Youth Today
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2.1KNewsVaping: These Colorado schools will get $11.7 million of Juul lawsuit settlement money for education and prevention
The money comes from a $31.7 million settlement between Colorado and the e-cigarette manufacturer.
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992NewsIt takes a village: A Brooklyn high school and NYC nonprofits team up to enroll older immigrants
Under state law, immigrant students are allowed to attend public school through age 21.
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssayOklahoma’s superintendent orders public schools to teach the Bible – relying on controversial views about religious freedom
Bible instruction can be legal based on how it’s done and with what intent.
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862NewsThese 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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1.2KGuest Opinion EssaySome of the $190 billion in pandemic money for schools actually paid off
Researchers document achievement gains, but it’s not clear what works best for students.
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1.2K► ReportsEducation Recovery Scorecard: Federal pandemic relief and academic recovery
This report compares national learning loss and ensuing recovery at the school district level.
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1.1K► ReportsBuilding evidence together for a better tomorrow: The two-generational approach
The goal is to create a legacy of educational success, economic prosperity, and well-being.
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923NewsMore young Denver students are reading at grade level, but not as many as before the pandemic
The lower test scores show the long tail of pandemic learning loss.
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872NewsKansas public schools relying on blueprint for literacy to build reading skills
Kansas law now mandates implementation of evidence-based reading science strategies to increase reading skills.
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2.1KNewsHow did students pitch themselves to colleges after last year’s affirmative action ruling?
How students present themselves in their essays has become of even greater consequence.
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835NewsCOVID aid funded big repairs at high-poverty schools. Will that give academics a boost too?
Schools on average planned to spend 18% of the COVID aid package on facilities.
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1.4K► ReportsNational report highlights severe cost of inadequate juvenile justice system
Our state and federal juvenile justice systems fail to consider stages of adolescent development.
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1.0KNewsA school shooting in Tennessee sparked activism — and now frustration
Tennessee joined eight other states in allowing school employees to carry guns on K-12 campuses.
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699NewsFormer Uvalde schools police chief indicted for role in Robb Elementary shooting response
These are the first criminal charges brought against law enforcement for school shooting response.
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1.2KGuest Opinion EssayAbortion bans are changing what it means to be young in America
Most U.S. adolescents now live in a state with restricted or no abortion access.
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713NewsNew partnership will boost agricultural education for Arizona Indigenous students
Lessons and project-based topics include origins, traditions, leadership, and plant science within Indigenous communities.
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625NewsOklahoma Supreme Court strikes down Catholic charter school
Catholic leaders say they will explore “all legal options” moving forward.
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1.3KGuest Opinion EssayPublic schools violate their sacred mission when they turn students away
Our states needs more legal oversight of public k-12 school and district enrollment policies.
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642NewsOlder immigrant students say high school admission bettered their lives in U.S.
And others long for what they could have accomplished with a H.S. diploma.
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1.9KNewsHundreds of high schools wrongfully refused entry to older, immigrant student
High school enrollment requirements for these students are arbitrary and unpredictable — with no oversight.
