Youth Today
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1.8KNewsNavajo community wins fight to replace crumbling campus
About 80 Native American schools are in desperate need of repair or replacement.
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10.1KNews‘Yes, you can do this’: The story behind the rapid rise in sports for youth with disabilities
These student-athletes are breaking the mold of what many people think is inclusion.
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987GrantsGirls in the juvenile justice system risk reduction and prevention grants
GRANT FOCUS: Juvenile Justice, At-risk Girls/Youth, Safety, Women/Girls, Recidivism | Amount: Up to $525,000 | Deadline: Apr. 10, 2023
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944GrantsNew England high school education innovation program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, High School, Education Innovation, Education Policy, New England | Amount: Up to $100,000 | Deadline: Mar. 15, 2023
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1.7KNewsUS has a teacher shortage. HBCUs are helping to change that
BOWIE, Md. (AP) — Surrounded by kindergarteners, Lana Scott held up a card with upper and lower case Ys, dotted with pictures...
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794GrantsRhode Island youth opioid use reduction, prevention and recovery grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Health/Welfare/Safety, Youth Opioid Use, Opioid Epidemic, Rhode Island | Amount: Up to $500,000 | Deadline: Mar. 10, 2023
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14.3KNewsMurdered on the job: A year after a child welfare investigator was killed, little has changed
The day Deidre Silas was murdered, the social worker went alone on a house call.
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2.5K► NewsmakersNational AfterSchool Association names 2023 Next Generation of Afterschool Leaders
17 out-of-school time professionals from across the country were chosen.
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1.2KNewsWest Virginia passes campus carry, bill heads to governor
The state House of Delegates voted overwhelmingly in favor of the legislation Tuesday.
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2.0KNewsPolice: 9 children shot at Georgia gas station
Nine youths - including a 5-year-old child - were wounded after shots rang out.
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2.6KNewsQ&A: Meet U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention chief Liz Ryan
Ryan led work that closed six prisons and allocated $50 million to local communities.
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2.2KOpinionAdults need calming rooms, too
The solution to uncomfortable conversations is to expand the discussions, not shut them down.
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1.1KGrantsEnvironmental and STEM literacy/education capacity building program grant
GRANT FOCUS: Environmental Education, STEM, Civic Engagement, Professional Development | Amount: $4,000,000 - $7,000,000 | Deadline: Apr. 3, 2023
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4.9KNewsPublic school districts move into the affordable housing business
Teacher salary: $52,000. Median home price: Nearly $500,000. Solution: District-sponsored affordable housing.
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1.3KNewsSchools become flashpoint for Republicans eyeing White House
Former President Donald Trump has called for parents to elect and fire school principals.
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3.2K► ReportsYouth risk behavior survey 2011-2021
The CDC releases the latest iteration of its comprehensive national youth risk behavior survey.
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3.3KOpinionThe youth mental health crisis is hitting girls the hardest. Here’s what needs to change.
Four in ten of the young women I work with experience suicidal ideation.
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2.0KNewsPandemic youth mental health toll unprecedented, data show
The pandemic took a harsh toll on U.S. teen girls' mental health.
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1.7KNewsEx-state adviser implicated in youth center abuse lawsuits
David Ball is among roughly 150 former staffers who are implicated by former residents.
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2.8KOpinionA state is being sued for warehousing children with disabilities in foster care
The lawsuit alleges that North Carolina children are isolated in restrictive, clinically inappropriate placements.
