All posts tagged "out-of-school"

The Nation’s Report Card: U.S. States in a Global Context

The First Eight Years: Giving Kids a Foundation for Lifetime Success

Has Education Paid Off for Black Workers?

Top Headlines 11/20

Juvenile Justice Children are victims in sex trafficking, not criminals. Federal DOJ to investigate St. Louis Family Court. Education Arne Duncan regrets...

Top Headlines 11/19

Juvenile Justice “Kids for Cash” movie carries heavy emotional weight. Balancing safety and youths’ rights. Education Alabama Department of Education moves to...

Something to Say: Success Principles for Afterschool Arts Programs From Urban Youth and Other Experts

Top Headlines 11/18

Juvenile Justice Poorest county in nation faces juvenile jail overcrowding. Trial begins for Florida sheriff accused of mistreating kids in custody. Florida...

Top Headlines 11/14

Juvenile Justice Philadelphia teen charged in exposure of evidence and witness intimidation part of wider “anti-snitching” sentiment. The politics of closing an...

Top Headlines 11/13

Juvenile Justice Louisiana ruling leaves JLWOP sentences unchanged. Many states changing the way older teens are adjudicated. Education Indiana looks at changing...

Listen to Me: Youth Share What They Want From After School Programs in New Report

  SAY Si, a San Antonio, Texas, multidisciplinary arts program, includes a line item in its budget for purchasing students’ work to...

Sports-Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science, Changing the Culture

Top Headlines 11/12

Juvenile Justice Florida DJJ tries to explain mistake in releasing wrong juvenile prisoner. Illinois youth prisons could get monitor. Peer court trains...

We All Play a Role in Ending Bullying

Headlines and news shows are focused again on bullying, a term whose popularity has skyrocketed in the past decade. We hear it...

Top Headlines 11/11

Juvenile Justice Wisconsin bill would allow some 17-year-olds to go to juvenile court. Inequality in Colorado juvenile justice system. Texas legislature to...

Top Headlines 11/7

Juvenile Justice Florida forum explores direction of juvenile justice. Virginia program aims to help kids succeed. Infamous Mississippi youth prison still needs...

Top Headlines 11/06

Juvenile Justice Trying young murder suspects as adults. Appeals for clemency in case of boy who who was ten when he killed...

Love Evident in Top Dropout Prevention Programs

The New Directions Alternative Education Center in Manassas, Va. won a 2013 National Dropout Prevention Network award for their work. L-R: Principal...

Dropout Prevention Strategy: Be Less Boring

Standing room only at the 25th annual National Dropout Prevention Network Conference, with a keynote address by former Education Secretary Bill Bennett....

Top Headlines 11/4

Juvenile Justice TX legislators to investigate guards’ abuse of kids. The profit motive in private youth prisons. Education Budget talks could affect...

Top Headlines 10/31

Juvenile Justice Joe Nocera’s Gun Report. Jacksonville area coalition to address criminalization of first time offenders.   Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules recent...