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Community Development, Education, Arts, Culture, Health and Social Services Program Grants
Subject: Community Development, Education, Arts, Culture, Health, Social Services | Deadline: Ongoing | Amount: Unspecified
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayCarefully Designed Internships Create Benefits for Everyone
While we often hear about the challenges in every area of juvenile justice, how often do we hear about the rewards? Perhaps...
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2.8K► NewsmakersHilary Pennington is the First Executive Vice President of the Ford Foundation
Hilary Pennington has been appointed as the Ford Foundation's first executive vice president. This position will have her oversee the foundation's domestic...
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2.6KDreamersUnderstanding DACA’s Discontinuation, Its Impact on Adults Who Work With Youth
WASHINGTON — They teach school, provide health care, work construction jobs and use high-tech skills at the world’s most iconic companies. But...
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2.1K► ReportsSupporting Young People Transitioning from Foster Care: Findings from a National Survey
This new study from Child Trends describes the array of services available to foster youth in 47 states and territories until they...
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2.1KGuest Opinion Essay5 Things You Should Know About DACA Youth, the Trump Administration and Congress
A little over a month ago, the Trump administration announced it was rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Since...
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Latino Education and Economic Progress: Running Faster but Still Behind
Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce recently released this new report highlighting how a lack of higher education degree attainment...
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2.1KNewsExploring How an Idea Developed in Business Applies to Youth Development
Among trendy ideas in education and youth development — right up there alongside “growth mindset” and “grit” — is something called “design...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayYouth-Serving Leaders Really Need the Value Add of Good Coaching
In the early fall, I will complete my 11th year at Jobs for the Future and my 46th year working in the...
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Youth Activist Fellowship Grant Program
Subject: Social Activism, Juvenile Justice, Civic Engagement | Deadline: Dec. 6, 2017 (letters of intent)
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► Reports
Hidden in Plain Sight: Understanding Part-Time College Students in America
The Center for American Progress highlights the oft-overlooked struggles of part-time college students in America. Making up 37 percent of all undergraduates,...
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayNavigating the Path to a Successful Career: New Opportunities for Youth With Disabilities
As any high schooler can tell you, finding paid work experience in today’s economy can be a real challenge. But youth...
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5.1KGuest Opinion EssayWe Need to Work on Barriers to Educational Success for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care
Foster care placement has been described as the most tragic experience faced by a child because it introduces instability...
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayFederal Budget Proposals Will Harm Children, Youth, the Nation
Our country is divided on many issues, yet there is one issue that is very hard to argue against: the need to...
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2.3KGuest Opinion EssayBuilding a Future: The Benefits of Entering an Apprenticeship Program
In fall 2016, 20.5 million students attended American colleges and universities, including 6.3 million in community colleges. My nephew, Sam, is one...
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2.6KNewsP-TECH: Can a High School-College-Industry Partnership Provide a Model Path to Achievement?
When Katrice Wiley, a longtime Baltimore City Public Schools administrator, served as principal at a 6-12 school on the city’s east side,...
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► Reports
Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2016
The latest edition of this annual report by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics examines the...
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2.4KNewsLA’s Youth Probation Camps Have a Problem With Graduating Kids (But Not What you Think)
The Los Angeles County Office of Education boasts that scores of young people who were at risk of dropping out of high...
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3.4KEditorialPick A Message: Kill Big Bird Or Send Kids To College
We were going to use this space to rant against those elected officials who would vote to kill off Big Bird by...
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Grants
Supporting Effective Educator Development Grant Program
Subject: Education, Education Support, Job/Career Training | Deadline: June 19, 2017
