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All posts tagged "race ethnicity and gender"
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3.4K► ReportsEliminating Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Mortality
The Center for American Progress provides a policy framework seeking to eliminate the stark and troubling racial disparities in maternal and infant...
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5.4K► ReportsGirls in the Juvenile Justice System
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention uses data from three different national collections to provide a summary of the current...
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3.6KNewsRep. Lucy McBath, Other Leaders Talk About Working With Opportunity Youth of Color
Achieving equity in the U.S. starts with giving young people of color a level playing field, Rep. Lucy McBath says.
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4.5K► ReportsCops and No Counselors: How the Lack of School Mental Health Staff Is Harming Students
The ACLU takes a look at newly released Dept. of Education data showing the numbers of social workers, nurses, and psychologists in...
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2.5K► Reports$23 Billion – The Disparity in Funding Between White and Nonwhite School Districts
EdBuild breaks down the troubling numbers behind the disparity in funding between predominantly white and predominantly nonwhite school districts around the nation.
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3.2K► ReportsBlack and African American LGBTQ Youth Report
This new report from the Human Rights Campaign presents data and analysis from a survey of more than 1,600 black and African...
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3.4K► ReportsIncreasing Disparities in Unhealthy Food Advertising Targeted to Hispanic and Black Youth
Researchers at the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Council on Black Health and Salud America! recently released this new report...
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2.9KNews2008 Recession Helped Create Many More Homeless Youth, Expert Says
Medical sociologist Eric Wright’s work has taken him into parks, abandoned buildings, shelters and other places off the beaten path.
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1.8K► ReportsSpeaking Truth and Acting w/ Integrity: Confronting Challenges of Campus Racial Climate
The American Council on Education outlines the effective methods and lessons learned in the confrontation of college campus racial issues by using...
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For Youth in Sports, Transgender Means Off the Pitch
Keiran Flynn had just finished his junior year at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga., when he decided he was ready to...
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3.2K► ReportsThe Color of Youth Transferred to the Adult Criminal Justice System: Policy and Practice Recommendations
This report published by CFYJ shows how, despite reforms, black youth disproportionately end up in the adult justice system and what can...
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2.8K► 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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3.2K► 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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3.2K► 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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4.3KFrom 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...
