“I don’t feel like there is enough coverage of just how big and pervasive the child welfare system is,” said Hager.
Children & Families
In North Carolina, children with severe psychiatric needs often suffer in facilities unsuited to help them. A reporter shares how he learned new data strategies for shedding light on the problem.
Teachers increasingly use discipline to deal with students’ mental health and behavioral issues.
Teen vaping is rising in Sacramento schools, driven by peer pressure and flavored products.
Hazel Park Schools plan to reduce restraint and seclusion of students with disabilities, focusing on audits, personalized plans, and new training, following concerns over increased use at Edison School.
Also this week: Fresh reporting puts a spotlight on how AI can both perpetuate and avoid embedded biases in health care.
A survey of local at-risk youths finds that some feel villainized rather than supported. Part one of a three-part series.
In Sacramento, healthcare providers, researchers, and youth collaborate to tackle local usage and support teenagers struggling with nicotine addiction.
The dream started with a sickly mother at an Indianapolis apartment complex known for trouble. Carl King decided early in his teens that nursing was going to be his career path.
Despite declining youth crime in Indiana, Black youth still face high detention rates in the state. Initiatives like New B.O.Y. aim to offer support through mentoring.