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Highlights of the 2008 National Youth Gang Survey

This fact sheet compares results of the 2008 National Youth Gang Survey (NYGS) with previous data on gangs and highlights significant...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

More is Better

What’s better than a theoretically sound, research-tested, carefully implemented prevention program to reduce risky adolescent behaviors? An integrated mix of several...

Book Reviews

Our Schools Suck: Students Talk Back to a Segregated Nation on the Failures of Urban Education

Gaston Alonso, Noel S. Anderson, Celina Su, Jeanne TheoharisNew York University Press289 pages. $70 hardcover, $22 paperback. Sharing conclusions from separate...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Visionary Leadership in Volunteer Programs: Insight and Inspiration from the Speeches of Marlene Wilson

Marlene WilsonEnergize Inc.167 pages. $16.95 paperback, $12 electronic. This compilation of Marlene Wilson’s speeches and workshops is a treasure trove of...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Building Character from the Start: 201 Activities to Foster Creativity, Literacy, and Play in K-3

Susan Ragsdale and Ann SaylorSearch Institute Press151 pages. $29.95 paperback with CD. Applying youth development strategies to children from kindergarten through...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Grants Awarded for May 2010

The Hearst FoundationsNew York(212) 586-5404http://www.hearstfdn.org • Partnership for After School Education, New York, $80,000 for general support. • Zero to Three,...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Tribal Justice & Safety at the Department of Justice

www.tribaljusticeandsafety.gov The revamped Tribal Justice & Safety website provides up-to-date notices, press releases and information on the DOJ’s initiatives on American Indian...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative

www.jimcaseyyouth.org The home page of the newly updated website of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative highlights its vision with animated...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Juvenile Record Counts Under Three Strikes Law

The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand California’s practice of counting juvenile court convictions when applying the three strikes law to adult...

► Reports

Scaling Up Learning Communities: The Experience of Six Community Colleges

This report examines lessons learned at six community colleges that have adopted the strategy of using “learning communities” – defined as groups...

► Reports

Scaling Up Learning Communities: The Experience of Six Community Colleges

This report examines lessons learned at six community colleges that have adopted the strategy of using “learning communities” – defined as groups...

Report Details Heavy Debt Loads for College Graduates

Students who pursued bachelor’s degrees from for-profit colleges have the highest student loan debt, according to a new research brief from the...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Foundations Put Up i3 Matching Funds; Promise Neighborhoods Opens

Youth Today’s Jamaal Abdul-Alim reports on a U.S. Department of Education announcement that 12 national foundations have pledged to add $500 million...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: Funding for violence prevention, Luzerne update, and more

We’ve been hard at work here on a crazy cover story for the May issue of Youth Today, and a few other...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Competition Opens for Promise Neighborhood Planning Grants

The U.S. Department of Education on Friday announced the long-awaited $10 million planning grants competition for the Promise Neighborhood program – an...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier