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► Newsmakers
Newsmakers | January-February 2016
David Barth - Rebecca C. Villareal - Steve Hollingworth - Stephanie Clusky - Chera D. Reid
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1.9KNewsPresident’s Budget Proposal Aims to Help Youth Get First Job
The Obama administration wants to help young people land their first job, including those who have dropped out of high school. The...
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Grants
Education Talent Search Program Grants
Subject: Education, Higher Education, Youth Development, Disadvantaged Youth | Deadline: Feb. 5, 2016
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3.9KNewsFerguson Puts Chess in Schools to Help Students
As superintendent of the school district that serves Ferguson, Missouri, Joe Davis is keenly aware how the word “Ferguson” has become much...
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1.1KGuest Opinion EssayNew Opportunities to Support Youth Employment
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 was the first reform of the public workforce system in 15 years. Now, Regional...
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1.9KFrom the FieldUnaccompanied No More: Family Mediation and Preservation First
How can we expect young people who are worried about where they will sleep that night, where their next meal will come...
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1.7KNewsSchools, Youth Development Programs Seek to Engage Students in Career and Technical Education
“We are more than six years into the so-called [recession] recovery, yet millions of Americans continue to struggle with finding a good-paying...
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2.8KGuest Opinion EssayCareer Pathways: Creating a Pipeline to Employment for Young Adults
In 2014, approximately 5.6 million young people were out of work or school, and the youth unemployment rate was double that of...
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4.3KGuest Opinion EssayWhy We Need to Rethink Our Conceptions of Adolescence
The paradox of adolescence is that the same changes in the brain that increase adolescents’ propensity toward risk also allow for enhanced...
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Grants
Education Research Grants: Low-Cost, Short-Duration Evaluation of Education Interventions
Subject: Education, Research, Education Technology | Deadline: Jan. 12, 2016
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3.9KNewsLow-Income, Homeless Teens Use Art for Job-Readiness
When Executive Director Sally Hindman founded YSA in 2007, she was aware of the need for a space for local homeless youth...
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Grants
Humanities Initiatives at Community Colleges
Subject: Education, Higher Education, Humanities, Youth Development | Deadline: Aug. 24, 2015
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2.5KFrom the FieldFinding Hope: Shepherding Un(der) Documented Students to a Thriving Life After High School
Mason faces underlying and persistent tribulation most of his peers don’t: his citizenship status and the legal, financial and psychological barriers that...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssaySupporting Young Fathers in Their Parenting Journey
While some young fathers talk of the birth of their child as “the best day of my life,” others recall feelings of...
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1.2KNewsWidespread Youth Unemployment Seen as Worldwide Risk
A British group called it a “ticking timebomb.” Pope Francis called it a defeat for humanity last year. And the World Economic...
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2.1KNewsNewark Program Prepares Low-Income Teens for College, Workforce
A leading college access expert says the RU Ready for Work model holds great promise for increasing the number of young people...
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961Guest Opinion EssayTrue Community Change May Begin As Sleeping Giant Wakes
People across the country are waking up and participating in ways I have not seen for a very long time.
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941NewsObama-launched Group Seeks to Make Economic Case for Its Existence
“Over the next three years, the organization aims to improve the lives of more than 275,000 boys and young men of color,”...
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► Reports
National Autism Indicators Report: Transition Into Young Adulthood
The A.J. Drexel Autism Institute provides a comprehensive look at the rarely-researched outcomes of autistic youth during and after the transition into...
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News
After-school Advocates Lobby Legislators to Save 21st Century Program
As federal funding for after-school programs continues to swing in the breeze, after-school advocates are seeking to make their presence felt on...
