Youth Today
All posts tagged "race ethnicity and gender"
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2.5K► ReportsYouth Risk Behavior Surveillance 2017
This report from the CDC summarizes results from the 2017 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), including 121 health-related behaviors...
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2.9K► ReportsRace and Economic Opportunity in the United States: An Intergenerational Perspective
The Equality of Opportunity Project released this report discussing the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau about the persistent and massive...
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3.0K► ReportsHow To Fix the Large and Growing Latinx Teacher-Student Gap
This new report from the Center for American Progress highlights the shortage of Latinx teachers in American schools relative to the student...
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Youth Violence Prevention Research and Development Project Grants
Subject: Violence, Safety, Child/Youth Welfare, Race/Ethnicity, Minority Youth | Deadline: May 25, 2018
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3.9KFrom the BureausBobby Cagle, New LA Child Welfare Chief, to Find High Demand, Too Few Foster Homes
Bobby Cagle, a former foster child and caseworker, is set to take over as head of Los Angeles Department of Children and...
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2017 Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children
This recent policy report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation uses the latest data available to discuss the progress and welfare of...
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Latino Education and Economic Progress: Running Faster but Still Behind
Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce recently released this new report highlighting how a lack of higher education degree attainment...
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Be Her Resource: A Toolkit About School Resource Officers and Girls of Color
This new report from the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality takes a look at how girls of color are consistently...
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Unrealized Impact: The Case for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
This report released by NewSchools Venture Fund highlights the stark lack of diversity in education leadership across the country and the detrimental...
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1.9KNewsS.O.U.L. Sisters Empowers Black Girls Most Impacted by Inequality
Last month, a group of girls at a juvenile detention center in the Bronx sat in a discussion circle with a teaching...
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Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood
This groundbreaking new study recently released by the Georgetown University Law Center uses comprehensive survey data to show how the perception of...
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1.8KFrom the BureausA Civil Rights Movement Grows in Brooklyn
Two meetings last week, one in a ragged community center across the street from a waterfront Brooklyn housing project, the other in...
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1.3KNewsFormer Attorney General Holder Urges Action on Racial Issues Under Trump
Panelists at a discussion on race spoke mostly about collective response to a president they fear will roll back the rights of...
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Debtors’ Prison for Kids? The High Cost of Fines and Fees in the Juvenile Justice System
The Juvenile Law Center conducted research in all 50 states to analyze the financial burden imposed on youth and families involved in...
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High Hopes and Harsh Realities: The Real Challenges to Building a Diverse Teacher Workforce
The Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution recently wrote and released this report detailing the current and stark lack...
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1.2KOpinionTeaching Moment: Police Brutality and Raising a Black Son
What is happening right before our children’s eyes is the very R-rated stuff they’re not allowed to see at the movie theaters....
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3.1KOpinionImplicit Bias: More Than Just a Few Bad Apples
Youth of color experience the worst outcomes in every youth-serving system, including law enforcement, child welfare and education, the data show conclusively.
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The 2013-14 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) First Look Report
The Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) report and data for the 2013-2014 school year has been released by the U.S. Dept. of...
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1.1KNewsRacial Disparities Persist Even as School Suspensions Decrease, Federal Data Shows
Out-of-school suspensions dropped 20 percent nationally in recent years, but students of color and students with disabilities are still more likely to...
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K-12 Education: Better Use of Information Could Help Agencies Identify Disparities and Address Racial Discrimination
This new report commission by the U.S. Government Accountability Office discusses data concerning the economic and racial make-up of K-12 students in...
