All posts tagged "OST"

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  Priced Out: How the Wrong Financial-Aid Policies Hurt Low-Income Students

  The Education Trust Students from middle-income families often benefit more from higher education scholarship and grant programs than do the lower income...

• Weekly Notes: New structure for OJJDP advisory committee; a dark juvenile justice chapter ends in Florida; and more

  Hope everyone has a lovely Memorial Day weekend. JJ Today got a press release yesterday informing us that Saturday is also National...

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  Six of 10 Texas High School Seniors Have Been Suspended, Expelled or Arrested

  More Texas students have been suspended or expelled than have not, according to a forthcoming study of state trends on school discipline....

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  Four AmeriCorps Teams Assist with Disaster in Joplin, Mo.

  Stephanie Jackson says she never thought she would need the disaster portion of her AmeriCorps leadership training. But since a tornado struck...

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  For-Profit College Enrollment Grew 50-Fold from 1980 to 2009

  The National Center for Education Statistics massive annual report, The Condition of Education, released today focuses on the rise of for-profit postsecondary...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Anti-Bullying Programs Pushed Aside by Federal Budget Woes

  Note: This story originally appeared on the website of the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange On March 10, President Obama turned up the...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Labor Department Stripped $10 Million from YouthBuild USA, Corps Network

  A pair of $10 million grants to two national youth-serving organizations designed to help dropouts and young adult offenders gain marketable skills...

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  More Fruits and Vegetables in School Lunches but No New Money for Kitchen Improvements

  Many school districts don’t have the money for equipment or training to implement the new dietary guidelines for the national school lunch...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  College Loan Default Rate Rose to 9.6 Percent in 2009

  The overall federal student loan default rate rose 25 percent in 2009 – from 7.7 percent in 2008 to 9.6 percent –...

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  The Effects of In-State Tuition for Non-Citizens: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

  Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University Creating national legislation to implement in-state tuition for non-citizens can have a positive effect on...

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  Low-Income Students Are Key to Meeting 2020 College Attainment Goals

  Attaining President Barack Obama’s goal of having the highest percentage of college graduates in the world by 2020 can only be attained...

• When We Ban Kids from School, the Damage Goes far Beyond Academics

  It’s so depressing: Last week brought yet another outrageous tale of zero tolerance gone wild – this time from Maryland, where a...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Bill Would Make AmeriCorps Education Award Tax-Free

  A bipartisan bill introduced last week would mean AmeriCorps alumni would not have to pay taxes on the educational awards they earn...

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  Q&A: Bryan Samuels, Obama’s Top Child Welfare Appointee

  Bryan Samuels, who has served for more than a year now as President Barack Obama’s Commissioner for the Administration on Children, Youth...

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  U.S. Chamber Report Lauds For-Profit Innovation, Says Government Is an Obstacle to Implementation

  A report released by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at a program on the need for innovation in higher education examines several...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  House Republicans Target 43 Ed Programs for Elimination

  Even as Democrats introduced various bills to shore up persistently low-performing schools and to provide funds to ameliorate tax losses in some...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  For Guidance on For-Profit Colleges, Look to the GI Bill

  After Congress decided to give soldiers returning home from World War II the opportunity to pursue a college education, thousands of for-profit...

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  Reading Levels of Rural and Urban Third Graders Lag Behind Their Suburban Peers

  Carsey Institute On average, the reading levels of third grade students in rural and urban schools are lower than those of suburban...

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  Black, Hispanic Groups Call for Study of Gainful Employment Regulations

  Leaders of the National Black Chamber of Commerce and the Hispanic Leadership Fund today asked the Obama administration to conduct a “minority...

• Invest in Educating Juveniles Now, or Pay For It Later

  I have spent much of my career in search of effective evidence-based correctional practices for delinquent youth. Quite bluntly, this search was...