Youth Today
Posts By Stell Simonton
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3.2KNewsGeorgia Students Learn Pre-engineering As They Revamp Shipping Containers for Haiti
Six empty shipping containers sit in the parking lot of Marietta High School in Marietta, Georgia. Soon they’ll be set on a...
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House Reinstates Some Funds for 21st Century After-school Program
Prospects for fully funding the 21st Century after-school program grew today as the House of Representatives reinstated $100 million for the program...
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1.2KNewsDiffering Bills That Fund After-school Programs Expected to Soon Go to Conference Committee
Supporters of after-school programs are closely following actions in Congress to see whether federal funding will be...
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2.8KNewsYouth Organizations Oppose the Administration Ending DACA
The future of nearly 800,000 young people hangs in the balance as President Donald Trump threatens to rescind the...
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2.5KNewsQ&A With Nancy Deutsch: Can After-school Programs Counter Extremist Recruiting?
In the wake of the deaths in Charlottesville, Virginia, and hate group rallies in other cities, Youth Today reporter Stell Simonton...
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1.6KNewsWest Sacramento ‘Audaciously’ Creates Job, College Path for Its Youth with Kids’ Home Run
As the wealth gap grows in the United States, the job market shifts and college costs rise, how do young people make...
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2.4KNewsAfter-school Programs Work to Host, Show Off for Their Elected Officials
Would you invite elected officials to visit your youth program? Would you welcome the prospect or shake in your shoes at the...
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2.2KNewsAfter-school Programs Have Role to Play in Reducing Bigotry, NAA Says
In the wake of hate crimes that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, adults who work with youth need to be equipped to...
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2.5KNewsSchools, After-school Programs Join to Promote Social and Emotional Learning
When school starts this fall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, teachers and after-school staff will be working together in a new way. In five...
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1.5KNewsKids Learn By Doing in Canoemobile’s Floating Classrooms
When kids first step into the big 10-person canoes at Canoemobile, some are panic-stricken. Julie Storck has seen kids cry in fear....
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1.9KNewsYouth Meet in Greensboro, NC, to Address Food Systems, Inequality
About 100 high school youth from community and out-of-school organizations have gathered along with their adult allies in Greensboro, North Carolina, for...
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2.3KNewsHouse Subcommittee Funds Federal After-school Program Despite Trump’s Call to Kill It
Chris Neitzey breathed a sigh of relief this week. He and other advocates of after-school and summer learning programs have been on...
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1.7KNewsSummer Learning Day Inspires Innovative Ways to Showcase Summer Learning
Young and old readers of “Charlotte’s Web” won’t soon forget the trip that Charlotte the spider and Wilbur the pig made to...
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1.8KNewsS.O.U.L. Sisters Empowers Black Girls Most Impacted by Inequality
Last month, a group of girls at a juvenile detention center in the Bronx sat in a discussion circle with a teaching...
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1.1KNewsSeven Tepees Stays With Kids 7 Years to Support School Success
Twenty-two years ago, a retired juvenile court judge in San Francisco teamed up with a Native American healer to help kids get...
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1.9KNewsPeacebuilders Camp Focuses on Human Rights, Relationships
On a hot July day last year, a group of middle-school kids at a summer camp in southwest Georgia grappled with some...
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3.1KNews21st Century After-school Programs Connect Kids to Careers, Advocates Tell Congress
Colby Holmes, a recent high school graduate from the small town of New Hope, Alabama, found himself on Capitol Hill this week....
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2.1KNewsIn Washington, D.C., Who’s Minding the Kids?
On June 7, after-school organizations across the county will send representatives to Capitol Hill to talk about the value of their program...
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1.5KNewsCommunity Organizations Play a Big Role in Raising Graduation Rates, Advocates Say
Nonprofit leaders working to raise the nation’s high school graduation rate say it’s an economic imperative, and they say out-of-school-time (OST) partners...
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1.8KNewsBeyond the Cities: Closing the Gap in Rural Areas
Earlier this year, students in the High Desert Leapin’ Lizards after-school program in Kern County, California, got a glimpse of life on...
