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2.4KNewsAfter-school Program Teaches Immigrant Children and Parents
Two hours after the school day ended, three parents sat in the nearly empty cafeteria at Norton Park Elementary School in a...
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2.5K► ReportsA World Ready to Learn: Prioritizing Quality Early Childhood Education
UNICEF's first ever global report on early childhood education provides a comprehensive and exhaustive analysis of pre-primary education across the globe, showing...
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1.9KOpinionLouisville After-school Programs Get Support From Our Network
Philanthropic organizations and local government have been supporting nonprofit organizations that serve young people in my community for decades. We have dozens...
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2.4K► NewsmakersSPLC Names Karen Baynes-Dunning Interim President and CEO
Karen Baynes-Dunning is the interim president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) after its board voted unanimously to name...
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3.6KOpinionWe Students Will Keep Advocating for Background Checks for Gun Sales
In this past year as a student activist for gun safety, I’ve learned that America’s gun problem is a multifaceted issue. Gun...
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3.5KOpinionForget Disarming ‘Bad Guys,’ We Must Make All Guns Harder To Get
Six days. That’s how long it took lawmakers in New Zealand to ban military-style assault weapons following an attack in Christchurch that...
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1.8K► ReportsPromoting a New Direction for Youth Justice: Strategies to Fund a Community-Based Continuum of Care and Opportunity
The Urban Institute identifies and discusses proven, effective and innovative strategies for investment in community-based programs and tools to help justice-involved youth...
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4.3KOpinionWhen Children Grieve: 10 Important Points for Youth Welfare Professionals
As youth welfare professionals we have all heard it, “I need to protect my children and not talk with them about their...
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3.8KNewsYoung Atlanta Refugees Build Robotics Along With New Lives
An Atlanta robotics team initially made up of refugee youth has racked up win after win in state and national competitions, successfully...
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2.1K► NewsmakersStefaan Poortman Appointed World of Children Executive Director
World of Children has appointed Stefaan Poortman as its next executive director following a lengthy nationwide search. Poortman comes to World of...
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2.2KOpinionFrom Restorative Justice Skeptic to Advocate in 2 Weeks
Walking back into my middle school classroom after being out the previous day at a training, I first noticed that the colorful...
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4.7KNewsCan Washington State Keep Youth Off the Streets After They Leave Detention?
By the age of 17, David Vanwetter had been in and out of detention perhaps a dozen times.
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13.9KNewsAs More Schools Aid Foster Students, Data on Results Needed, Researchers Say
Youth in foster care face a multitude of barriers when it comes to higher education. How will they pay for room, board,...
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4.6KOpinionBoth Trump, U.S. Child Welfare Play the Bonding Card From Bottom of Deck
Last November, I wrote a column for Youth Today about the alarming similarities between the Trump administration policy of tearing apart families...
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2.0K► ReportsPreparing the Future Workforce: Early Care and Education Participation Among Children of Immigrants
The Urban Institute uses the most recent and comprehensive data available to show the rates of enrollment of immigrant children in early...
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2.3KNewsMany Guns, Few Mental Health Services Drive High Rural Death Rate, Experts Say
Paul Reviere is sheriff of Lincoln County, a rural area with just under 8,000 people two hours east of Atlanta. In addition...
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3.4K► NewsmakersGreg Zweber to be Next President & CEO of Camp Fire
Greg Zweber, chief affiliate officer at Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, will be the new national president and CEO of Camp...
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3.0KOpinionResearch Into Police Probes Is Crucial, Ignored Part of Gun Violence Prevention
I began my research program on gun violence prevention in the early 1970s, when my children were just starting school. Now I...
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3.8K► ReportsA Tool for After-school Providers: Evidence of Impact For a Host of Programs
Looking for funding for an after-school program? Trying to decide what type of program to implement?
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1.8K► ReportsCollaborating for Successful Reentry: A Guide to Support Justice-Involved Young People Returning to the Community
The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice provides a comprehensive reentry guide for juvenile justice and social service practitioners which offers information...
