Youth Today
All posts tagged "Race, Ethnicity and Gender"
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3.6KNewsNative American Court to Run Under Bigger Concept of Family
It’s already tough sledding for New Mexico children and families in the state’s fractured foster care and child welfare systems. Those challenges...
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6.3K► ReportsRing the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America
The Congressional Black Caucus releases a troubling report quantifying and discussing the recent sharp rise in suicide rates among black youth, a...
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1.9K► ReportsWhen Is a School Segregated? Making Sense of Segregation 65 Years after Brown v. Board of Education
A new research report from the Urban Institute develops a more effective metric for determining the extent of school segregation within the...
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4.7KGuest Opinion EssayWashington State Must Help, Not Arrest Sex Trafficked, Homeless Minors
This summer, stories of now-deceased wealthy financier Jeffery Epstein’s sexual exploitations rocked the country. The girls Epstein exploited were mostly young, poor,...
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1.6K► ReportsCharter School Effects on School Segregation
The Urban Institute takes a comprehensive look at the effect of the growth of charter schools on racial segregation in school systems....
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2.5K► ReportsToxic Stress and Children’s Outcomes
The Economic Policy Institute shows how toxic stress in a child's life, which is disproportionately experienced by African American children, can disrupt...
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2.4K► 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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4.6K► 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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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayMany Women, Girls Feel Impact of Justice System Via Their Network, Report From Bronx Organization Shows
G.I.R.L.S. N Da Hood is exploring gender and incarceration in the Bronx. We focused on understanding womyn’s experiences with arrest, court, lockup,...
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1.8K► 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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2.6K► 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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3.8KGuest Opinion EssayIndian Child Welfare Act Needs to Be Supported to Help Foster Kids, Tribes
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold on Dec. 5 a ruling that would declare the Indian Child Welfare Act...
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2.8K► 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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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayHispanic Youth Living in Settlements at U.S. Border Suffer Poverty, Lack of Health Care
Recent media stories from the U.S.-Mexico border about immigration have largely missed the daily struggle of families and children in U.S. communities...
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2.6KNews2008 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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1.5K► 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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3.8KFrom 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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Debtors’ Prison for Kids? The High Cost of Fines and Fees in the Juvenile Justice System
The Juvenile Law Center conducted research in all 50 states to analyze the financial burden imposed on youth and families involved in...
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The 2013-14 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) First Look Report
The Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) report and data for the 2013-2014 school year has been released by the U.S. Dept. of...
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K-12 Education: Better Use of Information Could Help Agencies Identify Disparities and Address Racial Discrimination
This new report commission by the U.S. Government Accountability Office discusses data concerning the economic and racial make-up of K-12 students in...
