Youth Today
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1.5KNewsLearning science might help kids read better
Integrating science lesson knowledge into the reading lessons improved reading scores for elementary students.
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1.5KGrantsChild care policy and practice research grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child Care, Child Welfare, Early Care, Research, Low-Income Families, Child Care Access | Amount: $100,000 - $400,000 | Deadline: May...
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1.8K► ReportsProtect and redirect: America’s growing movement to divert youth out of the justice system
Many jurisdictions took steps in the past decade to expand diversion opportunities for youth.
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2.4KOpinionThe need to reboot and reemphasize civics instruction has never been greater
The nation’s citizenship woes grow more consequential as people’s faith in democracy itself falters.
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1.9KOpinionIt’s time for a ceasefire in the civics wars
Can we bridge our nation's divisions about what happens in classrooms, textbooks and assessments?
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1.9KNewsIntensive tutoring is great for academics. Now there’s evidence it can boost attendance.
Students in a tutoring program show up to school on days they have tutoring.
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1.0KGrantsGrants for projects to assist underserved families of youth/children with disabilities
GRANT FOCUS: Children/Youth with Disabilities, Child/Youth Outcomes, Family Support, Academic Achievement | Amount: Up to $1,600,000 | Deadline: Apr. 24, 2024
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2.1KOpinionSchools can close summer learning gaps with these 4 strategies
Can school districts capitalize on the crucial summer months and make learning more equitable?
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2.5KNewsCurbing private equity’s expansion into child care
Investor-backed chains manage an estimated one in 10 child care centers in the country.
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1.7KNewsAs Oklahoma adds virtual charter schools — including nation’s first religious one — some wonder if there’s a ‘saturation point’
School choice advocates say states shouldn’t put limits on the virtual school options available.
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1.5KNewsFor a handful of lawyers in Cuyahoga County, juvenile cases are big business
Judges steered two-thirds of juvenile criminal cases to just 10 lawyers in one year.
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2.9KOpinionQ&A: Proposing an education overhaul that links kids to museums, libraries, parks, other community spaces of deep learning
Collaborative ecosystems of school-to-community instruction increasingly is a preferred path to improving kids’ learning.
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2.8KNewsSouth Carolina House approves ‘universal’ school choice before pilot even begins
House Republicans refused to set limitations or requirements on private schools taking taxpayer money.
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1.5KGrantsHealth equity improvement program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Healthcare/Health Equity, Racial Health Disparities, Systemic Racism | Amount: Up to $750,000 | Deadline: Apr. 15, 2024 (initial applications)
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1.3KGrantsArkansas maternal and pediatric health program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Maternal/Pediatric Health, Health/Healthcare, Health Disparities, Arkansas | Amount: $5,000 - $200,000 | Deadline: Apr. 12, 2024 (LOI)
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2.1KNewsSome states fill the void as post-pandemic federal after-school program funds disappear
Thus far, 20 states have earmarked millions to keep afterschool programs afloat.
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1.3KNewsTennessee lawmakers want more oversight of juvenile detention. The Department of Children’s Services is pushing back.
New legislation gives an independent agency the power to require changes at juvenile facilities.
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1.6KGrantsYouth education, development and community engagement grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Education, Youth Development, STEM/STEAM, OST, Arts/Culture, Community | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Apr. 19, 2024
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2.1KNewsWhen police encounters with autistic people turn fatal
People with developmental disabilities are seven times more likely to encounter police.
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1.6KNewsUniversal prekindergarten is coming to California — bumpy rollout and all
The plan is that the $2.7 billion program will be fully implemented by 2025-26.
