Justice APPROACHING THE BENCH: FOSTER KIDSCOULD TAKE PART IN COURT PROCEEDINGS Involving children kids in legal decisions about their futures can help all around.
Housing and Homelessness SCHOOLHOUSE BLUES: STUDYEXPLORES COPS IN SCHOOLS Students at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service release findings from a yearlong study.
Economy ABOUT-FACE ON WECARE CENTRALIZATION City changes course and closes hub centers for the disabled.
Economy DRIVER'S EDUCATION A bill to allow undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses in New York State gains some Republican backing.
Education PRINCIPALS WITH PUNCH: NEW PROGRAMWILL CREATE 'EMPOWERMENT SCHOOLS' City expands popular scheme that offers schools more control if they agree to higher standards.
Justice SAFE AND SOUND: LEGISLATION WOULDPROTECT INCARCERATED LGBT YOUTH State Senate and Assembly bills would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation in juvenile detention facilities.
ARTS and CULTURE UNSEENAMERICA Photos and Stories by Workers; Edited by Esther Cohen; Regan Books; $39.95.
Economy CHANCE OF A LIFETIME New report from the Center for an Urban Future looks at the imminent growth of several local industries, and how we can help prepare young people to take advantage of…
Housing and Homelessness REMEMBERING JANE JACOBS Urban planner Thomas G. Lunke on the life and times of a local luminary.