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Is Data Getting a Bad Rap?

Down with data! Our children are more than just numbers! I hear this rallying cry from many teachers and some parents across...

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Microaggressions Sting Youth of Color

There is nothing benign about microaggressions. They lead to mistreating people of color: harassing them, meting out harsher legal or academic punishment,...

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TANF, Child Welfare Partnerships Help Strengthen Families

Linkages is one of a handful of initiatives across the country taking a critical look at the intersection between TANF and child...

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Does Your Work Interfere with Your Life?

Find a focal point for your career that stirs your soul. Joseph Campbell advised, “Follow your bliss.” Good counsel in general, but...

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Time to Give the Quarterbacks of OST a Fat Raise

Until we pay front-line staff as professionals and give them budgets and resources commensurate of what we expect from them, the OST...

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What Professional Credentials Mean to Me

July 17, 1996, was a Wednesday and, unbeknownst to me, the first day of my child- and youth-care career. I vividly remember...

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We Must Continue to Advocate for Funding for Afterschool Programs

How can we close the gap between public support and public dollars for afterschool? In a word, advocacy.

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‘Kiddie Court’ Is No Joke to Juveniles

Although the media, members of the public and even some JPOs, prosecutors and judges colloquially refer to juvenile court as “kiddie court,”...

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As Officer Kills Without Consequence in Ferguson, Let’s Look at Profiling, Education’s Silent Serial Killer for Black Kids

NEW ORLEANS — It took 14 weeks for the grand jury in Ferguson to decide no charges will be filed against the...

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Data-Driven Decisions: A Myth or Reality for Out-of-School Time?

The recent economic crisis has intensified challenges throughout the nonprofit sector. Nowhere is the strain felt more than in the field of...

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Ferguson Latest Example That Courts Don’t Bring Justice

In this moment of high drama when the nation’s attention is focused on Ferguson, it is important to remember something: The entire...

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Both Pope Francis, U.N. Call on Us to Do Better by Our Children

As we observe the 25th anniversary of the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Thursday, Pope Francis’ recent...

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Reading Everywhere Program Demonstrates the Value of Reading

Literacy Inc. (LINC) is an early literacy organization dedicated to spreading the joy of reading throughout communities across New York City.

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Build Partnerships to Build Success

Effectiveness. Scale. Sustainability. Most nonprofits struggle to achieve these three goals. Few struggle more than youth service providers.

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One Mom Asks How Much Sports Is Too Much?

From the Reporters Inc.: A couple of months ago I overheard a conversation between some relatives about a friend whose daughter had...

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A Letter to the Principal

To reach the optimal outcomes for all the children on campus, our work can be magnified exponentially if we work together and...

Comic Book Project Award winners: 3 smiling bots hold their original art comic

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Literacy and Service Learning

New Settlement Apartments’ Bronx Helpers program is an academic enrichment, leadership and community service program for middle and high school youth with...

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Integrating Literacy into the Arts

The Coalition for Hispanic Family Services Arts and Literacy After School and Summer Program builds literacy in the widest sense through visual...

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Regional Realities: Girls Not Choosing Careers of the Future

Girls are leaving opportunities on the table, entering the workforce in lower-paying, lower-status professions that don’t reflect the careers of the future.

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