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A Giant Borrows its Way to Growth, and Risk

When the multi-service giant KidsPeace hired C.T. O’Donnell as CEO in 1999, he stepped into the shoes of a long-serving, beloved leader...

News

Reform Plan: A New Model in Child Welfare Cases?

In a twist that could influence the resolution of other pending child welfare cases, an independent accreditation organization – the Council on...

News

Mississippi Yearning

No matter how many problems your child welfare system has, you can usually take solace that you’re not in Mississippi. For years...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Gender Rivalry: Big Sister Sues Big Brother

In what could be an unprecedented case, an affiliate of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) has sued another affiliate for...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Watch out for Fake GEDS

Those working with dropouts who want to get their GEDS should be aware of a growing Web scam. Companies have been selling...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Grant Helps Feds Use Evidence about Programs

In a “top-down” effort to improve the quality and use of scientific evidence in policy areas that affect youth, the W.T. Grant...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Reform Progress and Setbacks

With juvenile justice reforms and investigations going on around the country, it’s difficult to keep track of all the innovations, achievements and...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Ranch Raises Hopes for Adoptees

The Chicago Tribune The number of “disrupted” international adoptions – in which adoptive parents seek to reverse adoptions and return the children...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Superman Finds New Fans among Reading Instructors

The New York Times Comics-based literacy programs have spread since their creation six years ago by graduate students at Columbia University. The...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Flipped Out: Even as Teens Shun Work Force, Job Opportunities Await

MarketWatch by Dow Jones Experts blame last year’s record low teen employment rate on the decreased benefits of having a job. The...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Immigrant Influx to Chicago Suburbs Spawns Foreign Language Schools for Kids

The Chicago Tribune A growing immigrant population has spurred an upswing in the number of weekend foreign language schools in the Chicago...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Federal Crackdown on Kiddie Porn and Predators

Detroit Free Press Over the past three years, more than 100 men have been prosecuted in U.S. District Court in Eastern Michigan...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Juvenile System Tries not to Lock ’Em Up, Toss Key

Dayton (Ohio) Daily News Two Montgomery County judges are changing the philosophy of their juvenile justice system from one focused on incarceration...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

At-Risk Kids Find the Write Way

Young people in foster care, juvenile justice systems or low-income neighborhoods rarely have a public voice. That is why writing programs can...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

New Federal Budget Gives and Takes

Congress finally finished fiscal 2008 appropriations the day after Christmas, again packing the budget with pet-project presents. But many in the...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Campaign for Youth Justice

Washington, D.C.www.campaignforyouthjustice.org Objective: To end the practice of trying youth as adults. In a Nutshell: The campaign teams with national, state and...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Andrew Bennett

Andrew Bennett Teen CoordinatorNew York State Museum Albany, N.Y. (518) 486-1420www.nysm.nysed.gov/education Age: 21Salary: $14 per hour. About the New York State Museum:...

Opinion

The Power of Babble

“All evidence suggests that narcissism is more common in recent generations,” San Diego State University psychologist Jean Twenge declares in her popular,...

Opinion