Youth Today
All posts tagged "Feature Story"
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2.0K► ReportsFrom A Nation at Risk To A Nation At Hope
The Aspen Institute published this report outlining an evidence-based, all-encompassing approach to improving the social, emotional and academic well-being of children across...
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4.0KNewsYoung People Learn About Solar Energy, Gain Job Skills From GRID Alternatives
A nonprofit devoted to shifting the nation from fossil fuels is reaching out to young people, providing STEM education and job training...
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12.2KGuest Opinion EssayIs There Correlation Between After-school Programs, Delinquency? It’s Complicated
After-school hours are fertile grounds for juvenile delinquency and problem behaviors. The persistent finding that juvenile violent crime peaks between 3 p.m....
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1.1KNewsUpdate: CSJ Raises $61,720 in NewsMatch, National Campaign That Doubles Gifts
The Center for Sustainable Journalism (CSJ) tripled the amount of donations it received in NewsMatch 2018, compared to 2017.
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8.6KGuest Opinion EssayEven Toddlers, Preschoolers Need Trauma-Informed Intervention
Benjamin Franklin once said; “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Nowhere is this axiom truer than in the...
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7.1KGuest Opinion Essay1 Change in Federal Policy Manual May Do More for Children, Families Than Entire Family First Act
It’s been hyped as “revolutionary,” a “landmark” and a law that “blows up the nation’s troubled foster care system.” But the so-called...
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7.6KGuest Opinion EssayYouth in Foster Care Need More Support in Transition to College
Going through the foster care system isn’t easy, but what happens to youth as they begin to transition into life outside foster...
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3.2KNewsWisconsin Club Develops Innovative Anti-bias Response After School’s Viral Nazi Salute
When a photo of students giving a Hitler salute in Baraboo, Wis., went viral last year, the repercussions were immediate.
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2.8K► ReportsTransgender Identity and Experiences Among High School Students
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released this study showing the prevalence of transgender high school students to be nearly...
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2.4KGuest Opinion EssayHigh School After-school Programs Need to Buck Model As Our Arts Studio Does
That’s the most common phrase after an adult gets a tour of New Urban Arts. When you walk into the community art...
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2.8K► NewsmakersGalit Lipa Joins Public Welfare Foundation as Youth Justice Program Director
Galit Lipa recently joined the Public Welfare Foundation as its new youth justice program director. She will now lead its youth justice...
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4.6KNewsFormer Annie E. Casey President Looks Forward to Successor Changing Its Direction
When Patrick McCarthy first had lunch with Lisa Hamilton more than a decade ago, he remembers thinking, “She really sounds like a...
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2.7KGuest Opinion EssayWhy Medical Specialty Camps Provide Better Opportunities for Young Diabetics
Year after year, thousands of children have the opportunity to enjoy the wonders of summer camp. This is their time to make...
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4.4KGuest Opinion EssayCalifornia Legislation Eases Access to Financial Aid, Support for Foster Students
Young people from foster care face significant challenges when it comes to transitioning into independent adulthood. Research shows that foster youth take...
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5.9KNewsHomeless Youth Are Virtually Invisible in Asheville — and Try to Keep It That Way
As thousands of tourists fawn each year over the opulent trappings of western North Carolina’s Biltmore Estates — a four football-field-sized homage...
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3.3KNewsYV LifeSet Program Teaches Skills Youth in Foster Care Miss
A chance invitation freed Elizabeth Turner from the revolving door of the North Carolina foster care system and homelessness and set her...
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3.5KNewsCharlotte Nonprofit Raises Private Funds to House Couch-surfing Youth
Keiston Davis regained his life when he almost lost it.
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2.3KGuest Opinion EssayFrom Trauma to Trust: New Approaches to Police Accountability
A Newark, N.J., police officer talks about the hostility she experiences from local residents. She is pained that the community won’t look...
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1.9K► ReportsTobacco Retail Licensing and Youth Product Use
Researchers use data from a comprehensive survey of youth to look at whether our nation's widely-varying tobacco retail licensing regulations have a...
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3.1K► NewsmakersDr. William Bell Elected Board Chair for the National CASA Association
The National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association recently announced the election of William C. Bell, Ph.D. as chair of its board of trustees. Dr....
