Press Room
Welcome to our press room!
Reporters may contact us here to speak to a National Center for Youth Law expert on a range of children and youth-rights issues. See below for recent press releases and for reporter resources, including explainers about complicated advocacy issues and guides to help reporters write fairly and equitably about youth impacted by government agencies and public systems.
Press Releases
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Stanford study finds why writing a letter to a teacher can turn around the lives of some students
October 19, 2021
EdSource
How to Break the Juvenile Detention Cycle: New Research Shows a Way
October 13, 2021
EdWeek
Newsom’s call: Governor’s final say on the top 21 bills of ’21
October 12, 2021
Cal Matters
CA signs bills allowing students access to mental health education, support at schools
October 11, 2021
ABC 7 News
Governor Signs Portantino’s Mental Health Education Bills Into Law
October 8, 2021
Pasadena Now
Changes to California's youth prison system prove difficult to implement
October 7, 2021
EdSource