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Online Scams Targeted at Teens
A study warns teens to be on high alert for online scams this holiday season as they are now falling for scams faster than every other age group.
College Television Awards
The Television Academy Foundation today announced presenters for the 41st College Television Awards honoring achievement in student-produced programs nationwide. The ceremony will be streamed globally HERE on Saturday, March 26, at 6:00 PM PDT, 9:00 PM EDT. The virtual awards show will feature stars from today’s top television shows presenting awards to winning teams in […]
Claire Rosinkranz × Boy in a Billion
Gen Z pop phenomenon Claire Rosinkranz dropped her new single Boy in a Billion. Gearing up for a big summer, Gen Z singer-songwriter Claire Rosinkranz is back with a brand-new single entitled Boy In A Billion today via slowplay/Republic Records. It paves the way for her anxiously awaited sophomore EP, 6 Of A Billion, set […]
Facebook × Child Predators
SURVIVOR OF FACEBOOK-FACILITATED CHILD PREDATOR ABUSE TELLS SHAREHOLDERS TO “DELAY END-TO-END ENCRYPTION” UNTIL PLATFORM CAN ADEQUATELY PROTECT CHILDREN Searing Testimony Shows Danger Facebook Poses to Young Children and How Ill-Conceived Steps Justified on Privacy Grounds Would Only Hurt More Children. A survivor of child abuse and exploitation who was approached on a Facebook platform urged […]
Parents Open Letter to Lawmakers
1,500+ Parents of Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender-Expansive Youth Condemn Anti-Trans Bills in Open Letter to Lawmakers More than 1,500 parents of transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive youth — from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico — signed a letter imploring elected officials to oppose anti-transgender bills under consideration in state legislatures across […]
NYC Scholastic Art × Writing Awards
New York City Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Exhibition Now on View at The Met Art and Writing by 2021 Gold Key Winners on Display in The Met’s Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education The nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and The Metropolitan Museum of Art have announced the opening of […]
Digitally Disconnected
DIGITALLY DISCONNECTED 13 TIPS FOR HELPING BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE FOR CHILDREN DURING COVID-19 While social, racial, and economic disparities have always existed within the educational system, the COVID-19 pandemic is exasperating these inequities and widening gaps between students at a drastic rate. For families who can’t afford home computers, laptops, or high-speed internet access, […]
Non-Immigrant Kids Respond Differently When Immigrant Children Are Bullied
A recent study finds that, while youth think all bullying is bad, non-immigrant adolescents object less to bullying when the victim is an immigrant. However, the study found that the more contact immigrant and non-immigrant children had with each other, the more strongly they objected to bullying. “We know that bystanders can play a key […]