Youth Today
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Web Watch for March 2002
Teen Hoopla: Say What?www.ala.org/teenhoopla/saywhat/index2.htmloffers a forum for youths to express their views on issues ranging from the Sept. 11 attacks to school...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Honors for February 2002
Youth Leadership Award For: Leaders whose work reflects the importance of cultural understanding and education in improving peoples’ lives. By: Academy for...
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News
U.S. Youth Programs Go Global
The Netherlands—When youth workers here teach the Quest life skills curriculum that they’ve adapted from the United States, they do not preach...
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Grants
Grants Awarded for February 2002
Public Welfare Foundation1200 U St. NWWashington, DC 20009-4443(202) 965-1800www.publicwelfare.org • Advocates for Justice and Education, Washington, DC, $45,000 for general support.• Allen...
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News
After-School Funds Feds Open Door to Youth Agencies
With a rare victory over Washington’s education lobby, youth-serving agencies can for the first time directly tap into the federal government’s biggest...
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Opinion
Sane School House Safety
No national youth policy issue is more off track than the effort to make schools safe for children and staff. A series...
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News
Whistleblower: “My Life Ruined”
Ever since the 1999 Columbine massacre, adults have preached that the best way to prevent school violence is to get youths to...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Kids Quill: Taming the Inner Bully
Research on bullying suggests that many bullies enjoy dominating others in part because of “cognitive distortions” that silence their consciences (e.g., minimizing...
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Opinion
“Senior Year” Refreshes, ASH Chokes
I have never met a “typical teenager.” Sullen, alienated, immature, impulsive, rebellious, obnoxious, immortality-deluded, high-risk? I’ve encountered as many grownups (me, for...
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News
Detention Chief Quits Over Restraint Charges
When Joe Clark came on as director of the Essex County Juvenile Detention Center in 1995, he committed to staying until he...
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News
The Preemies Are Alright
A study of people who were born prematurely sheds more light on the ever-amazing resiliency of kids to overcome trauma. The study...
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News
4-H Marks a Century, Looks to the Next
To celebrate its 100th anniversary, 4-H has been holding a series of discussions nationwide about the future of youth work. 4-H has...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Teen’s Suicide May Prompt New Rules on Student Pilots
Four days after a 15-year-old flight student committed suicide by flying a plane into a Florida building, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...
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Youth Worker Indicted
Robert Miraglia, a New Jersey community youth worker at the Essex County Office of Alcoholism, Drug Abuse and Addiction Services, was charged...
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Cybercafe Crackdown
The Garden Grove, Calif., city council last month imposed new restrictions on cybercafes, which cater largely to youth and young adults, after...
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Addiction Treatment Rises
The number of 12- to 17-year-olds admitted to substance abuse treatment rose 20 percent between 1994 and 1999, according to a report...
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Discrimination Settlement
The Adams Mark Hotel chain has agreed to pay a total of $1.1 million to black guests and several black colleges to settle...
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Vatican and Molesters
The Vatican has disseminated new rules for secret church-run courts to try priests facing allegations of molesting children. The letter, sent to...
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More Church Bad News
A jury last month convicted former Boston-area priest John Geoghan of molesting a 10-year-old boy. More than 130 people have accused Geoghan,...
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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers for February 2002
Foundations The New York-based Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s policy shift to focus on strengthening urban youth service agencies in the Northeast has...
