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2.7KAfter-school Advocates Lobbying Congress — Again — for Funding
They’re posting on social media. They’re calling and emailing members of Congress. And after-school providers are talking to parents picking up kids,...
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2.0KThe State of Justice Reform 2017
The Vera Institute of Justice provides a comprehensive, up-to-date snapshot of where the nation stands in current efforts at reforming the many...
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3.0KHow To Fix the Large and Growing Latinx Teacher-Student Gap
This new report from the Center for American Progress highlights the shortage of Latinx teachers in American schools relative to the student...
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3.5KNY Students Quick to Throw Themselves Into March Organizing
It was late in the evening on Feb. 16 when Joey Wong’s flight from La Guardia Airport in New York City landed...
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2.5KAnuja Khemka, MSW is the New Executive Director of the Steve Fund
Anuja Khemka, MSW is the new executive director of the Steve Fund, the country’s only nonprofit focused on the mental health of...
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3.5KConey Island Teens Take First Steps Into Anti-violence Movement
Instead of hanging out, 35 Coney Island teenagers spent their midwinter vacation last week learning to cope with everyday trauma and avoid...
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4.2K5 NY Award-winning After-school Leaders Spill Their Secrets
Five of New York’s after-school educators are being honored today by the Partnership for After School Education at its 25th Anniversary PASEsetter...
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3.1KActive Shooter Prep for After-school: What to Do, What to Avoid, According to Experts
How do you prepare your youth program to respond to a gun-wielding intruder? Youth programs and schools are anxiously asking themselves this...
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2.3KWhat Happened in Tallahassee Today Shows Future Is Hopeful
Today Floridians decided it was time for action and change. The unimaginable terror that the students and staff of Douglas High School...
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2.8KF. Javier Torres has Joined the Surdna Foundation as Director of its Thriving Cultures Program
F. Javier Torres recently joined the Surdna Foundation as the new director of its thriving cultures program. In this position Torres will...
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2.7KNJ Teens Learn Job Skills, Get Professional Development at the Nabe
Many afternoons, kids at Morristown High School in Morristown, New Jersey, walk over to Morristown Neighborhood House, affectionately known as Nabe.
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2.2KDestined to Fail: How Florida’s Jails Deprive Children of Schooling
The Southern Poverty Law Center produced this report showing how youth incarcerated in Florida's jails miss out on education during their formative...
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2.5KDon’t Fear Evaluations, Says Operation Shoestring Head in Mississippi
Robert Langford is executive director of Operation Shoestring in Jackson, Mississippi. It offers after-school and summer programs plus offers services directly to...
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2.1KAccelerating the Pace: The Future of Education in the American South
This new report from the seven southern education organizations which make up the Columbia Group demonstrates a new path to the improvement...
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10.9KAfter-school Programs on Trump’s Chopping Block Once Again
In a replay of last year, President Donald Trump proposed scrapping the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative, the federal funding for...
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3.7KBeyond the Vending Machine: FoodCorps Reconnects Kids to the Earth
Zashe Cockett-Demings pulled out a small box of worms. She stood in front of 20 students in the outdoor courtyard of Clarkston...
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3.7KChild Care Gains Funds in Congress Budget Deal; Outlook Good for After-school Programs
Children and youth could see some gains under a bill that passed Congress early this morning, funding the government through March 23....
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2.2KChild Maltreatment 2016
The Administration for Children and Families' Children's Bureau produced this report using data from 2016 to present and summarize the child abuse...
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1.9KYouth Workers Learn to Navigate in Turbulent Times
“Someone is going to come to your house in the middle of the night and take your parents, and you will be...
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4.8KAfter-school, Mentoring Just the Start of How University of Tulsa Works with Nearby Families
The Tulsa Girls’ Math Circle is just one of several University of Tulsa’s community engagement programs that reach out to youth. The...
