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Kate Walker Brown Recognized for Work to Help Sexually Exploited Children - Chronicle of Social Change

January 16, 2020

Kate Walker Brown, an attorney at the National Youth Law Center (NCYL), has been recognized by the California Department of Social Services (DSS) with an award for her leadership in improving services and supports for commercially sexually exploited children (CSEC).…

Kansas Creates New Agency to Lead Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice Services - Chronicle of Social Change

January 9, 2020

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) announced yesterday she will create a new agency that houses child welfare and juvenile justice services at the state level.…

Discrimination lawsuit against Sacramento City Unified schools may end up in settlement - Sacramento Bee

January 4, 2020

Months after advocacy groups sued the Sacramento City Unified School District for discrimination against students with disabilities and black students, the district and the plaintiffs may seek a settlement.…

New Program Works to Keep Girls Out of Jail - Public News Service

December 26, 2019

A movement is afoot to reduce the number of teenage girls behind bars to zero, led by a coalition of juvenile justice reform groups, judges, attorneys and probation officers.…

Graduation rate of 35 percent? Many foster children ‘robbed of a good education’ - Kansas City Star

December 16, 2019

When Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001, there were some struggling children it did leave behind.…

Bay Area anti-poverty group launches $30 million fund to support foster youth - Mercury News

December 13, 2019

The Tipping Point Community is launching a $30 million initiative aimed at supporting thousands of Bay Area foster youth as they navigate the challenges of transitioning into adulthood.…

Some migrant kids detained for months in jail-like “secure” facilities, new study for Congress finds - CBS News

December 9, 2019

The U.S. government is required by law to pursue “prompt and continuous efforts” to unify unaccompanied migrant children with family. In practice, those efforts vary widely at roughly 170 facilities across the country, an analysis of government data being shared with members of Congress Monday…

Multiple school transfers contribute to high absenteeism among foster students - Ed Source

December 3, 2019

Transportation snags pose barriers for some foster students.…

Parents Say Kansas Foster Care System Is Chaotic, Deceptive And Traumatizing Children - Kansas Public Radio

November 10, 2019

Parents of kids who are in the Kansas foster care system described it Saturday as chaotic, deceptive and traumatizing to children.…

Are Minorities Overidentified for Special Ed? Or Underidentified? As DeVos Implements Obama-Era Regulation, Research Suggests a Third Answer: ‘It’s Complicated’ - The 74

November 7, 2019

In March, a federal judge ordered the Education Department to implement Obama-era regulations designed to address a troubling notion: Students of color, especially those who are black, are disproportionately identified as having disabilities and placed in segregated classrooms. Though the department appealed the decision, a…