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Editorial

Matching the Job to the Task On Feb. 3, Michael Hernandez of Miami slit the throat of fellow 14-year-old Jamie Gough in...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Grants Awarded for April 2004

Ben & Jerry’s Foundation30 Community Dr. South Burlington, VT 05403-6828(802) 846-1500 www.benjerry.com/foundation • C-Beyond, Concord, Calif., $10,000 for youth-led leadership development programs.•...

Opinion

Connecting Vulnerable Youth

School dropouts, arguably the most vulnerable youth group in the United States, are also a group for which there is no meaningful...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Why Does My Textbook Say Sex Is Harmful? (and)

Two Views of Sex Education Dealing with teen sex education and sexual behavior is always controversial. Here, two teens give their views...

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

What Happened At MaryvilleRichard WexlerExecutive DirectorNational Coalition for Child Protection ReformAlexandria, VA The notion that Maryville [Academy] became a hellhole because poor,...

Opinion

California’s Winter of Hate

February’s column featured anthropologist Margaret Mead’s warning that adults in modern cultures that are jolted by rapid social change will come to...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

News Briefs for April 2004

GAO Cites AmeriCorps Enrollment Errors A report released last month revealing flaws in the management of AmeriCorps provoked harsh criticism from Republican...

► Newsmakers

Newsmakers for April 2004

Nonprofits In what spokeswoman Joyce Johnson called a “painful moment in our history,” the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) laid off...

News

Virginity Pledges: Broken, but Effective?

A new study of virginity pledges provides evidence about both their effectiveness and their shortcomings. Most teens who vowed sexual abstinence until...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Press Watch for April 2004

Child Care MadeTrenton Times The 5-year-old autistic son of Alicia Day, a single mother of four in New Jersey, was fatally scalded...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for April 2004

African-American Black in School, by Shawn Ginwright, posits a perspective on the older ideas of Afrocentric reform discussed by intellectuals and its...

News

Report Roundup for April 2004

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Research

Research of Note for April 2004

New studies on suicide, TV and video games, and concealed weapons add to youth workers’ knowledge of the many influences on the...

News

Snack Attacks

The vending machines at the Clark County YMCA in Vancouver, Wash., make some people uneasy. On the one hand, the machines bring...

News

Getting Down on Self-Esteem

When the Teen Outreach Program (TOP) in Oklahoma City held a career day a couple of years ago, one 17-year-old girl stood...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Anti-Tobacco Campaigns

Since 1997, research has consistently pointed to a slow but steady decline in youth smoking. The share of high school seniors who...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Hollywood Diner

Baltimore, Md.(410) 355-4698www.ccyd.org. Objective: To empower at-risk young people with self-sufficiency skills through employment. In a Nutshell: The Hollywood Diner is...

Opinion

Behind the Teen Pregnancy Drop: Teens

“Less sex, more contraception.” That’s the story behind the continued drop in teenage pregnancy rates. According to the latest data, teen pregnancy...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Web Watch for April 2004

Child Welfare The Adoption History Projecthttp://www.uoregon.edu/%7EadoptionThis digital history resource profiles the people, organizations and writings that have shaped adoption in the...

Opinion