Youth Today
All posts tagged "Race, Ethnicity and Gender"
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3.3KNewsDisabled students at higher risks for arrests, dropping out and being unready for adulthood
Youth with disabilities are at least two-thirds of those in the juvenile justice system.
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1.0KNewsNavajo community wins fight to replace crumbling campus
About 80 Native American schools are in desperate need of repair or replacement.
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1.1KNewsUS 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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1.8KNewsCan Cleveland reduce the harm eviction does to Black families?
Evictions can have far-reaching consequences beyond a miserable day with a housing magistrate.
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1.9KNewsWind River Reservation schools lead the way in teaching new social studies standards in Wyoming
The new standards include the “cultural heritage, history and contemporary contributions of American Indians.”
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1.9KNewsGrandfamilies disproportionately at-risk for food insecurity, advocates say
One in four grandparent-headed households said they have trouble providing food for their families.
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1.1K► ReportsWalking on eggshells: Teachers’ responses to classroom limitations on race- or gender-related topics
A new report summarizes responses of teachers to recent limits placed on their curriculum.
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862NewsS.C. committee advances limits to classroom teaching on race
The bill limits teachings on race and allows parents to challenge educational materials.
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2.1KNewsEsports seen as pathway to boost diversity in STEM careers
Young video game viewers are diverse. The STEM workforce is not.
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1.9KNewsQ&A: Mneesha Gellman examines the benefits of teaching Indigenous languages in public schools
The biggest lesson Mneesha Gellman learned, she said, is that policies don't "magically appear from on high" — they are handed down...
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4.4KNewsBlack girls are experiencing record rates of self-injury and death by suicide
Emergency room visits for suicidal thoughts and self-injury are on the rise, with Black girls and LGBTQ youth experiencing record rates of...
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2.4K► ReportsMinorities are less likely than whites to bypass courts for community-based rehabilitation, new analysis finds
Released today, the Sentencing Project’s “Diversion: A Hidden Key to Combating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice,” analyzes nationwide data. Citing,...
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1.2KNewsTransgender kids can play girls sports in Utah after ruling
Instead of an outright ban, transgender girls will now be sent before a commission that will determine on a case-by-case basis if...
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1.9K► ReportsFlorida girls are arrested and locked up at higher rates than boys
Non-felony offenses accounted for two out of three arrests of juvenile girls in Florida, according to “The Justice for Girls Blueprint: The...
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5.3KNewsAsian-Black activism, going back decades, now is being rekindled
Launched in winter 2019 by a Black woman and an Asian American woman, both 27, People Matter echoes cross-racial collaboration extending back...
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684NewsAlabama cites abortion ruling in transgender medication case
Days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can prohibit abortion, Alabama has seized on the decision to argue that the...
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3.0KNews‘There’s no safe place’: One queer youth shelter serves all of New Mexico
LGBTQ+ youth experience homelessness at significantly higher rates than their peers. In Albuquerque, New Mexico's only shelter specifically for queer young people provides...
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1.5KNewsLatino activism leads in grassroot efforts on climate change
After experiencing global warming's firsthand effects, U.S. Latinos are leading the way in activism around climate change, often drawing on traditions from...
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3.2KNews‘Without language, we are nothing’: New Mexico to pay Native-language teachers equally
Today, students in New Mexico schools can study many of the eight indigenous languages of New Mexico’s 23 tribal entities. It’s an...
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1.2KFrom the BureausThere’s litigation and innovation involving LGBTQ juveniles, a disproportionately larger group
Tailor-made services are important for many justice-involved LGBTQ youth and young adults their advocates contend, because those individuals’ encounters with law enforcement,...
