling” physical conditions, extreme...
By Joy Dryfoos Everyone else is sounding off about the significance of the new millennium, so why shouldn’t I? Who has a...
To hear the nation’s leading Democratic and Republican politicians tell it during the recent federal budget debate, the most urgent issues facing...
Gainesville, Texas—It’s an hour until dawn, but the 36 youths who live in Dorm 56 of the Gainesville State School are already...
Keying in “www.guidestar.org” lately has, at times, produced a screen with three little words: “Service not available.” Cyberspace now offers a synopsis...
The death in October of Covenant House founder Fr. Bruce Ritter, 72, closes the door on one of the more bizarre, contentious...
Somewhere in the bowels of the White House someone someday somehow will see the connection between the Presidents’ Summit for America’s Future...
Locking up youths for up to three days in the new Elmore County jail in rural Alabama will curb juvenile crime and...
By Jennifer Durrence President Clinton’s proposal to reauthorize AmeriCorps and other Corporation for National Service programs – Learn and Serve and the...
California has comprehensively strengthened its gun safety laws over the past 25 years and...
Nearly two-thirds of all gun deaths in this country are self-inflicted, according to an...
Formed in 2013 and established as a 501(c)3 nonprofit in 2014, the Florida Restorative...
When we hear the words restorative justice, there is often a connection with the...
While serving as a juvenile diversion officer, I had the opportunity to see how...
Shooting deaths of children is a serious problem that needs to be addressed in...
Earlier this year we wrote a column in Youth Today about the barriers faced...
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Several years ago when Pasi Sahlberg was a visiting professor of practice at Harvard,...
Alicia Philipp has led the Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta for almost 40 years...
On an afternoon in October, kids in the Sunrise of Philadelphia after-school program made...
As the effort to be trauma informed sweeps across youth-serving agencies, some who research...
The increase of mental health problems in kids is one of the reasons LA’s...
Summertime can either reinforce or redress the inequalities that exist for young people. That’s...
Many social and emotional learning models exist, but a new one introduced this year...
Researchers at the Urban Institute discuss the policies and practices best suited for meeting...
The CDC quantifies the effects that adverse childhood experiences have on one's health and...
Together for Girls, in partnership with the Equality Institute and the Oak Foundation releases...
Researchers quantify the prevalence of opioid use and misuse among adolescents and young adults...
Child Trends discusses how school district and charter policies affect the health of student...
Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute releases a new state-by-state report showing significant increases in...
The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics releases the latest figures on suicide and...
- December 8, 2019
In this past year as a student activist for gun safety, I’ve learned that...
Going through the foster care system isn’t easy, but what happens to youth as...
I live in a state of privilege. Wexford, Pa., and surrounding affluent suburbs are...
Like most children, I never realized the tremendous impact my father’s values and culture...
Dayonn Davis was 15 when he committed a crime that would get him tried...
The Youth Today/InsideOUT Writers series these past two years has been a critical reflection...
I got released from the system about five years ago now, and my life...
“Social and Emotional Learning in Out-of-School Time: Foundations and Futures” is the second volume...
“Everyday Desistance: The Transition to Adulthood Among Formerly Incarcerated Youth” sheds a critical light...
“The Growing Out-of-School Time Field: Past, Present, and Future” is, above all else, an...
Anthropologist Tina Lee immersed herself in the exotic culture of a child welfare agency,...
Liza Jessie Peterson’s “All Day” is a moving account of her career working with...
“Though media and advocacy efforts have largely focused on the extreme and intolerable abuse...
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