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NAB’d by the Market

In the February 1998 issue of Workplace Economics, the D.C.-based National Alliance of Business (NAB) asked: “Education Reform: Where have we been?...

Call Carl

The Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (assets: $1.7 billion) is in the midst of a major overhaul of how and...

Missing Kids Count

In early October more than 600 people gathered at the Ronald Reagan Building (two blocks from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.) for the White...

Press Watch for November 2002

Lost Children: A Look at Kids, Mental IllnessThe Spokesman-Review A weeklong series in the Spokane, Wash., daily looks at families struggling to...

Pubs and Videos for November 2002

Education The Self-Directed Learning Handbook, by Maurice Gibbons, explains how to help middle and high school students practice self-directed learning, a process...

Y-Line

Springfield, Mo.(417) 887-4343 Objective: To provide employment, job training and social skills practice to poor teens who face barriers to employment...

Web Watch for November 2002

Civic Engagement Free The Childrenwww.freethechildren.orgis a great website for youth workers trying to make a connection between their youth and kids...

Awards for October 2002

PEPNet ’02 Awards For: The nation’s most inspiring youth employment and development programs.By: The National Youth Employment Coalition.Winners include: Denison Job Corps...

Leaping The Clark Bar

The slow-motion revamping of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (assets: $630 million) is finally gaining momentum.The New York-based foundation, led by former...

Hewlett’s Free Lunch Program Ends

The Menlo Park, Calif.-based William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (assets: $9 billion) announced in May 2000 that it was planning to establish...

Tumbled Village

When the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (assets: $5 billion) gave $3 million in operating support and a $5 million endowment to set up...

Bob & Rob

Robert L. Woodson Jr., according to a spokesman at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has “returned to private...

Press Watch for October 2002

Losing Track of Children in State Care is National Problem Orlando Sentinel By failing to keep data on the number of missing...

Pubs and Videos for October 2002

At-Risk Kids No Disposable Kids, by Larry K. Brendtro, Arlin Ness and Martin Mitchell, suggests ways to reach children whom everybody else...

Community Youth Corps

Baltimore, Md.(410) 396-5356dtaylor@epfl.net Objective: Provide service-learning opportunities for youth and help them see libraries as valuable resources. In a Nutshell: The...

Web Watch for October 2002

Civic Engagement Servenetwww.servenet.org is organized by Youth Serve America, an alliance of more than 200 service groups dedicated to getting youth...

Awards for September 2002

YouthActionNet AwardFor: Recognizing youth leading positive change throughout the world; winners receive $500.By: International Youth Foundation.Winners include: Sarah Davidson and Shana Kirsch,...