I’ll admit it: I’ve got mixed feelings about character education classes – emphasis on “classes.” My gut instinct, first as a parent,...
Etched in my memory is the image of a card I received decades ago. The picture: a lone cow standing in a...
Almost everyone remembers doing the obligatory science experiment where two identical seeds (mine were lima beans) are grown under different conditions and...
In July, The New York Post broke the news about New York City’s decision to open Harvey Milk High School, the first...
We’re getting close. On June 5, 50 hand-picked researchers, practitioners and policy experts from academia and youth development gathered in Washington at...
Twenty years ago in April, the National Commission on Excellence in Education gave the country a wake-up call with the release of...
Summer is coming. In communities across the country, nonprofits, schools, faith groups and businesses will offer young people a broad range of...
While the debate over whether after-school programs make a difference in academic achievement takes shape inside the Washington Beltway, more good news...
The Bush administration unveiled its request last month to cut funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CLC) program by 40...
“Third time’s a charm.” It’s one of those family sayings that I have found to be not only colorful, but equally applicable...
October marked Al and Tipper Gore’s 11th Annual Family Reunion in Nashville. The theme of this year’s gathering, which drew more than...
The idea of “high school after-school programming” is an oxymoron if one’s image of after-school activities involves 11-year-olds munching snacks, getting help...
There is a new mantra on Capitol Hill: scientifically based research. The term is used more than 100 times in the No...
What do online searches, car repair manuals, museum exhibits, book clubs, teen hotlines and hip-hop dance lessons have in common? All are...
“Summer learning loss” is the term coined more than a decade ago to highlight the impact of summer idleness on student achievement....
Early investments have big payoffs. We know this from the High/Scope Perry Preschool Project in Michigan that is often credited for the...
This just in: “Tween” has been chosen as the 2001 Word-of-the-Year by “Webster’s.” Prepubescent 9- to 12-year-olds are enough of a market...
In many people’s minds, welfare teens and teen parents are synonymous. But they’re not. The first group is much larger than the...
Convinced that the Younger Americans Act (YAA) is the legislative marker that could finally put youth development on the map? You are...
“System building is slow. …The diversity of the field has all kinds of implications. …Only a modest percentage of low-income children participate....