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Clark Peters @ClarkMPeters

U of MO prof seeking to improve well-being of young people in state care through rigorous, community-engaged research. clarkmpeters.bsky.social

Joined November 2011
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Missouri bill would let private contractors assist in child abuse investigations missouriindependent.com/2024… via @MO_Independent

Missouri bill would let private contractors assist in child abuse investigations • Missouri...

A bill would allow Missouri's social services agency to outsource some work involving child abuse and neglect investigations.

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Children make mistakes. They shouldn’t pay for it with their lives. dbknews.com/2024/04/15/juven… via @thedbk

Children make mistakes. They shouldn’t pay for it with their lives.

Punishment should be used as a method of holding people accountable, not abusing them.

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Rahman '26: Our ‘publish-or-perish’ culture is breaking the academy browndailyherald.com/article…

Rahman '26: Our ‘publish-or-perish’ culture is breaking the academy

Serving the Brown University community since 1891

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Opinion | The Dark World of 'Citation Cartels' chronicle.com/article/the-da… @RetractionWatch @PnT_Facepalm

Opinion | The Dark World of ‘Citation Cartels’

Predatory journals and bad-faith scholars are gaming the system — at scale.

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Legislation aims to stop Missouri from seizing federal benefits owed to foster kids columbiamissourian.com/news/… via @comissourian

Legislation aims to stop Missouri from seizing federal benefits owed to foster kids

The state took at least $6.1 million in foster kids’ benefits last year to reimburse itself for agency costs.

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Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? @freakonomics freakonomics.com/podcast/can…

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Dr Mona introducing an inspiring new program for the families of Flint #RxKids @UMich @MottFoundation
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Great post and thread from @CGorrivan
Charles Gorrivan@CGorrivan
24 Nov 2023
I spent the past three months reporting the first deep dive into how banks hold back young adults exiting the U.S. foster care system for @AmerBanker Magazine.
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Chana Schoenberger@cschoenberger
25 Nov 2023
When kids age out of the foster care system, they're on their own -- including financially. For @amerbanker, @CGorrivan reported on the financial challenges these young people face and how banks are starting to help them get on their feet. americanbanker.com/news/how-…

How foster youth become financially forgotten

Young adults exiting the foster care system often lack the documents and relationships they need to engage with financial products early on. Some advocates, including many in the Texas Legislature,...

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How big is science’s fake-paper problem? Pretty damn big nature.com/articles/d41586-0… @Nature

How big is science’s fake-paper problem?

Nature - An unpublished analysis suggests that there are hundreds of thousands of bogus ‘paper-mill’ articles lurking in the literature.

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Jomoworks@jomoworks
23 Sep 2023
facultyengagement.org @ClarkMPeters @PnT_Facepalm @SMRDI1 @AAUP @AcademicChatter @AngelaW9777 @RuralStudiesIn @URMC_Recovery @metgroup @povertyscholar @IRLeaders @CSPFernandez @CSPfellows @RWJF @DR_KMP
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Reforming how we measure research: My opinion piece today in @insidehighered insidehighered.com/opinion/c…

Faculty must help reform how to measure research productivity (opinion)

The traditional ways of measuring it for tenure and promotion may seem too rooted to challenge, but faculty can start to bring about meaningful positive change, says Clark M. Peters.

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$6.5 million grant will allow MU to train child care workers in social-emotional learning columbiatribune.com/story/ne… via @columbiatribune

$6.5 million grant will allow MU to train child care workers in social-emotional learning

A $6.5 million federal grant to a University of Missouri center will allow it to train child care workers statewide in social-emotional learning.

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CSD@csdwustl
18 Jul 2023
CSD congratulates @RPBarth, @DarlaSCoffey & all members of the 2023 class of Social Work Pioneers. We thank you for your contributions to the profession & to the common good. More on the @NASWFoundation Social Work Pioneers: socialworkers.org/News/News-… #SocialWork #SocialWorkTwitter
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Teens had no say to a custody agreement and objected to the arrangement, so they were jailed by the judge (who now faces charges himself) molawyersmedia.com/2023/06/2… Thanks to @RobertLathamESQ for bringing this to my attention

Judge who jailed teens must face suit from father

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Missouri state judge cannot claim immunity from allegations that he jailed the children of a divorced couple in a custody dispute.

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Courts’ Overuse of Terminating Parental Rights michigan.law.umich.edu/news/… @vivekssankaran

5Qs: Sankaran on the Courts’ Overuse of Terminating Parental Rights

Courts terminate the rights of parents far too often, causing needless trauma for families, according to a new paper co-authored by Michigan Law Professor Vivek Sankaran, ’01.

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The Imprint@TheImprintNews
29 Jun 2023
New York's Clean Slate Act is on its way to the governor's desk, but a slew of juvenile justice reform bills failed to pass the Legislature. bit.ly/3NqKPO6
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Preventing and mitigating youth trauma, family separations: California youthlaw.org/resources/preve… @NCYLnews

Preventing and mitigating youth trauma, family separations: California's SB 578 | National Center...

Every child and young person needs and deserves to be unconditionally healthy, safe, and thriving in all the complexity of their humanity. As they grow and build toward the future they envision for...

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Important work here: Reducing poverty will reduce the need for foster care imprintnews.org/youth-servic… @TheImprintNews

Anti-Poverty Policies Could Deter CPS Investigations, Study Finds

Programs to decrease child poverty could lead to far fewer families investigated by child welfare systems, a new study has concluded. 

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