All posts tagged "out-of-school time and afterschool"

Top Headlines 9/25

Education Searching the world for answers to best education practices. Juvenile Justice Senators announce 11.7 million dollar grant to reduce juvenile recidivism...

Top Headlines 9/24

Education UNC doctoral students assist teachers across North Carolina via internet. Juvenile Justice Kids learn lessons from Texas art project. Georgia DJJ...

Top Headlines 9/23

Education South Carolina officials propose overhaul of school systems. Juvenile Justice North Carolina eliminates juvenile justice division. Child Welfare Michigan welfare workers...

Top Headlines 9/18

Education New York parents challenge focus on testing. Juvenile Justice Special New York court proposed for older teens. PEW study finds 68...

Top Headlines 9/17

Education Technology won’t solve all education challenges. “Radical” education experts meet in Philadelphia. Oregon education officials create standards for “seclusion rooms” in...

Top Headlines 9/16

Education Secretary Duncan backs off threat to withhold funds from CA. Local TN commissioners criticize state education chief. Child Welfare Report shows...

Is Citywide Afterschool Coordination Going Nationwide?

Report: After-school Programs Need Better Coordination

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After-school programs need to be better coordinated in many large cities to serve more children, says a new report....

Top Headlines 9/12

Education Rhetoric vs Reality in education policy. Child Welfare U.N. official calls for reconsideration of Baby Veronica’s indigenous status. Juvenile Justice Justice...

Top Headlines 9/11

Education Sequester hits special education hard. Bilingual education increases test scores for other students. Child Welfare Well intentioned amateurs broker children to...

Top Headlines 9/10

Education Putting the education needs of NJ kids before the interests of the wealthy. Child Welfare Oklahoma officials concerned over rise in...

Q&A With Patrick Boyle, Author of ‘Scout’s Honor’

First, the scout leaders befriended the boys, then mentored them … and ultimately, molested them.  And then, all too often, the scout...

Top Headlines 9/9

Education Higher education’s biggest hurdle is income inequality. American Education stagnates. Juvenile Justice Project pairs at-risk youth with shelter animals. Fewer kids...

Top Headlines 9/6

Education Education chief pushes for later start to school day. California drops some standardized tests. Child Welfare Kansas City Dioceses Ombudsman sees...

California Survey Shows Troubling Portrait of Children’s Lives

San Jose Mercury News / (MCT) PALO ALTO — More than 4 percent of seventh-graders have brought a gun to school, more...

Top Headlines 8/29

Education Rod Paige, first Black Secretary of Education, praises King’s “I Have a Dream” speech for pushing him to success. Waivers could...

Top Headlines 8/27

Juvenile Justice Protect kids from the dangers of false confessions. States seek answers to juvenile life without parole ruling. Illinois youth prison...

Top Headlines 8/26

Juvenile Justice Celebrated GA juvenile court looks at music and art therapy. Education Bobby Jindal names education as the next civil rights...

Top Headlines 8/22

Juvenile Justice MacArthur Foundation commits 15 million dollars to establish centers for juvenile justice reform. Education Majority of Americans oppose free education...

Increasing Access to Higher Education

Mynecia Taylor, 18, studies for the ACT at her apartment on January 6, in St. Louis, Miss. Taylor opted out of foster...