All posts tagged "OST"

Top Headlines 6/25

Education Study shows that music education contributes to reading skills. Op ed: Common Core isn’t overreach Child Welfare Supporters celebrate second ceremonial...

Violence in Student Writing: A School Administrator’s Guide

When Gretchen Oltman began teaching English literature to “a rough crowd” of Nebraska high school juniors and seniors in 1999, she assigned...

Youth Workers Essential to Helping Kids Succeed in School

When Woody Allen famously quipped that “80 percent of success is showing up,” more than a kernel of truth popped out. Because...

Who are the Class of 2013?

A new analysis from Child Trends looks at the high school class of 2013, painting a vivid description of the nation’s most...

Top Headlines 6/18

Juvenile Justice Children of unmarried parents more likely to reoffend. Indiana’s dual sentencing plan may, or may not, work. Child Welfare New...

Top Headlines 5/17

  Juvenile Justice Indiana creates dual sentencing scheme after 12-year-old murder convicted as an adult. Reforms to juvenile code will cost some...

KIDS COUNT: State of the Child in Tennessee

Top Headlines 6/12

Education Partisans take up positions as Senate explores what will replace No Child Left Behind. Education Opportunity Network releases “An Educational Declaration...

Foundation Highlights Strategies to Increase Economic Security for Low Income Women

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Six months ago, the Goodwill of Greater Washington started a program to help employees overcome barriers such as lack of child...

Top Headlines 6/6

Youth Opinion  Debate continues on Boy Scouts and homosexuality. Juvenile Justice District Attorney praises Georgia’s overhaul of juvenile justice code. Yakima youth’s...

Gala Raises Money and Awareness for After School and Mentorship Programs

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—Traveling from Orlando, Fla., Donna Bozarth, a mother, grandmother and board member for the U.S. Dream Academy was one of...

Top Headline 6/4

Education Iowa governor signs “transformational” education bill to turn around the state’s slide into mediocraty.  New York’s state education commisioner cuts through...

Declines in State Teen Birth Rates by Race and Hispanic Origin

Association Between Exposure to Suicide and Suicidality Outcomes in Youth

Teens, Social Media, and Privacy

Characteristics of Pregnant Teen Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions

Education, Diversity and Economic Outcomes Discussed at CAP Webinar

On Monday, the Center for American Progress (CAP) hosted a webinar event in Washington, D.C. titled “Leveling the Education Playing Field.” Neera...

UPDATE: Ramapo Revisited, School Board Election and the Future of a Community

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — In just about any other community in the nation, last Thursday’s public meeting here set to feature opposing...

Department of Education Eyeing Changes to Definitions of Poverty of School Children

At last month’s American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference in San Francisco, one item discussed was a National Center on Education Statistics...

Georgia Brings Child Sex Trafficking Fight to School

Starting this fall, students in a pilot program for Georgia high schools are set to start learning about child sex trafficking. It’s...