Youth Today
All posts tagged "Feature Story"
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1.7K► ReportsPower of us: The youth fields workforce — findings from the National Power of Us Workforce Survey
A report details key findings from a national survey of the youth fields workforce.
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1.5KFrom the FieldSchools and communities can help children bounce back after distressing disasters like the LA wildfires
Research shows that prolonged school closures can significantly affect children’s learning and mental health.
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1.3KOpinionEvery connection optimized: Unleashing the potential of the people in learning ecosystems
Can learning ecosystems be more than just a conglomeration of the systems supporting learning?
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1.2KNewsExpanding the child tax credit has some Republican support. Now what?
Many lawmakers want to expand the credit, a longtime Democratic priority.
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1.4KNews“Not just Measles”: Whooping Cough cases are soaring as vaccine rates decline
Outbreaks of diseases could get worse with Trump administration slashing public health infrastructure budgets.
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1.3KNewsKnitting, cheerleading, fishing: This is what a cellphone ban looks like in one school district
Pairing expansion of extracurriculars with a cellphone ban, one school district sees success.
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1.9KNewsUnsanitary practices persist at baby formula factory whose shutdown led to mass shortages, workers say
Shortcuts are taken when cleaning manufacturing equipment, repairing leaks and testing for dangerous microbes.
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1.6KOpinionThe revolutionary speed of trust-based changemaking
When you trust young people, they don’t just rise — they soar.
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1.4KNewsTrump is targeting international students over pro-Palestinian protests. But is it legal?
The administration has accused the international students without offering evidence or due process.
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1.3K► ReportsTransforming juvenile justice through strategic financing
Child Trends releases a mixed-methods study of juvenile justice systems’ financing across select states/localities.
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1.8KOpinionSchool libraries are essential ‘third spaces’ for students like me
Libraries are a long unfunded mandate in New York. Let’s change that.
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2.1KNewsHead Start is turning 60. The federal child care program may not make it to 61
Providers operating on ‘razor-thin margins’ worry about possible deep cuts from the Trump administration.
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1.2KNewsClose to $3billion in relief funds in jeopardy as Ed Dept. halts payments
Even extensions agreed upon during Trump’s tenure called ‘unreasonable’ examples of ‘misuse.’
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2.7KOpinionIn adolescence, every experience matters. Let’s make the ones we design count
To reduce the impact of harmful products/content on adolescents, reduce their influence.
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1.9K► PodcastsPodcasts explain latest trends in youth justice
What are effective ways to respond when youth make mistakes and break the law?
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2.0KOpinionChildren need more dignity in the foster care system
More than 1/3rd of children in foster care are re-homed ≥3 times a year.
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3.4KNewsGun violence undermines the mental health of big city teens
The random, unpredictable nature of shootings can reinforce teens' fear and hypervigilance.
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3.7KNewsYouth gun deaths in the US have surged 50% since 2019
Firearms killed 2,581 children in 2023. Black children died disproportionately.
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4.0K► NewsmakersEvery Hour Counts adds 14 new members
This brings the network’s total membership to 40 communities across more than 20 states.
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2.1KOpinionUsing different words to find common ground
Thriving. Development. Learning. Education. Which one of these concepts is not like the other?
