All posts tagged "OST"

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Foundation Makes Noted Life Skills Training Curriculum Free for Schools, Youth Programs

  With state budget cuts forcing many school districts to skimp on any type of education that won’t appear on a standardized test,...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Ten States Get No Child Left Behind Act Waivers as Rewrite Proceeds in Congress

  Ten states have received waivers from the 2014 targets set by the No Child Left Behind Act, in exchange for agreeing to...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  State of the Union Speech Touches on DREAM Act, Dropout Laws and Job Training

  President Barack Obama delivered his third State of the Union speech last night, an hour-long oratory that focused mostly on success in...

• Top Headlines: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  The Need for Developmental Competence for Adults working with Youth

  A New Mexico federal court judge recently received a complaint citing the following facts: a 13-year-old boy repeatedly belched in class.  While...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Federal Youth Budget 2012

    Agency/Program 2009 Enacted 2012 Enacted Agriculture     Child Nutrition Programs $15 b $18.2 b Women, Infants & Children Program $6.9...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  HHS Requires Some Head Start Programs to Compete for First Time

  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will for the first time force underperforming Head Start grantees to compete for funding...

• Reason for Hope in Urban School Reform

  At first glance, it would appear there is little to cheer about with America’s urban schools. Results from the “Nation’s Report card,”...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Potential 2012 Appropriations Deal A Vague and Mixed Bag for Youth Programs

  Note: This story was corrected to reflect an accurate figure for the Corporation for National and Community Service Head Start is poised...

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  Have We Gotten It Wrong on School Reform

  Center on Education Policy A letter from Jack Jennings, CEO of the Center on Education Policy, analyzes a recent book by Marc...

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  Analysis of State Bullying Laws and Policies

  U.S. Department of Education The department examined the extent to which states legislatively required schools to address bullying and what model policies...

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  Review of Organizing Schools to Improve Student Achievement

  National Education Policy Center Broken up into three sections –  Effects size, monetary benefits and costs – the report analyzes three education...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  House Subcommitee Discusses Soaring Cost of College

  The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce met today to discuss college...

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  Education Under Arrest

  Justice Policy Institute The number of school resource officers in schools rose 38 percent between 1997 and 2007, according to the U.S....

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Obama Announces Student Loan Repayment Changes

  President Barack Obama will announce Wednesday that beginning in January students who take out federal college loans will be able to repay...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Too Many Schools

  Note: This column is reprinted with permission from Represent Magazine. A.L.’s heartfelt words are particularly timely this week after a Senate committee passed...

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  The Hidden Costs of Community Colleges

  American Institutes for Research As more and more students are gravitating to community colleges, more attention is being put on how well...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: 2012 spending could pass soon; Day 1,002; report on future for youth-serving nonprofits

  ***Day number 1,002 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and...

• News

  Senate Committee Passes Education Bill That Strengthens Education Stability for Foster Children

  The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee passed a rewrite of the No Child Left Behind education bill last night, which...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Senate Education Rewrite Halted Abruptly by Angry Senator

  A Senate committee’s markup of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was stopped abruptly early this afternoon when Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.),...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Webcast, Guide on Stable Educational Experiences for Foster Youths

  As Senate work stalled today on overhauling the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a group of child welfare advocates hosted a webcast...