17 out-of-school time professionals from across the country were chosen.
The solution to uncomfortable conversations is to expand the discussions, not shut them down.
Teacher salary: $52,000. Median home price: Nearly $500,000. Solution: District-sponsored affordable housing.
We did something revolutionary with our two newest job postings in our youth program: offered them as full-time, year-round positions.
Forty-seven. That's how many days of childcare Kathryn Anne Edwards' 3-year-old missed last year.
SROs, mentors, outdoor educators, soccer coaches, and youth librarians may not think of themselves as being in the same business, but they...
A megadrought has changed the way farmers look at the future of farming.
One of the Biden Administration's signature pieces of legislation — the $13 billion gun safety bill known as the Bipartisan Safer Communities...
Social and emotional learning has emerged from the pandemic as a top priority for many schools and afterschool and summer programs in...
Sticker shock in youth sports is nothing new, but the onslaught of double-digit inflation across America this year has added a costly...
“Problem-free isn’t fully prepared” is the slogan I am most known for... Today, in the wake of a youth mental health crisis exacerbated...
Children as young as 12 can be hired on large farms for jobs like picking tobacco, with no limits on the hours...
The biggest lesson Mneesha Gellman learned, she said, is that policies don't "magically appear from on high" — they are handed down...
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $84.5 million to Girl Scouts of the USA and 29 of its local branches, the 110-year-old organization said...
The majority of federal and state grants that afterschool programs have depended upon for decades typically cannot be spent on transportation, despite...
Psychotherapist Beth Tyson specializes in helping children who are living with relatives who are not their parents, most often grandparents. Often, this...
The pandemic emphasized the important role afterschool and summer programs can play in supporting kids with their social and emotional well-being. Some...
I continue to be impressed with the simplicity and power of Handle with Care, a partnership between law enforcement, schools and mental...
Organizers say the aim of Girl Scouts Beyond Bars is to build relationships between incarcerated mothers and their children. In doing so,...
The National Education Association’s July 2022 report, “Mental Health in Schools: The Kids Are Not All Right” spotlights some problems and solutions...