Youth Today Independent, nationally distributed news for professionals in the youth services field. 2024-07-29T16:35:10Z https://youthtoday.org/feed/atom/ WordPress https://youthtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2017/12/orig-80x80.png Gwenette Writer Sinclair <![CDATA[From success mentors to washing machines, ways to help kids stay in school]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110550 2024-07-29T13:59:26Z 2024-07-29T13:57:35Z

It’s well past time to acknowledge that chronic absenteeism has become an educational emergency.

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Gwenette Writer Sinclair <![CDATA[Advocates fear Minnesota students will again be subject to restraint used on George Floyd]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110525 2024-07-24T16:42:09Z 2024-07-26T10:32:36Z

Some say task force is shutting down discussion of guidelines for cops in schools.

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Gwenette Writer Sinclair <![CDATA[What teachers call AI cheating, leaders in the workforce might call progress]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110511 2024-07-24T10:53:28Z 2024-07-24T10:34:16Z

Companies report using AI tools in their workflows already or planning to adopt soon.

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Nickolas Bagley <![CDATA[School vouchers were supposed to save taxpayer money. Instead they blew a massive hole in Arizona’s budget.]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110480 2024-07-16T15:23:01Z 2024-07-16T14:58:32Z

In a lesson for other states, Arizona’s voucher experiment has precipitated a budget meltdown.

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Nickolas Bagley <![CDATA[What aspects of teaching should remain human?]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110469 2024-07-16T14:17:49Z 2024-07-15T19:33:19Z

Where is AI most effective and what aspects of teaching should remain indelibly human?

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Gwenette Writer Sinclair <![CDATA[Schools can’t wish away the need for DEI officers]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110445 2024-07-12T20:13:22Z 2024-07-12T12:01:23Z

They are needed to coach campus/district leaders and staff how to address racist conflicts.

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Gwenette Writer Sinclair <![CDATA[Vaping: These Colorado schools will get $11.7 million of Juul lawsuit settlement money for education and prevention]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110427 2024-07-12T01:42:18Z 2024-07-11T18:29:09Z

The money comes from a $31.7 million settlement between Colorado and the e-cigarette manufacturer.

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Gwenette Writer Sinclair <![CDATA[It takes a village: A Brooklyn high school and NYC nonprofits team up to enroll older immigrants]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110419 2024-07-11T00:01:41Z 2024-07-11T12:02:50Z

Under state law, immigrant students are allowed to attend public school through age 21.

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Gwenette Writer Sinclair <![CDATA[Oklahoma’s superintendent orders public schools to teach the Bible – relying on controversial views about religious freedom]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110387 2024-07-10T13:22:19Z 2024-07-10T13:10:15Z

Bible instruction can be legal based on how it’s done and with what intent.

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Gwenette Writer Sinclair <![CDATA[These researchers study the legacy of the segregation academies they grew up around]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110391 2024-07-09T20:38:49Z 2024-07-09T20:27:32Z

Did these mostly white private schools contribute to the persistent racial division in schools?

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Gwenette Writer Sinclair <![CDATA[Some of the $190 billion in pandemic money for schools actually paid off]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110357 2024-07-08T12:06:35Z 2024-07-08T12:06:35Z

Researchers document achievement gains, but it’s not clear what works best for students.

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Gwenette Writer Sinclair <![CDATA[Education Recovery Scorecard: Federal pandemic relief and academic recovery]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110367 2024-07-08T14:50:37Z 2024-07-08T12:06:23Z

This report compares national learning loss and ensuing recovery at the school district level.

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Gwenette Writer Sinclair <![CDATA[Building evidence together for a better tomorrow: The two-generational approach]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110338 2024-07-05T11:25:26Z 2024-07-05T10:32:46Z

The goal is to create a legacy of educational success, economic prosperity, and well-being.

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Gwenette Writer Sinclair <![CDATA[More young Denver students are reading at grade level, but not as many as before the pandemic]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110327 2024-07-04T10:35:27Z 2024-07-04T10:32:47Z

The lower test scores show the long tail of pandemic learning loss.

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Nickolas Bagley <![CDATA[Kansas public schools relying on blueprint for literacy to build reading skills]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110306 2024-07-03T18:07:54Z 2024-07-03T15:02:04Z

Kansas law now mandates implementation of evidence-based reading science strategies to increase reading skills.

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Gwenette Writer Sinclair <![CDATA[College essays: How did students pitch themselves to colleges after last years affirmative action ruling]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110286 2024-07-02T21:30:24Z 2024-07-02T17:03:00Z

Selected individual essays below published with students’ permission. Read the complete story — How did students pitch themselves to colleges after last year’s affirmative action ruling Kendall Martin, Rice University I recently saw a picture of myself from about 8 years ago, and in this picture my hair was straight. I remember begging my mom […]

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Gwenette Writer Sinclair <![CDATA[How did students pitch themselves to colleges after last year’s affirmative action ruling?]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110251 2024-07-03T18:34:32Z 2024-07-02T10:32:08Z

How students present themselves in their essays has become of even greater consequence.

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Nickolas Bagley <![CDATA[COVID aid funded big repairs at high-poverty schools. Will that give academics a boost too?]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110243 2024-07-02T21:38:52Z 2024-07-01T17:03:11Z

Schools on average planned to spend 18% of the COVID aid package on facilities.

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Gwenette Writer Sinclair <![CDATA[National report highlights severe cost of inadequate juvenile justice system]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110162 2024-07-29T16:35:10Z 2024-07-01T10:32:03Z

Our state and federal juvenile justice systems fail to consider stages of adolescent development.

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Gwenette Writer Sinclair <![CDATA[A school shooting in Tennessee sparked activism — and now frustration]]> https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110016 2024-06-27T12:48:42Z 2024-06-28T18:32:38Z

Tennessee joined eight other states in allowing school employees to carry guns on K-12 campuses.

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