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All posts tagged "OST"
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
California Education Board Clarifies Regulations for State’s ‘Parent Trigger’ Law
The California State Board of Education has tentatively approved more specific regulations on how the state’s parent trigger law will work. The...
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News
Collateral Damage
What American news outlet hasn’t carried a heart-wrenching picture of a 5- or 6-year old sobbing uncontrollably as the father or mother...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Campaign Afoot Against Textbook Prices
A rally in a Washington-area suburb last month officially launched the Textbook Rebellion, a campaign aimed at ensuring affordable textbooks for college...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Youth Today Breakdown of State Spending on Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice and Youth
Last Updated: August 15 Since the U.S. economy went into a tailspin in 2008, states have faced tough choices on spending. Significant...
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Education Dept. Official Joins “Textbook Rebellion” Rally
A rally in a Washington-area suburb today officially launched the Textbook Rebellion, a campaign aimed at ensuring affordable textbooks for college students,...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Weekly Notes: Day 946; facility closures, for better or worse; and more
***Day 946 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Selling Eighth-Graders on College
This summer, at the age of 36, I decided it was time to go back to college. I slept in the dorms,...
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Staying on Track: Early Findings from a Performance-Based Scholarship Program at the University of New Mexico
MDRC An experimental scholarship program at the University of New Mexico that provides extra income for low-income students who keep up their...
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Making Every Diploma Count: Using Extended-Year Graduation Rates to Measure Student Success
American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), Gateway to College National Network and the National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC) This issue brief argues that...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Bringing Juveniles Back to School
As the old adage goes, and bears repeating once again: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The best...
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Top Headlines: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Top Headlines 8/10
Child Welfare The top Miami administrator of Florida’s Department of Children and Families, who was reprimanded for the handling of the Barahona...
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News
Social Media Use Can Lead to Mental Health Problems
Social media present risks and benefits to children who use them, but parents who secretly monitor their children’s activity on networking sites...
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How the Effects of Postsecondary Remedial and Developmental Courses Vary by Level of Academic Preparation
How the Effects of Postsecondary Remedial and Developmental Courses Vary by Level of Academic Participation National Center for Postsecondary Research This report...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Weekly Notes: Agenda for Juvenile Woodstock; NYC’s plan for young minority men; Walsh Act update; and more
***Day 925 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
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Integrating Technology with Student-Centered Learning
Nellie Mae Education Foundation Student-centered learning focuses on educational principles and practices that include providing all students with equal access to the...
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After Interning on Capitol Hill, Former Foster Youth Challenge Child Welfare’s Accountablity
States should not receive federal funding for foster care if they are not providing high-quality services, caseworkers should not be allowed to...
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Healthy Youth / Healthy Regions: Informing Action for the Nine County Capital Region (Calif.) and Its Youth
UC Davis Center for Regional Change, Sierra Health Foundation, and The California Endowment The study examines and documents the connections between youth...
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Top Headlines: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Top Headlines 7/27
Child Welfare As more children are placed in foster families, adopted or returned to their birth parents, the number of group foster...
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Top Headlines: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Top Headlines 7/26
Child Welfare Gay teens in Massachusetts are more likely to be homeless than their heterosexual peers, according to new research from the...
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Top Headlines: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Top Headlines 7/25
Child Welfare Nebraska turned to out-sourcing many of the functions of the state child welfare agency to gain stability, cut costs and...
