Education Archive
Why do I teach psychoanalysis? What do I want to accomplish in the semester to follow? I'll start with Freud. Freud had two intellectual obligations that remain mine. The first is to a vision of our animal nature and the …
Are you looking for work and counting on your extensive experience to tip the scales in your favour over other applicants who have formal education but less experience? Do you think it’s unfair that you’re being rejected time and time again …
More than a year ago, I wrote a column called Donald Trump and the Child Savers: Not a Band, But They Sing the Same Song. In that column I wrote: Some of the same people who probably are horrified by …
The Coalition for Juvenile Justice partnered with the National Network for Youth (NN4Y) and National League of Cities’ (NLC) Institute for Youth, Education, and Families to lead the initiative’s “Collaborating for Change.” With its main focus on youth, the initiative …
On October 24, 2016, 16-year-old Natalie Finn died of starvation in Des Moines, Iowa. She was found wearing an adult diaper and lying on the linoleum floor of her bare bedroom. The body of seven-year-old Adrian Jones was found on …
William James“By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever according to the tendency it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question: …
The Trump administration released an overview of its 2018 budget today, and it proposes significant spending cuts for several of the federal agencies most involved in funding youth and family services. The overall figures, all in billions: Health and Human Services …
Image via Masha George By Emily Jenab, MA Hundreds of demonstrations and protests have taken place across the country in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order which targeted immigrants in the reevaluation of visa and refugee programs, otherwise known as …
As a parent, you will want to make sure that your child has the best future possible. Often, this will mean encouraging your child to pursue higher education as they enter their teen years. The last few years of high …
From The National Center for Youth Law: New Report Highlights Need for Targeted Support for Arizona Students in Foster Care “A new report commissioned by FosterEd Arizona finds Arizona students in foster care persistently underperform academically compared to their other …
