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All posts tagged "Texas"
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486NewsTexas prisons and jails are recruiting more teenagers to shore up guard shortage
High school training program officials pitch corrections jobs as gateways to criminal justice careers.
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1.3KGuest Opinion EssaySchools 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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661NewsFormer Uvalde schools police chief indicted for role in Robb Elementary shooting response
These are the first criminal charges brought against law enforcement for school shooting response.
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847NewsTexas 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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1.2KNewsWith no new funding from the state, Texas schools are breaking the bank to pay for teacher raises
Lawmakers ended this year’s legislative session without giving public schools any money for raises.
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1.3KNewsUvalde families plead for languishing Texas gun bills
The emotional late-night hearing underlined the sustained anger by some Uvalde families.
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910NewsUvalde families press urgency after California shootings
Uvalde families pleaded with new urgency for tougher gun laws after California mass shootings.
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5.8KNews‘It’s not just a jail break’: Juvenile prison populations reach all-time lows
The statistics are fueling proponents’ hopes of entirely eliminating juvenile detention centers.
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2.1KGuest Opinion EssayTexas caseworkers give us a lesson in whose lives matter
Sixteen current and former employees of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) have filed an amicus brief as part...
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1.4KNewsStates’ plans to make school safer reflect political divides
In the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, governors around the country vowed to take steps to ensure their students...
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2.0KNewsYouth find hope restoring Rio Grande wetlands threatened by climate change
La Mancha Wetland Park in Las Cruces, New Mexico, is a cool oasis in the spring heat of the surrounding desert for...
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744NewsMixed Texas ruling allows trans youth parent investigations
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in...
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458GrantsTexas rural community library support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Library Support, Reading/Literacy, Rural Youth, Rural Communities, Texas | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: June 1, 2022
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987NewsTexas judge blocks investigations of trans youth parents
A Texas judge on Friday blocked the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth. District Judge Amy...
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1.7KNewsHow teaching city kids to farm paid off for this Texas community
An Austin nonprofit with farms on two plots of land working with young people to grow fruits and vegetables increased its production...
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863NewsTexas governor order treats gender-confirming care as abuse
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the state's child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse,...
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1.2KNewsAnalysis: A fraction of Houston area’s justice-involved youth accounted for the bulk of repeat-offenders
The analysis included 42,000 youth who were aged 12 through 16 at the time of that first contact with the system in...
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1.4KNewsTexas abortion law shutting down court avenue for teens
Thirty-eight states require some form of parental consent or notice for anyone under 18 to get an abortion. Of those, nearly all...
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2.1KNewsAfterschool programs looked forward to a normal year. Then delta happened.
After a year of remote learning, experts worry students have fallen behind academically and are struggling socially and emotionally, having been isolated...
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1.1KGrantsCentral TX COVID-19 Recovery Fund Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Health, Community Health, Health Justice, Texas | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: May 7, 2020
