Research shows people with autism spectrum disorder have a much greater risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Despite this – and despite doctors identifying more...
Some young people who are neurodivergent or have learning disabilities, already concerned about what they say are structural biases in the existing...
Urban Institute researchers discuss lessons learned from school-based approaches to youth substance use implemented in D.C., Massachusetts, and New Mexico.
Days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can prohibit abortion, Alabama has seized on the decision to argue that the...
Seven months after Nadya Rexach-Rivera celebrated her quinceañera in her beloved Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria upended her life. The catastrophic storm in...
The pandemic-era federal aid that made school meals available for free to all public school students — regardless of family income levels...
Most of the 50 states have clearly designated which agencies are in charge of hiring teachers for incarcerated juveniles, creating teaching curriculum...
The rights of LGBTQ students would become enshrined in federal law and victims of campus sexual assault would gain new protections under...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The first week of school was supposed to mark a triumphant return to classrooms at San Francisco’s Everett...
Researchers at the Urban Institute discuss how three states reduced youth incarceration and implemented reforms through the trying times of the COVID...
The Move United-launched league has players and coaches in Birmingham. Ala.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Chicago; Cleveland; Dallas, Los Angeles; Milwaukee; New Orleans, Phoenix;...
Six million of children in the U.S. have been diagnosed with asthma, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
Adolescents are a force for good is one of the UCLA’s Center for the Developing Adolescent six principles of adolescent development. The...
Many teachers have little or no formal training about climate change, much less about how to teach it, and what students learn...
JooYeun Chang arrives after serving as acting assistant secretary and principal deputy assistant secretary for the Administration for Children and Families for...
Toxic leadership inflicts severe and enduring harm on employees and organizations and can be found in every industry, including nonprofits. This leadership...
New federal policies that took effect last month now offer some immigrant children protection from deportation and an easier path to legal...
“Youth homelessness is largely hidden,” said Forrest Verde-Dudek, housing youth project manager for the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness. “They might...
Few among us are oblivious to the suffering that results from certain crimes committed by youthful offenders. As researchers and citizens, we...
A leading transgender health association has lowered its recommended minimum age for starting gender transition treatment, including sex hormones and surgeries. The...