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Hewlett’s Free Lunch Program Ends

The Menlo Park, Calif.-based William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (assets: $9 billion) announced in May 2000 that it was planning to establish...

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Tumbled Village

When the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (assets: $5 billion) gave $3 million in operating support and a $5 million endowment to set up...

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Bob & Rob

Robert L. Woodson Jr., according to a spokesman at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has “returned to private...

Opinion

A Delicate Balance

There is a new mantra on Capitol Hill: scientifically based research. The term is used more than 100 times in the No...

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Press Watch for October 2002

Losing Track of Children in State Care is National Problem Orlando Sentinel By failing to keep data on the number of missing...

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Pubs and Videos for October 2002

At-Risk Kids No Disposable Kids, by Larry K. Brendtro, Arlin Ness and Martin Mitchell, suggests ways to reach children whom everybody else...

Opinion

Of Men and Mice

Here’s a story from the friendly skies. One day last summer, on a flight from Atlanta to New York, I came across...

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2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

Use of two drugs popular among youth – Oxycontin and Ecstasy – continued to increase in 2001, according to the newest version...

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Mother’s Influence on Teen Sex: Connections That Promote Postponing Sexual Intercourse

Researchers constructed models to assess what effect mother-child interaction had on the timing of a youth’s decision to have sex, while also...

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Modern-Day Youth Gangs

After surveying officials in 1,121 jurisdictions of various sizes nationwide, the report indicates that multiethnic and female-inclusive gangs were on the rise...

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Dreams, Gangs and Guns: The Interplay Between Adolescent Violence and Immigration in a New York City Neighborhood

This report posits a view that immigrant youth and those born to immigrants associate with violent neighborhood gangs out of a need...

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Reflections on the Crime Decline: Lessons for the Future?

Researchers say that the declines in violent crime and homicides since the early 1970s have bottomed out in the waning economy, and...

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3rd Annual Uhlich Children’s Home Teen Gun Survey

Whites and Hispanics among the 1,026 teens in this survey were quickest to attribute gun violence to parental behavior and violent entertainment,...

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What Keeps Children in Foster Care from Succeeding in School?

The report lays out the significantly low academic achievement level of the average foster child and finds that academic performance is often...

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Public High School Dropouts and Completers

The report reviews high school dropout rates and the percentage of students who complete high school in four years for 37 states.

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Juvenile Gun Courts: Promoting Accountability and Providing Treatment

The Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants Program bulletin provides plans for a juvenile gun court for handling nonviolent crimes committed by youths...

Research

Research of Note for October 2002

This month’s Research Watch gives some of the details behind the headlines questioning the effectiveness of counseling after traumatic events. Two other...

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Community Youth Corps

Baltimore, Md.(410) 396-5356dtaylor@epfl.net Objective: Provide service-learning opportunities for youth and help them see libraries as valuable resources. In a Nutshell: The...

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