News – Youth Today https://youthtoday.org Independent, nationally distributed news for professionals in the youth services field. Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:42:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 https://youthtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2017/12/orig-80x80.png News – Youth Today https://youthtoday.org 32 32 Advocates fear Minnesota students will again be subject to restraint used on George Floyd https://youthtoday.org/2024/07/advocates-fear-minnesota-students-will-again-be-subject-to-restraint-used-on-george-floyd/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:32:36 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110525

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

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School vouchers were supposed to save taxpayer money. Instead they blew a massive hole in Arizona’s budget. https://youthtoday.org/2024/07/school-vouchers-massive-hole-arizonas-budget/ Tue, 16 Jul 2024 14:58:32 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110480

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

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What aspects of teaching should remain human? https://youthtoday.org/2024/07/what-aspects-teaching-should-remain-human/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:33:19 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110469

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

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Vaping: These Colorado schools will get $11.7 million of Juul lawsuit settlement money for education and prevention https://youthtoday.org/2024/07/vaping-these-colorado-schools-will-get-juul-lawsuit-settlement-money-for-education-and-prevention/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/07/vaping-these-colorado-schools-will-get-juul-lawsuit-settlement-money-for-education-and-prevention/#comments Thu, 11 Jul 2024 18:29:09 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110427

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

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It takes a village: A Brooklyn high school and NYC nonprofits team up to enroll older immigrants https://youthtoday.org/2024/07/it-takes-a-village-a-brooklyn-high-school-and-nyc-nonprofits-team-up-to-enroll-older-immigrants/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 12:02:50 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110419

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

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These researchers study the legacy of the segregation academies they grew up around https://youthtoday.org/2024/07/these-researchers-study-the-legacy-of-the-segregation-academies-they-grew-up-around/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 20:27:32 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110391

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

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More young Denver students are reading at grade level, but not as many as before the pandemic https://youthtoday.org/2024/07/more-young-denver-students-are-reading-at-grade-level-but-not-as-many-as-before-the-pandemic/ Thu, 04 Jul 2024 10:32:47 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110327

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

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Kansas public schools relying on blueprint for literacy to build reading skills https://youthtoday.org/2024/07/kansas-public-schools-blueprint-literacy-build-reading-skills/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/07/kansas-public-schools-blueprint-literacy-build-reading-skills/#comments Wed, 03 Jul 2024 15:02:04 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110306

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

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How did students pitch themselves to colleges after last year’s affirmative action ruling? https://youthtoday.org/2024/07/how-did-students-pitch-themselves-to-colleges-after-last-years-affirmative-action-ruling/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/07/how-did-students-pitch-themselves-to-colleges-after-last-years-affirmative-action-ruling/#comments Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:32:08 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110251

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

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COVID aid funded big repairs at high-poverty schools. Will that give academics a boost too? https://youthtoday.org/2024/07/covid-aid-funded-big-repairs-at-high-poverty-schools-will-that-give-academics-a-boost-too/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 17:03:11 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110243

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

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A school shooting in Tennessee sparked activism — and now frustration https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/a-school-shooting-in-tennessee-sparked-activism-and-now-frustration/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 18:32:38 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110016

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

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Former Uvalde schools police chief indicted for role in Robb Elementary shooting response https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/former-uvalde-schools-police-chief-indicted-for-role-in-robb-elementary-shooting-response/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:29:20 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110234

These are the first criminal charges brought against law enforcement for school shooting response.

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New partnership will boost agricultural education for Arizona Indigenous students https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/new-partnership-will-boost-agricultural-education-for-arizona-indigenous-students/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 18:32:18 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110032

Lessons and project-based topics include origins, traditions, leadership, and plant science within Indigenous communities.

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Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down Catholic charter school https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/oklahoma-supreme-court-strikes-down-catholic-charter-school/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:02:27 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110209

Catholic leaders say they will explore “all legal options” moving forward.

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Older immigrant students say high school admission bettered their lives in U.S. https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/older-immigrant-students-say-high-school-admission-bettered-their-lives-in-u-s/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/older-immigrant-students-say-high-school-admission-bettered-their-lives-in-u-s/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:32:58 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110144

And others long for what they could have accomplished with a H.S. diploma.

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Hundreds of high schools wrongfully refused entry to older, immigrant student https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/hundreds-of-high-schools-wrongfully-refused-entry-to-older-immigrant-student/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/hundreds-of-high-schools-wrongfully-refused-entry-to-older-immigrant-student/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:32:30 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110052

High school enrollment requirements for these students are arbitrary and unpredictable — with no oversight.

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Three states have warned against sending students to an unregulated boarding school for youth with autism https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/three-states-have-warned-against-sending-students-to-an-unregulated-boarding-school-for-youth-with-autism/ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:32:31 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1110172

Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York are involved in investigations of Shrub Oak International School.

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Lax NYC school cell phone policies put burden on teachers, leave students confused https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/lax-nyc-school-cell-phone-policies-put-burden-on-teachers-leave-students-confused/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:03:47 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1109992

Hundreds of schools across New York City have instituted cell phone bans.

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As teacher layoffs loom, research evidence mounts that seniority protections hurt kids in poverty https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/as-teacher-layoffs-loom-research-evidence-mounts-that-seniority-protections-hurt-kids-in-poverty/ https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/as-teacher-layoffs-loom-research-evidence-mounts-that-seniority-protections-hurt-kids-in-poverty/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:01:22 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1109898

Losing young faculty also undermines efforts to recruit more Black and Hispanic educators.

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How Illinois’ hands-off approach to homeschooling leaves children at risk https://youthtoday.org/2024/06/how-illinois-hands-off-approach-to-homeschooling-leaves-children-at-risk/ Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:32:23 +0000 https://youthtoday.org/?p=1109879

Homeschooled children lose the protection of mandatory reporters — teachers, counselors, coaches, nurses, bus drivers.

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