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Review Harmful to Readers

Judith LevineBrooklyn, N.Y.Contrary to the implication of Steven Mintz’s review [The Youth Today Review of Books, October], my book, “Harmful to Minors,”...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Surprise: Whites Lead Rise In Child Poverty

Children under 18 continue to have a higher poverty rate than older people, but the number of poor youth is not growing...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

No More Tax Breaks For Nonprofits

Nonprofits looking for a new home may want to avoid Fairfax County, Va., unless they are prepared to pay property taxes.The county...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Juvenile Justice Chief Dismissed Over Sex Charge

A 35-year veteran of child welfare and juvenile justice, and Kentucky’s first commissioner of its Department of Juvenile Justice, was fired a...

Opinion

Ed Dept. Shuffles Research, Safe Schools Offices

Several offices and responsibilities are being shifted at the U.S. Department of Education in an effort to improve the quality of research...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

News Briefs for November 2002

Should Convicted Kids Go to Class? Two Philadelphia high school students are suing the school district over a state law that prohibits...

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Newsmakers for November 2002

Nonprofits After 35 years, Center for Community Change (CCC) Director Andy Mott has left the organization to pursue other personal interests in...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

NAB’d by the Market

In the February 1998 issue of Workplace Economics, the D.C.-based National Alliance of Business (NAB) asked: “Education Reform: Where have we been?...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Call Carl

The Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (assets: $1.7 billion) is in the midst of a major overhaul of how and...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Missing Kids Count

In early October more than 600 people gathered at the Ronald Reagan Building (two blocks from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.) for the White...

News

High School After School: Oxymoron or Opportunity?

The idea of “high school after-school programming” is an oxymoron if one’s image of after-school activities involves 11-year-olds munching snacks, getting help...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Press Watch for November 2002

Lost Children: A Look at Kids, Mental IllnessThe Spokesman-Review A weeklong series in the Spokane, Wash., daily looks at families struggling to...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for November 2002

Education The Self-Directed Learning Handbook, by Maurice Gibbons, explains how to help middle and high school students practice self-directed learning, a process...

News

Children and Youth Funding Update

Foundations in the United States “have targeted increasing shares of their giving to the needs of children and youth” over the past...

News

Nonfamily Abducted Children: National Estimates and Characteristics

Drawing from data compiled in the 1999 National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children, the authors break down the...

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Checking Up on Juvenile Justice Facilities: A Best Practices Guide

Conditions and services in juvenile justice facilities can improve through education, advocacy and encouragement from activists, according to this planning guide. The...

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Targeted Outreach: Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Approach to Gang Prevention and Intervention

This report explains the methods, cost and impact of two Boys & Girls Clubs programs to curb gang-related activity: Gang Prevention Through...

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2002 Facts at a Glance

Child Trend’s annual report on teen childbearing, sexual activity and contraception offers abundant data and some interpretation. Among the facts: 46 percent...

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The Civic and Political Health of the Nation: A Generational Portrait

This report analyzes political and civic involvement among four generations: “DotNets” (15- to 25-year-olds), “Generation Xers,” “Baby Boomers” and “Matures.” Among the...

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