Truthout
Youth
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Web of Secrecy Surrounds Federal Half-a-Billion Handout to Charter Schools
The public is being kept in the dark about which states have applied for the lucrative grants.
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Dealing With Mass Killings in the US: Funding Our Children, Not Our Wars
Isn't it time to put as many resources and as much innovative thinking into our children as into our wars?
Post-Migration Trauma and Evaluating Children in Texas Immigration Facilities
Dr. Luis Zayas gives a firsthand account of the horrors at immigrant detention facilities.
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Georgia Is Moving Children With Disabilities Into Schools Used During Jim Crow
A DOJ investigation found that Georgia is putting kids with behavioral issues in the same buildings that served Black children decades ago.
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Tackling Informal Youth Labor in Latin America
Six out of every 10 jobs available to young people today are in the informal sector.
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The First Survival University?
One US institution of higher learning may reorient its coursework to help address the world's most pressing challenges.
Scrap the MAP test: My Kindergartener Joins the Opt Out Movement
The new Common Core standards, and the tests meant to measure student's progress, are dramatically developmentally inappropriate.
Pakistan Cannot Handle Educated Jihadists
Pakistan needs to broaden its profile or risk a new wave of barely understood terror.
The Fire This Time: Black Youth and the Spectacle of Postracial Violence
Youth-led social movements are calling for structural changes to address institutional racism, not just police reforms.
Amazon Indian and British Painter Launch Worldwide Art Competition for Young Artists
The two artists will invite children around the world to submit their artworks inspired by the rainforest.