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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayUsing Tasers on Youth Inspires a Shocking Lack of Action
In August, an 11-year-old African-American girl was tased by a Cincinnati police officer when he tried to apprehend her for shoplifting. The...
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3.9K► NewsmakersDr. Elizabeth González Named Chief Program & Strategy Officer at College Futures Foundation
Dr. Elizabeth González, Ph.D. has been named chief program and strategy officer of the California-based College Futures Foundation (CFF). González’s career is...
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3.6KNewsApprenticeships For Youth Now Have National Momentum
Da’Sean Harrison, 22, has ambitions to be a general contractor, a master of all trades. Now working on a construction job in...
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2.7KGuest Opinion EssayGraham SLAM Coaching Helps Older Youth in Care Launch Successfully
Young people in the child welfare system, most of whom have experienced trauma and frequent loss, have all the same capabilities as...
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2.8K► NewsmakersRebecca Villarreal, Ph.D. Joins Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation as Dir. of Education Grantmaking
Rebecca C. Villarreal, Ph.D. is the new director of education grantmaking in the Community Investments Division of the Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation...
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2.2K► Reports2017 National School Climate Survey – The Experiences of LGBTQ Youth in Our Nation’s Schools
This latest edition of GLSEN's flagship report on the experiences of LGBTQ youth in schools across the country shows a worrying uptick...
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3.1KNewsTrump Policies Hurting Young People of Color, Immigrants Most, Report Says
America’s justice system is reverting to 1960s-style “law-and-order” policies that are exacting a heavy toll on communities of color, especially young people,...
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1.2KGrantsMinority Student Academic Improvement Program Grants
Subject: Education, Minority Students, Academic Improvement | Deadline: Oct. 26, 2018 | Amount: Up to $13 million
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1.4KGrantsCommunity, Job/Career Training, Education, Health and Safety Program Grants
Subject: Community Development, Job/Career Training, Education, Safety, Drug Abuse | Deadline: Jan. 30, 2019 | Amount: Unspecified
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2.8KNewsYoung Parents Need Job Training, Child Care to Escape Poverty: Casey Report
With limited access to education and lucrative employment, young parents and their children suffer disproportionately high poverty rates, yet they are often...
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3.9KGuest Opinion Essay10 Ways for Youth Workers to Fight the Rise of Narcissism
Narcissism was a term unfamiliar to many as recently as a decade ago. Yet within the past 10 years it has risen...
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3.5KGuest Opinion EssayEquity Must Be Center Stage in ‘New’ Career & Technical Education
We need to understand the role of career and technical education (CTE) programs in creating transformative solutions around education, equity and poverty...
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1.5K► ReportsMinority Serving Institutions as Engines of Upward Mobility
The American Council on Education highlights the important role minority serving institutions (MSIs) play in promoting upward income mobility. The report shows...
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7.8KGuest Opinion EssayRacial Microaggressions on the College Campus: What Faculty Should Be Doing
Despite an increase in diversity training and sensitivity programs, the instances of racial microaggressions are on the rise. The college campus has...
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4.6KGuest Opinion EssayLet’s Make College Smoother for Students From Foster Care
Young people who’ve been in foster care face some challenging circumstances, but they still hope to go to college just like their...
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2.3KNewsHope That Undecided High School Graduates Could Become Thing of Past Inspires Minnesota Effort
Sparks flew in Russ Tesmer’s auto body repair class as a group of students practiced welding on an old car that had...
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2.6KNewsThis Youth Development Consultant ‘Started in a Coat Closet’
Rebecca Fabiano is president and founder of Fab Youth Philly. OST Hub editor Sara Hill asked her a series of questions about...
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5.3KGuest Opinion EssayColleges, Universities Should Be Pressured to Help Students in Foster Care
Growing up in Flint, Michigan and being a part of the foster care system from age 13 until I aged out at...
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4.4KGuest Opinion EssayMentoring Foster Youth in Rural America Is Harder But Badly Needed
Though mentoring has existed in my community of Dickinson, North Dakota for the past 23 years, youth in foster care, although most...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayGood Internship Needs Frequent Communication, Sturdy Structure
Timely, accurate and clear communication is the lifeblood of a quality, functional and durable internship. However, there is more to this than...
