Youth Development

It’s not about making white children ‘feel bad.’ It’s about teaching them how to build a better future.

The Youth Food Lab is bringing diverse perspectives to solve complex issues in building a resilient food system.

Casey Trupin works on ending youth homelessness at the Raikes Foundation. Previously, he served as the Directing Attorney for the Children and Youth Project at Columbia Legal Services in Seattle, advocating…

Disciplinary transfers represent a large, yet hidden share of California’s exclusionary discipline practices, blocking students from their schools without the public reporting or due process protections that regulate expulsions.

As we gear up for yet another school year, we in education have a choice to make on what we will value going forward. The past year has been one…

After the number of homeless students dropped during the early part of the pandemic, experts say the lack of affordable housing is fueling an increase…

Small children are routinely punished in school by being pressured to withdraw or transfer, and Black preschoolers are disproportionately represented among those kicked out.

State and federal policymakers have passed legislation designed to promote collaboration between the education and child welfare systems with the goal of improving educational stability for youth in foster care and, in turn, their educational outcomes.

Making classrooms feel inclusive can help promote STEM education and make students feel capable of working on STEM subjects outside of the classroom, a new study shows. “We found that…

“Sounds like you’re a really good older brother.” Logan Shideler said that to a 14-year-old boy who had called California Youth Crisis Line because he …

For many Black youth, contemporary life in the US involves a regular barrage of racial stressors. Here’s why that’s important to attend to.

Enough is enough. We feel this with each school shooting we endure. We feel this with each suicide that takes a loved one from us far too soon. More …