All posts tagged "College & Careers"

Classroom of the Future may be Digital, Says Education Secretary

“The digital divide is real, and it’s an urgent challenge,” Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday at the Re-Imagining Education: Empowering Learners...

New York Students Seize President’s Office in Protest of New Tuition Spikes

More than 50 students at a Manhattan college have staged a takeover of their president’s office, as part of protests against recently...

Public Kid vs. Private Kid Divide in One New York Community Turns Dangerous

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — On the evening of April 23, the members of the the East Ramapo Central School District’s board passed,...

Unemployment from a Child’s Perspective

Mix of Heart, Strategy Lifts Youth

While working on a brochure for Mohawk Industries, Echo Garrett heard many stories about the company’s then-vice president of marketing, Sam Bracken....

The Debate Over School Resource Officers

Opinions about the use of school resource officers (SROs) in public schools appear to fall along the same contentious fault lines as...

New Jersey Students Protest Education Funding Cuts

Tuesday, an estimated 400 high school students in Newark, N.J., staged a walkout to protest education cuts to the city’s budget, the...

Indiana May Require Armed Teachers in Schools

Legislators in Indiana are pushing to enact a law requiring all state public and charter schools have at least one armed employee...

NRA Task Force Wants to Arm School Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Rifle Association’s task force for improving school safety released a 225-page report Tuesday with a list of recommendations, including the...

Study: School District Choice Can Impact Student Achievement

Parents interested in helping their children succeed at school may find that the school district they choose can affect their child’s academic...

Grants Awarded: February – March 2013

  The Nord Family Foundation nordff.org/ (440) 984-3939 Amherst, OH Grants awarded to: The Cleveland Play House, in support of the community...

Accreditation Threat May Trigger Upheaval in Major GA School District

The threat of losing accreditation has jolted one of the nation’s largest school systems, as school board members in DeKalb County, Ga.,...

‘Statistics’ isn’t a Scary Word; Just do the Math

Statistics has a bad reputation in some quarters, including, unfortunately, sometimes among people working in youth services. I’m not sure if this...

New Pell Grant Restrictions Hurt Community College Enrollment

Fewer people from the country’s poorest states are enrolling in community college since Congress tightened eligibility rules for federal tuition assistance through...

State of the Union Address Light on Youth Issues

“There is much progress to report,” President Barack Obama began the 2013 State of the Union address. “We have cleared away the...

Second-Generation Americans: A Portrait of the Adult Children of Immigrants

Youth in Nation’s Capital Struggle to Succeed

In the District of Columbia, nearly 30 percent of children live in poverty, less than half of eighth-graders can read proficiently, and...

Let’s Use a Little Logic

There are three ways people respond to challenges in life. Okay, I realize I am making a big generalization, but this has been...

Zero-Tolerance Policies in U.S. Schools are Ineffective and Unaffordable

Despite public concerns about youth crime, particularly in schools, research has shown that policies based on incapacitation theory have failed utterly to...

Students Cleaned Out Asbestos-Contaminated Building in Ohio

A criminal investigation is underway at an Ohio school, where students as young as 13 allegedly helped remove debris from an asbestos-contaminated...