All posts tagged "Congress/Federal Policy"

Smart on Juvenile Justice: Juvenile Prosecution Curriculum Development, Training, and Technical Assistance Program

Subject: Juvenile Justice | Deadline: July 14, 2014

RFP for Development of a Best Practices White Paper Specific to LGBT and Intersex Juvenile Offenders in Corrections

Subject: LGBT, Juvenile Justice, Safety | Deadline: June 30, 2014

Early Head Start Expansion and EHS-Child Care Partnership Grants

Subject: Child Welfare, Health, Youth Development | Deadline: Aug. 20, 2014

Student Loans Rising: An Overview of Causes, Consequences, and Policy Options

A report by the Brookings Institution.

Stakeholders’ Views on the Movement to Reduce Youth Incarceration

2014 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning?

The Plummeting Labor Market Fortunes of Teens and Young Adults

American Camp Association Urges National System for Employee Background Checks

  As summer camp season approaches, the American Camp Association is urging passage of a law that would make the screening of...

‘The War on Drugs’ Makes Kids Less Safe

The hypocrisy of government efforts is a well known phenomena. Whatever scheme they embark on is wrapped in the stars and stripes,...

Teaching and Learning: Achieving Education for All

Early Reading Proficiency in the United States

State Implementation of Reforms Promoted Under the Recovery Act

House Passes Farm Bill Cutting SNAP $8.6 Billion Over 10 Years

  The House of Representatives Wednesday passed a new farm bill, which includes cuts the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), often referred...

Pretending to ‘Care About Kids’ But Really Caring About Pot

“Our children” are routinely trotted out (sometimes with sincerity) as public relations tools to sell various agendas politicians and interest groups push....

Low-Income Families and the Cost of Child Care: State Child Care Subsidies, Out-of-Pocket Expenses and the Cliff Effect

More Kids Lived with Long-Term Unemployed Parent in ’13 than Pre-Recession

Graphic from a 2013 Urban Institute report on children of unemployed parents. More children were living with at least one long-term unemployed parent during...

Students Talk About Common Core standards

Creatas / Thinkstock From Newsday: The Common Core academic standards and more rigorous curricula and testing stemming from them are subjects of increased...