It’s so depressing: Last week brought yet another outrageous tale of zero tolerance gone wild – this time from Maryland, where a...
Bryan Samuels, who has served for more than a year now as President Barack Obama’s Commissioner for the Administration on Children, Youth...
***Notes is back after a one-week hiatus brought on by, of all things, a website hacker. When we opened up the Youth...
[This article was reprinted with permission from the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange] In Jordan Cox’s view, it was a waste of money....
I have spent much of my career in search of effective evidence-based correctional practices for delinquent youth. Quite bluntly, this search was...
***The Texas Public Policy Foundation expressed support this week for the merger of the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation...
It is too early to know whether the current wave of school reforms in the United States will lead to lasting improvements...
A report released today by the National Council of La Raza urges organizations to partner with one another to find ways to...
***Day number 823 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and...
A university and film production company are creating what both hope will become a repository for training juvenile justice and child welfare...
After a long, frustrating wait for action on any juvenile justice-related legislation, the pending reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases last month about interviews of children at school. One concerned allegations of sexual abuse –...
Mentor: The Kid and the CEOTom Pace with Walter JenkinsMentorHope Publishing175 pages. Audiobook also available. Based on author Tom Pace’s experiences, this...
Legislation introduced this month by a bipartisan group of Senators would eliminate Senate confirmation for about 200 executive nominations, including two of...
***The staff at Youth Today has been hard at work finishing up our April print issue, which by the way include our...
Public/Private Ventures, a 33-year-old national research organization focused on evaluating programs for low-income communities and using that information to improve effectiveness, last...
UPDATE: Well, another last-minute deal averted a federal shutdown for now. The section immediately below was written in anticipation of one, and...
U.S. Department of Justice/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services This report summarizes findings and evidence from federal reviews of research studies...
Pastor Billy Kyles, asked to deliver the keynote address at this week’s National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, talked to the audience...
[Note: The first entry in this column was updated after additional information was announced by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...