All posts tagged "Feature Story"

New York closed psych beds for youth in crisis. Now, foster care programs and host towns are being pushed to the limit.

Kids with acute mental health challenges are on campuses ill-equipped to handle them safely.

Teens, social media and technology 2023 report: line of teens looking at their phones

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Teens, social media and technology 2023

A report discusses the social media apps and sites teens used most in 2023.

AI teacher evaluation: Classroom with several ethnically diverse students seated at desks and a female teacher facing the class standing in front of windows and colorful posters

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Can artificial intelligence help teachers improve? A network of NYC schools wants to find out.

Will an AI-powered tool that analyzes videos of teachers and offers feedback improve teaching?

College campaign: Ariel view of freeway going through small town with billboard in foreground with image of person on left side and text "I discovered my purpose while in high school. MakeItMovement $60,000/year+"

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A campaign to prod high school students into college tries a new tack: Making it simple

An interactive website shows students how and why to continue their educations in college.

children prosecuted as adults, Juvenile justice reform: Person with dark hair sits on steps behind bars with head in hands wearing orange jumpsuit

Louisiana ponders policy changes with juvenile facilities at full capacity

Struggles at juvenile facilities make it hard to help the youths in its care.

Trauma-informed hubs: Teen standing in ladder next to kitchen back door with back to camera folding tool and doing repairs to ceiling above refrigerator

Trauma-informed ‘hubs’ reduce Chicago youth incarceration

The hubs, administrators say, follow best practices and principles of trauma-informed youth development and rehabilitation.

LGBTQ+ Clubs Kentucky: Family of five sits and stands around a kitchen table

School clubs for gay students move underground after Kentucky’s anti-LGBTQ law goes into effect

Kentucky’s law, passed in March 2023, is one of the most sweeping anti-LGBTQ+ laws.

Affirmative Action: Several adults sit on or stand next to a very large, dark yellow,3D letter sign spelling "OXFORD" standing on the lawn in front of a multi-story red brick building o a sunny day.

Will the Rodriguez family’s college dreams survive the end of affirmative action?

The family wonders how the Supreme Court college admissions decision will shape their futures.

Syudent sleep depravation: Reen redhead girl sleeps with hed on arms sitting at classroom vesk surrounded ny other students at desks

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Students could get more sleep and learn better if school started a little later

Research shows sleep deprivation worsens memory, learning ability, attention span, creativity, and school attendance.

Vaping Teens & Law: Teen girl and boy sit leaning against a red brick wall vaping , heads surrounded by smoke.

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California banned sales of flavored e-cigarettes in 2022: Study finds online stores are still selling them, even to kids

Nicotine in e-cigarettes can impair an adolescent’s brain development and can contain cancer-causing chemicals.

AI & education: Man with brown hair and black glasses in brown long-sleeved top stands with back to camera writing with yellow highlighter on glass blackboard, holding several papers in other hand.

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7 AI trends that could reshape education in 2024

AI will transform learning to be relevant and engaging while preparing students to succeed.

Happiness psychology: Line of happy teens stand with backpacks and book in front of a wall with floor to ceiling windows

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Teaching positive psychology skills at school may be one way to help student mental health and happiness

American young people are reporting historically high levels of hopelessness, sadness and loneliness.

Juvenile solitary: Close-up of legs and hands-in-lap of black person wearing over-sized navy pants sitting on edge of built-in cement bench with metal toilet in background.

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Hundreds of seclusions were “Voluntary.” Some kids don’t see it that way.

Inspections by DCS and reports from detained youth suggest the seclusions are not voluntary.

iCivics curridylum: Four older students sit around laptop at table covered in multi-colored note papers in active discussion

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Sandra Day O’Connor saw civics education as key to the future of democracy

“The practice of democracy is not passed down through the gene pool,” O’Connor stated.

informal child care providers, When grandparents raise grandkids: older woman with long hair holding coffee cup helping young girl with homework

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When grandparents raise grandkids

As “kinship caregivers,” grandparents or other relatives are raising a reported 2.4 million children.

2023 national survey on the mental health of LGBTQ young people: colorful illustrative graphic of three people with arms around eachother

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The mental health and well-being of indigenous LGBTQ young people

A new report discusses the mental health challenges that indigenous LGBTQ youth face.

School shootings drill: Line of several teens with hands up behind heads stand in side building hallway protected by armed police

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95% of public schools conduct active shooter drills. Are students safer?

188 school shootings occurred during the 2021-22 academic year according to recent federal data.

social media use, tiktok, youth mental health: young person laying down opening TikTok on phone

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Parental concern over social media use unites unlikely allies in Congress

Pending child online safety legislation includes the Kids Online Safety Act.

Karen Pittman opinion: Black woman with dark-frame glasses an hair pulled back stands leaning against wood porch railing wearing dark jacket and colorful scarf with greenery in the background.

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Shifting from systems to ecosystems thinking: Why does it matter?

Looking at the full OST learning ecosystem could reveal less costly, more sustainable options.

Vermont afterschool program: Group of diverse elementary students gather around a table full of robotic parts leaning in to look at a laptop screen

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