Headlines
Thursday
Day Care Case Leads to Guilty Plea on False Reports, Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisc.)
Oregon Voters Firmly Approve Raising Taxes to Support Education, Register Guard (Eugene, Ore.)
Md. Governor Re-activates Dormant Sex Offender Advisory Board, The Baltimore Sun
Homeless Student Population on the Rise, KUSA-TV 9 (Denver)
Wednesday
Rise in Teenage Pregnancy Rate Spurs New Debate on Arresting It, The Washington Post
Play, Then Eat: Shift May Bring Gains at School, The New York Times
New York Judge Bars Youth Prisons From Routine Shackling, The New York Times
State Preschool Programs Save $1B a Year in Crime, Education Costs, Detroit Free Press
Tuesday
Chicago Public Schools Add to Woes of Youths in Custody or Suspended, Chicago Tribune
Gender Gap in College Enrollment Stops Growing, Inside Higher Ed
Juvenile Mediation Cuts Repeat Offenses, The News-Times (Danbury, Conn.)
With Rising Childcare Cost, Many Parents Are Paying to Work, The Washington Post
Stalled Probe of Foster Child's Death Failed to Address Key Questions, The Sacramento Bee
Win in Parental Discrimination Case Raises Issues for Employers, Chicago Tribune
Monday
Marcus on the Run (First in series about young people in prison in Illinois), Chicago Public Radio
Md. Governor Pushes for Tougher Sex Offender Laws, But Many Existing Laws Are Unused, The Baltimore Sun
How Virginia State Police Monitor Registered Sex Offenders, Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia)
As Child Care Support Ends, Parents Say They Can No Longer Afford to Work (video), WGRZ-TV (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Haiti’s Aftershocks Felt at a School in New York, The New York Times
Schools Adjust to Influx of Students in Poverty, Longview (Texas) News-Journal
Growing Up Homeless: Children, teens suffer unique emotional toll, Foster’s Daily Democrat (Dover, N.H.)
Friday
Organizations Divided on Adoptions of Haitian Children, Chicago Tribune
Investigators: Senate bill would give relatives more rights in child welfare cases, KING 5-TV (Seattle)
Recession Hits California’s Kids Hardest, San Francisco Chronicle
Thursday
Sons of Teen Dads More Likely to Become One, Too, Reuters
Decades Later, Small Michigan City Builds Homes to Atone for Discrimination Against Black Families, Los Angeles Times
State, Municipalities Have Not Complied With Federal Sex Offender Law, The Record (Bergen County, N.J.)
Federal Class-Action Lawsuit Charges School Safety Officers Subjected Kids to “Excessive Force”, New York Daily News
Improving Mental Health Services for Latinos, Latina Voices
Wednesday
Suburbia Home to New Poverty Challenge, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
If Your Kids Are Awake, They're Probably Online, The New York Times
Editorial: Lawmakers Must Investigate Tribal Welfare Program Swiftly, The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Calif.)
Tuesday
Military Mother Asks Journalists to Provide More Local Resources for Civilians, Poynter
How a Foster Care Tragedy Led to Reform, The Miami Herald
Debate on Circumcision Heightened as CDC Evaluates Surgery, The Washington Post
Supreme Court Looks at Constitutionality of Sex Offender Law, The Christian Science Monitor
Obesity Rate Grows In Boys Ages 6 To 19, NPR
Monday
Investigation: Tribe Mismanaged Funds for the Needy, The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Calif.)
Homeless Students Create a New Challenge for School Officials and Social Workers, The Times (Gainesville, Fla.)
Haitian Adoptees Begin to Arrive, But Many Families Still Wait to Be Reunited, NBC Nightly News
Veteran Schools Reporter Jay Mathews on the Lack of National Education Coverage: It’s the local education stories that matter, The Washington Post
Editorial: 81 Years After Dr King’s Birth, the South’s Poor and Minority Students are at Risk, The Dallas Morning News
Friday
In A Gender Shift, More Moms Become Breadwinners, The Associated Press/WSAV News 3
Financial Difficulties Strain California’s Foster Care System, The New York Times
College Applications Rise, But Budget Cuts Cap Enrollment, USA TODAY
Federal Monitor Says N.J. Child Welfare System Needs to Improve Visitation with Birth Parents, The Star-Ledger (New Jersey)
Study Warns Parents About ‘Choking Game’, The Associated Press/The Boston Globe
Debunk All the Common Myths About Child Abuse, The Telegraph Herald (Iowa)
