Youth Today
All posts tagged "Feature Story"
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2.7KGuest Opinion EssayHigh-quality Learning Environments Can Change Odds for Both Toddlers, Teens
High-quality preschool is the gift that keeps on giving. At least that’s what Nobel Prize-winning economist Jim Heckman’s research shows. The IQ...
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2.7KNewsAtlanta Prosecutor Who Was Attacked Now Helps Other Domestic Violence Survivors
Assistant District Attorney April Ross knows the statistics on gun violence and domestic violence in Georgia. She's also experienced it first hand....
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4.7KGuest Opinion EssayLGBTQ Homeless Youth: We Can’t Ignore Their Systematic Oppression
Angel was unable to live at home because her mother ran a day care center out of their house and her clients...
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4.7KGuest Opinion EssayWe Can Change Our Culture of Gun Violence: Here’s How
Gun violence occurs in the U.S. more often than in any other nation not at war. It is clear that this is...
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1.7K► ReportsCharter School Effects on School Segregation
The Urban Institute takes a comprehensive look at the effect of the growth of charter schools on racial segregation in school systems....
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1.7KGuest Opinion EssayWith New Program, Strategy, How to Establish Your Decision-making Process
Have you ever been to a conference or attended a webinar and left impressed with the program or strategy you just heard?...
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4.6KNewsCampus Coaches Make Crucial Difference to Foster Youth in College
Liz Burns, 22, was in the middle of a crazy-busy time at college. But, for some reason, she couldn’t stop thinking about...
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3.0KGuest Opinion EssayFoster Youth: Campus, Community Interventions Hold Great Potential to Impact Their College Graduation Rates
With growing awareness of the challenges young people with experience in foster care face in accessing and completing college, it is more...
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8.2KNewsHomelessness Still High Among Foster Youth Adopted, Reunited With Families, Report Finds
A surprising link between youth homelessness and foster care emerged today from a research project at the University of Chicago’s Chapin Hall....
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1.6K► ReportsLeaving No One Behind: All Children Immunized and Healthy
UNICEF recently released this report highlighting the tremendous progress of worldwide vaccination coverage efforts over the past three decades. However, now this...
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5.6KGuest Opinion EssayTo Solve Youth Homelessness We Must Make Race Part of the Equation
In June 2015, Houston declared the end of veteran homelessness and turned its focus to ending youth homelessness by 2020.
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2.8KFrom the BureausBrooklyn Students, NYPD Work Together on Their Neighborhoods
Dana Rachlin and other activists around juvenile justice have been waiting a long time for the city to limit police involvement in...
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3.2K► NewsmakersSuzanne McCormick to Be New U.S. President of United Way Worldwide
Suzanne McCormick will be the new U.S. president of United Way Worldwide after ten years leading United Way's Portland and Tampa Offices....
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayStrengthening Social and Emotional Learning of OST Staff Is Better for Youth
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is all the rage when it comes to supporting youth and young adults. But what about staff...
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3.8KGuest Opinion EssayUsing Strengths Framework Helps Foster Youth Achieve Their Higher Education Goals
Youth in foster care have educational aspirations much like youth who have not been in care, with 70-80% of foster youth reporting...
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssayYouth Homelessness Must Be Made Visible Through Systems Collaboration
Youth experiencing homelessness are frequently described as hidden or invisible. The thought is that they are challenging to identify as they do...
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1.9K► ReportsA Quality Education for Every Child: A New Agenda for Education Policy
The Center for American Progress lays out a comprehensive plan as a guide for the next administration to improve the quality and...
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3.8KFrom the BureausGroup Seeks to End ICE Collaborations With Local Law Enforcement
Sitting cross-legged on the pavement, his right arm locked into a bright blue painted tire weighed down by cement and blocking the...
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssaySummer Programming Is Good Opportunity to Teach Cultural Sensitivity
Kyle Kashuv, a conservative, Jewish student who survived the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, made headlines because his admission to Harvard University was...
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2.3KFrom the BureausNew York Theater Stages ‘Antigone in Ferguson’
The Greek play “Antigone” tells the story of a defiant woman sentenced to death by a king who refuses to practice mercy....
