Youth Today
All posts tagged "race ethnicity and gender"
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The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Outcomes of Black Males in Urban Schools
The Council of Great City Schools conducted an in-depth analysis of data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and in this...
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Latino Youth Hopeful Despite Stereotyping In Schools
Speaking Out: Latino Youth on Discrimination in the United States National Council of La Raza Many Latino teens feel regularly stereotyped in...
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More Must be Done to Reduce Minority Contact in Juvenile Justice
By Nancy Gannon Hornberger and Gina E. Wood Unfairness plagues our nation’s juvenile justice systems. Shocking racial inequities in juvenile justice are...
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News
Dream Act Still a Dream of Obama
Washington, D.C. – The Obama administration will keep immigration reform as a “top priority” and is looking for bipartisan support to re-introduce...
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News
Obama Peace Prize Money Funds Scholars
Proceeds from President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize award are being used by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund to further its goal of...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
DVD: Culturally Competent Parenting
Culturally Competent ParentingFoster Parent College: Training for Adoptive, Kinship, and Foster ParentsNorthwest Media Inc.30 minutes. Interactive DVD plus CD-ROM with Viewer Guide,...
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Reparable Harm: Fulfilling the Unkept Promise of Educational Opportunity for California’s Long Term English Learners
Californians Together Non-English speaking students who are always taught in English are likely to face long-term academic struggles, according to this...
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Book Reviews
Why Our Prisons are Packed with Black Men
It has taken many years for people to start asking why the majority of inmates in United States prisons are African-American. Perhaps...
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Book Reviews
Our Schools Suck: Students Talk Back to a Segregated Nation on the Failures of Urban Education
Gaston Alonso, Noel S. Anderson, Celina Su, Jeanne TheoharisNew York University Press289 pages. $70 hardcover, $22 paperback. Sharing conclusions from separate...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Tribal Justice & Safety at the Department of Justice
www.tribaljusticeandsafety.gov The revamped Tribal Justice & Safety website provides up-to-date notices, press releases and information on the DOJ’s initiatives on American Indian...
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Opinion
Let’s Get Uncomfortable
It’s easy to get comfortable in youth work. We know our programs and our kids. We know the other players, the...
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Just the Facts: A Snapshot of Incarcerated Hispanic Youth
National Council of La Raza This factsheet by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) breaks down the American youth population...
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Opinion
They Won’t Stay Outside Forever: Black Young Men and Unemployment
On Saturday, Jan. 30, Washington, D.C., got its second snowstorm in six weeks. Not nearly as big as the first (only...
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Facing Our Future: Children in the Aftermath of Immigration Enforcement
Urban Institute While millions of illegal immigrants continue to be a focus of attention and debate in the United States, the...
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News
Brother, Can You Spare Some Time?
Ann Arbor, Mich.—When Shenida Smith turned to the local Big Brothers Big Sisters organization last year to find mentors for her...
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Between Two Worlds: How Young Latinos Come of Age in America
Pew Hispanic Center Latino youth are more likely than other American youth to drop out of school, become teenage parents, and...
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Strengthening Indian Country Through Tribal Youth Programs
American Youth Policy Forum & Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention This report on Tribal Youth Programs (TYPs), which help...
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Weekly Notes: Cabinet converges for coordinating council; ICAC grant available; and more
***There is officially a sign that the administration of Barack Obama has juvenile justice on its radar. And it came down unto...
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Q&A: Burns Institute Executive Director James Bell
The W. Haywood Burns Institute, led by Executive Director James Bell, endeavors to address and then reduce racial disparities in local juvenile...
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News
Charting a Necessary Path
Too few low-income and minority students are enrolling in and graduating from college, according to a new report released by The National...
