Youth Today
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4.7KNewsTop scholar says evidence for special education inclusion is ‘fundamentally flawed’
Research doesn't support academic advantages of placing children with disabilities in general education classrooms.
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2.0KOpinionTeen girls are facing an increased risk of suicide − and stress related to sexual identity might be contributing to it
LGBQ teen girls reported much higher rates of thinking about, planning and attempting suicide.
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2.1KNewsThe Department of Education told employees to end support for transgender students
This ends programs, contracts and policies failing "to affirm the reality of biological sex.”
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3.4KNewsSevere irritability in children and teens: A new understanding
Kids with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder have explosive outbursts well past toddler age. Why?
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1.6K► ReportsCollege student access to sexual and reproductive health care
A federal report discusses the access college students have to sexual/reproductive healthcare on campus.
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5.5KNewsQ&A: Black kids overdiagnosed with ‘Oppositional Defiant Disorder’
The ‘bad kid’ diagnosis ‘greases the school-to-prison pipeline.’ This doctor offers anti-racist solutions.
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2.7KNewsHundreds of thousands of students are entitled to training and help finding jobs. They don’t get it
The best program to help students with disabilities get jobs is almost a secret.
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1.8K► ReportsHHS should help states address barriers to using federal funds for programs serving youth transitioning to adulthood
A report discusses how states use federal funds to support youth transitioning from foster care to adulthood.
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1.2KNewsMoms to Trump: We want relief on child care costs
A new national campaign encourages Trump to keep and expand the child tax credit.
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6.6KNewsTeens on social media: Red, blue and purple states are all passing laws to restrict and protect adolescents
It remains to be seen if, and how, the federal government will weigh in.
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3.2KOpinionParents have way more influence than they realize in shaping their children’s success
Parents with academically unmotivated and disengaged kids are often at their wits’ end.
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1.3KNewsParents of premature babies struggle to get help their children are entitled to
Few families with premature babies receive the early intervention services they are eligible for.
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1.4KNewsTrump wants to withhold money from schools teaching ‘discriminatory equity ideology,’ gender identity
Federal law prohibits this. Can this executive order be enforced?
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2.9KNewsTrump’s ‘pause’ on federal funds: It has not been rescinded. Are early learning & nutrition programs in danger?
Programs serving women and children would be hit particularly hard by a funding pause.
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945► ReportsA logic model to support the study of local child care subsidy payment policies and practices
A guide to support examining child care subsidy payment policies at the local level.
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5.3KNewsA dismal report card in math and reading
2024 NAEP test results document large increases in students who lack basic skills.
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10.0KNewsAcross all ages and demographics, test results show Americans are getting dumber
In the last decade, achievement scores have been falling — and gaps have been widening.
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2.4KNewsTrump admin guts school safety committee created to combat mass shootings
The committee functioned as a check on federal government recommendations to solve school violence.
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1.8KNewsFive big obstacles to opening child care facilities in rural Illinois
About 60% of rural Americans live in child care deserts.
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2.3KNewsWriting notes instead of typing pits scholars against each other
A widely cited neuroscience study claims handwriting notes improves learning. Is the research valid?
