Youth Today
All posts tagged "Deep South"
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5.2KNewsThe story of one Mississippi county shows how private schools are exacerbating segregation
Student populations in private schools are far whiter than in the surrounding public schools.
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2.3KNewsThese researchers study the legacy of the segregation academies they grew up around
Did these mostly white private schools contribute to the persistent racial division in schools?
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3.1KOpinion70 years after Brown, too many U.S. schools remain hypersegregated and unequal
1,700+ of American school districts are hypersegregated, with 75% of students from low-income households.
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2.6KNewsSchools are more segregated than 30 years ago. But how much?
Between 1991 and 2019 the segregation level rose by over 1/3rd in 541 districts.
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2.0KNewsCritics link lax gun storage to accidental shootings involving youth, mostly in the South
After running toward the sound of a gunshot that still haunts her, Marentha Sargent watched her 14-year-old, Adrienne Lambert, bleeding from the...
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2.6K► ReportsEducation Borders in Atlanta
The Urban Institute discusses the effects of school district boundaries on the racial segregation of schools in Atlanta.
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3.1KNewsAtlanta Expert Says ‘Great Gun Divide’ Can Suffocate Safety Lessons
Guns are everywhere you think they’re not. Guns have been found on the floor of a movie theater and in the diaper...
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5.5KNewsGun Violence in South Outpaces Other Regions For Many Reasons
The mother left and two teens were alone in the house. It took the 13-year-old son 10 minutes to find the gun....
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3.2KNewsYoung People & HIV-AIDS
ATLANTA — The number of HIV-positive cases among 13- to 24-year-olds is increasing at alarming rates, according to HIV and AIDS researchers,...
