Youth Today
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2.6KVirtual Communities More Crucial Than Ever For The Disabled
PROSTOCK-STUDIO/SHUTTERSTOCK As I continue to make connections with young people who live with disabilities, I am finding that many of them rely...
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2.3KIntegrate SEL By Focusing On Strong Relationships In Diverse Environment, Report Says
How do youth organizations and schools integrate social and emotional learning into their full range of activities? How do they also respond...
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2.3KLearning During COVID-19: Initial Findings on Students’ Reading and Math Achievement and Growth
NWEA uses data from over four million students in grades 3-8 to assess how school shutdowns and continued distance learning due to...
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4.7KTeaching After-school Online? How To Effectively Support SEL
MIA STUDIO/SHUTTERSTOCK Quarantine has a very isolating effect on the world. There is a lack of social interaction, many days in pajamas...
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2.7KHow To Address The Growing Crisis Of Youth Firearm Suicide
SUZANNE TUCKER/SHUTTERSTOCK Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people in the United States. More children and teens die...
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1.6KWhat a Biden-Harris Administration Means For Gun Violence Epidemic
Although public health experts have rightly been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic this year, America has been in the grips of another...
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1.4KPrepare Instead Of Repair For Equity, Inclusion In OST
Equity and inclusion cannot be buzzwords that are conveniently used reactively to convey a message, apply for funding, be included for some...
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2.5KHow To Chart An Anti-oppression Path For Your Youth Organization
As difficult as it may seem, there is a more equitable, anti-oppression path forward for youth-centered organizations. An anti-oppression organizational orientation recognizes,...
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2.5KBring Back Black Girls Before They’re Herded Into Foster Care, Justice System
The #SayHerName movement that was launched in 2014 by the African American Policy Forum and the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy...
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1.6KHow Will Youth With Disabilities Celebrate Holidays During COVID-19?
Right around the winter holidays a year ago, we first heard the news of the coronavirus as it appeared in Wuhan, China....
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1.8KBill Seeks ‘Pandemic Funding’ For 21st Century After-school Programs
As Congress considers a spending bill with behind-the-scenes negotiations this week, many youth-serving organizations hope for an injection of cash into out-of-school...
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2.0K2020 Children’s Mental Health Report: Telehealth in an Increasingly Virtual World
The Child Mind Institute takes a look at the current mental health of the nation's children as they grow and learn in...
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1.9KMore After-school Suppers Are Key Support For Food-insecure Households, Report Says
More kids in after-school programs are getting an evening meal through the program, according to a recent report from Food Research &...
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1.8KTo Help Suicide Risks, Autistic Youth, We Need Better Laws, Police Training
After losing my son Jonah to firearm suicide in 2016, I speak with groups (temporarily online) about why safe storage bills, such...
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1.8KFay Twersky Named President of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation recently named Fay Twersky as its new president. Twersky arrives from the California-based William and Flora...
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1.6KGlobal Network Of Youth Reporters Create Program To Counter Racial, Ethnic Hatred
More than 100 youth reporters from around the world are working with producers in the United States on a video series examining...
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1.5KHow To Create Inclusive Space For Campers, Youth In OST Programs
The recent wildfires in California have been relentless reminders of these extraordinary times. Working for a nonprofit supporting camps and out-of-school time...
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1.5KWhat Do Youth With Disabilities Think About Food Insecurities Due To COVID-19?
ELIZ A/SHUTTERSTOCK According to a report published by Feeding America, one in every six Americans, about 50 million people, will be food...
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2.0KWallace Project: School Districts, After-school Partners Learn How To Teach SEL Together
In 2016, six school districts in the United States partnered with after-school coordinating organizations in their cities to foster social and emotional...
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6.3KHistorical Fantasies That Hide Racism In Textbooks Threaten Our Future
While our nation struggles to overcome systemic racism, one of the hidden roots of this issue lies within our school systems. The...
