All posts tagged "race ethnicity and gender"

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Agenda for Juvenile Woodstock; NYC’s plan for young minority men; Walsh Act update; and more

  ***Day 925 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

• Two Cases from Detroit Show Child Welfare’s Double Standards

  In a previous column I wrote about the effort to pretend that the racial bias that can be found in every other...

• How More Flexibility in Federal Education Funding Will Hurt Low-Income and Minority Students

  The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce recently sent to the full House a bill that is designed to provide...

• News

  Disproportionality Rates for Children of Color in Foster Care

  Most states continue to place high rates of African-American children in foster care, said a recent report on race and foster care...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy

  Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee BoyCarlos EireFree Press307 pages. This stand-alone sequel to Waiting for Snow in Havana,...

• Book Reviews

  Real Men: Urban Teens Write About How to Be a Man

  Real Men: Urban Teens Write About How to Be a ManYouth Communication226 pages. In 35 autobiographical stories and articles, 26 urban males...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  A Leader’s Guide to Real Men: Urban Teens Write About How to Be a Man

  A Leader’s Guide to Real Men: Urban Teens Write About How to Be a ManYouth Communication and Development without Limits354 pages. also...

• Less Than Citizens

  In a move contrary to the most cherished of American values, a band of ultraconservative activists is targeting the U.S.-born children of...

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  Achievement Gap Between Caucasians and Hispanic Students in Grades Four and Eight

  National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) There were no significant changes in the differences in math and reading for white and Hispanic...

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  The Influence of Race, Income, and Risk on the Substantiation Decision in Child Welfare

  Children and Youth Services Review This study uses data from the Texas child welfare system to identify the factors that contribute to...

• It’s Time to End Zero Tolerance in Schools: A Call To Action

  It is too early to know whether the current wave of school reforms in the United States will lead to lasting improvements...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Critical Moment to Connect Latino Youth to School and Jobs, Report Says

  A report released today by the National Council of La Raza urges organizations to partner with one another to find ways to...

• Research

  Child welfare still “in denial” about racism

  Back in the mid-90s, filmmaker Michael Moore had a television series called TV Nation. In one memorable segment, two men tried to...

• Opinion

  Race and Beyond: Majority Minority Toddlers

  Cold, hard facts are unassailable, but often are disregarded. Such ignorance comes with looming peril. Here’s a pair of textbook examples. Fact...

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  What Works for African American Children and Adolescents: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions

  Child Trends This study examined findings from 53 random experimental evaluations of social intervention programs and their effects on African-American youth and...

• College Isn’t Helping Ill-Prepared Students Catch Up

  Everyone over age 40 knows that education is wasted on the young. So why are people getting so worked up about a...

• News

  ‘Gainful Employment’ Battle Rages On

  Amid of flurry of legal actions and ad campaigns seeking elimination or softening/toughening and quick enforcement of the Department of Education’s proposed...

• News

  California Parents Pull ‘Trigger’ for School Takeover

  Parents in Compton, Calif., south of Los Angeles, have organized the first challenge to one of the state’s poorly performing public schools,...

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  The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Outcomes of Black Males in Urban Schools

  The Council of the Great City Schools The council, for the first time, tried to measure exactly the extent of challenges facing...

• News

  DREAM Act Not Ready to Die in 111th

  DREAM Act supporters are making one final push in the 111th Congress before Republicans take over the House in January. President Barack...