All posts tagged "OST"

Poverty and Education: Finding the Way Forward

Top Headlines 7/29

Juvenile Justice Ga. DJJ introduces reintegration programs. Head injuries and juvenile justice. Education Federal cutbacks lead to less monitoring of special ed...

Top Headlines 7/26

Child Welfare Don’t economize childcare. Florida child welfare agency told to “refocus” following deaths. Juvenile Justice Despite misgivings, Scared Straight continues. Education...

America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2013

Top Headlines 7/23

Juvenile Justice Head of Florida’s juvenile justice system meets with capitol protesters. All but one of the suspended Georgia DJJ investigators is...

House Bill Would Cut After School Program Funding, Create Block Grant

Late last week, the House of Representatives passed the Student Success Act (H.R. 5), a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education...

Indian School in Wyoming Cuts Jobs and Salaries During Sequester

This story is republished from Wyofile    Two things were in short supply at St. Stephens Indian School on Wyoming’s Wind River...

Top Headlines 7/18

Juvenile Justice Seven officers removed from Atlanta area youth detention facility. Education Michigan experts lobby for Common Core. Florida board changes formula...

Top Headlines 7/17

Juvenile Justice Miami pet therapy program for juvenile offenders first in Florida. Education U.S. Department of Education investigates Swathmore’s handling of sexual...

Well and Well-Off: Decreasing Medicaid and Health-Care Costs by Increasing Educational Attainment

-Full report- Author(s):  Alliance for Excellent Education Bill DeBaun Martens Roc Dr. Peter Muennig – Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health...

Top Headlines 7/16/2013

Juvenile Justice ACLU and other groups push for limits on juvenile solitary confinement in New Jersey.  Education Education policy group criticizes pre-Common...

Report Teaches Cities How to Improve Afterschool Programming

The Wallace Foundation examines some of the best practices used by the nation’s top afterschool programs, in a recently released report. The...

Better Together: Building Local Systems to Improve Afterschool

Top Headlines 7/15

Juvenile Justice Georgia DJJ rolls out two pilots intended to help detained youth in transition. Education NYC’s increased spending doesn’t produce better...

Top Headlines 7/11

Juvenile Justice Georgia DJJ hires new chief investigator following sex abuse scandal. Florida appellate court orders reduction in state’s charges to counties...

Top Headlines 7/9

Juvenile Justice Pennsylvania clarifies rules for juvenile placement in adult facilities. Illinois governor signs law raising age of juvenile jurisdiction. Child Welfare...

Higher Interest Rates Leave Some Students Uneasy about Taking on More College Debt

Americans owe nearly a trillion dollars in outstanding student loans, according to a 2012 announcement from the Federal Reserve Bank of New...

Top Headlines 7/8

Juvenile Justice Op-Ed calls for more research into Iowa juvenile justice policy. Texas legislators pass 50 justice bills, including many covering juveniles....

The Annie E. Casey Foundation: 2013 KIDS COUNT Data Book

Top Headlines 7/3

Education U.S. Education Secretary urges Philadelphia school officials and state government to address a 304 million dollar shortfall. Child Welfare New Mexico...