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ACLU: Schools Ignore Landmark Supreme Court Ruling, Still Censor Students’ Speech

A sceen shot from the ACLU video. Credit: ACLU. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District, decided 40 years ago this month,...

JJ Appropriations for 2009 Are Out

The House Appropriations Committee posted the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations information today, both the bills and the explanatory statements. JJ Today is told...

Weekly Notes: Arizona 8-year-old pleas; Crime Summit; JDAI’s Federal Agenda; Reentry in Cleveland

Short notes for this relatively quiet week. But to start, we are now on Day 10 without any explanation or information on...

Most Stimulus Jobs Require College Experience

A little more than half of the 3.7 million jobs expected to be created by the new economic stimulus package will require...

Another Buried Study at OJJDP?

Following the news of OJJDP’s buried suicide study, released last week after five years in the agency’s possession, JJ Today has learned...

Online Sports Registration Vendor Strikes Out

  Youth sports and after-school groups from Alaska to New Jersey that hired a Washington company to register program participants online are...

1.5 Million Homeschooled Students in the United States in 2007

Trends in the Diagnosis of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents: 1999-2007

Academy of Pediatrics Childhood obesity has emerged in recent years as a serious problem in America, receiving widespread media coverage. According to...

Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places and Pursuits

Weekly Notes: Money from NIJ; Cuts to State Courts; FACJJ Recommendations; and More

***A quick update on the suicide report, which author Lindsay Hayes told us was essentially buried by the Office of Juvenile Justice...

The Texas Approach to Truancy: Curfews and Tickets

In Dallas, law enforcement officials say the existing process for dealing with truants is not working. That process is simple: officers pick...

OBAMA JOB WATCH: Department of Health and Human Services (Updated July 17)

July 17 David Hansell, who was the commissioner of the State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance for New York, will be...

OBAMA JOB WATCH: Employment and Training Administation (Updated June 30)

UPDATE, June 30: Jane Oates has been confirmed by the Senate. UPDATE, Apr. 10: President Obama announced his intent to nominate Jane...

OBAMA JOB WATCH: Department of Education (Updated July 17)

July 17 Obama’s choice for undersecretary of education, Martha Kanter, has been confirmed. Since 2003, Kanter had been chancellor of Foothill-De Anza...

OBAMA JOB WATCH: Department of Justice (Updated May 18)

Office of Justice Programs The “Yes We Can” attitude at President Obama’s Justice Department must have resonated with Laurie Robinson. The Clinton-era...

OBAMA JOB WATCH: White House (Updated July 15)

July 15 President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated Aaron Williams, a longtime leader and designer of assistance programs around the world, to...

OBAMA JOB WATCH: Corporation for National and Community Service

There are a handful of names we hear either could run CNCS well, or want to run CNCS. The most frequently uttered...

OBAMA JOB WATCH: Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (Updated May 11)

Update, May 11: David Myers will head the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the Department of Homeland Security. For the...

OBAMA JOB WATCH: Department of Agriculture (Updated June 30)

June 30 President Obama in April nominated Kevin Concannon to serve as undersecretary of agriculture for food, nutrition and consumer services. Concannon...

OJJDP Suicide Study Shows New Higher Numbers; One-Third of Deaths Unknown to Relevant State Agency

A study of juveniles who committed suicide while in confinement – first contracted by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...