Youth Today
All posts tagged "race ethnicity and gender"
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3.3K► Reports“Youth Civic Empowerment” report released by YouthTruth
Are America’s public schools preparing students to engage in the responsibilities of citizenship?
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5.3KNewsWhite House unveils new policies to transform child welfare
One central area of focus is the distinction between family poverty and child neglect.
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2.4KNewsUndocumented kids have a right to attend public schools. This coalition wants to keep it that way.
Education for All works to counteract anti-immigrant policy proposals that limit educating undocumented children.
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1.9KNewsAdvocates fear Minnesota students will again be subject to restraint used on George Floyd
Some say task force is shutting down discussion of guidelines for cops in schools.
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2.2KOpinionSchools can’t wish away the need for DEI officers
They are needed to coach campus/district leaders and staff how to address racist conflicts.
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1.9KNewsIt takes a village: A Brooklyn high school and NYC nonprofits team up to enroll older immigrants
Under state law, immigrant students are allowed to attend public school through age 21.
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2.0KNewsThese researchers study the legacy of the segregation academies they grew up around
Did these mostly white private schools contribute to the persistent racial division in schools?
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1.3KNewsNew partnership will boost agricultural education for Arizona Indigenous students
Lessons and project-based topics include origins, traditions, leadership, and plant science within Indigenous communities.
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5.2KNewsHundreds of high schools wrongfully refused entry to older, immigrant student
High school enrollment requirements for these students are arbitrary and unpredictable — with no oversight.
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4.0KOpinionHow 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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1.4KNewsAn 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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2.5KOpinionState 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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1.4KNewsTicketed at school as a teen, a young Black woman is suing an Illinois city for violating her civil rights
Illinois law bans schools from fining students. But police routinely issue tickets to children.
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2.1KNewsQ&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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3.0KNewsNative 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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5.4KNewsSegregation 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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2.7KOpinion70 years after Brown, too many U.S. schools remain hypersegregated and unequal
1,700+ of American school districts are hypersegregated, with 75% of students from low-income households.
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1.8KNewsJudge 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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2.3KNewsSchools are more segregated than 30 years ago. But how much?
Between 1991 and 2019 the segregation level rose by over 1/3rd in 541 districts.
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6.5K► Reports2024 U.S. national survey on the mental health of LGBTQ+ young people
Among LGBTQ+ youth there are elevated suicide risks and lack of mental healthcare access.
