Youth Today
All posts tagged "race ethnicity and gender"
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1.2KGuest Opinion EssayHow DEI rollbacks at colleges and universities set back learning
Institutions are shuttering programs preemptively to avoid political pressure. This will have lasting effects.
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790NewsAn Illinois school district’s reliance on police to ticket students is discriminatory, civil rights complaint says
Illinois law bans schools from fining students. But police routinely issue tickets with fines.
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982Guest Opinion EssayState laws threaten to erode academic freedom in US higher education
Twenty-one of 150 Republican-proposed state bills curbing academic freedom on campus have become law.
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1.1KNewsQ&A: Supporting school leaders of color
BIPOC principles are more likely to serve in high-needs schools. Supporting them is important.
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1.4KNewsNative Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education
The Native American Community Academy network has big plans but faces growing pains.
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1.6KNewsSegregation academies still operate across the South. One town grapples with its divided schools.
Parents in Camden, Alabama, say they would like to see their children schooled together.
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795NewsJudge refuses to dismiss all claims by transgender child against state of Tennessee, Williamson County Schools
A challenge of Tennessee’s school restroom/locker room laws by transgender students remains alive.
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999NewsTexas politics leave transgender foster youth isolated — during and after life in state care
LGBTQ+ foster kid support vanished; silence blankets the agency tasked with raising LGBTQ+ children.
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1.2KNewsHealing the children of Horse Nations
Oregon’s Indian Country offers equine therapy for children leaving foster care and justice systems.
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679NewsWhat to know about the roiling debate over U.S. maternal mortality rates
Researchers have challenged the data behind a striking two-decade rise in maternal mortality rates.
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1.2KNewsYouth shelters lock out hundreds of NYC youth and migrants
The migrant crisis is increasingly intertwined with the rapidly rising number of homeless youth.
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1.1KGuest Opinion EssayQ&A: Texas court ruling on a Black student wearing hair in long locs reflects history of racism in schools
America’s schools don’t always welcome, support or allow cultural expression.
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2.4KGuest Opinion EssayAt a diversity-focused charter school, worlds of learning for a Black child
Every family should have the option to choose a school that fits their values.
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1.1K► Reports2024 Black LGBTQ+ youth report
Despite solemn statistics, Black LGBTQ+ youth are finding the confidence to own their space.
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726NewsHow one district has diversified its advanced math classes — without the controversy
This district added tutoring and non-test-based ways for students to qualify for advanced math.
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850News21 bodycam videos caught the NYPD wrongly arresting black kids on Halloween. Why can’t the public see the footage?
Police have undermined the promise of transparency and accountability that accompanied the body-camera movement.
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1.2KNewsWill the Rodriguez family’s college dreams survive the end of affirmative action?
The family wonders how the Supreme Court college admissions decision will shape their futures.
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1.2K► ReportsThe mental health and well-being of indigenous LGBTQ young people
A new report discusses the mental health challenges that indigenous LGBTQ youth face.
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1.8KNewsA new policy in Florida could out LGBTQ+ students to their parents if they join a GSA
Some LGBTQ+ student clubs in Florida have disbanded altogether.
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1.1KNewsAs migrants arrive, some schools need more buses, books and bilingual teachers
An increase in immigrant kids has created challenges for schools.
