Youth Today
Guest Opinion Essay
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864Hacking the Education System to ‘Transgress’
'Hacking' the education system can teach young people that they are not just bystanders in their education.
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670Students Help Keep Juvenile Court and Other Youth-Service Providers Honest
As I approach the end of my 10th year of teaching in a clinical program at the University of North Carolina School...
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1.1KWhy We Must All Pitch in to Help the Young Victims of Maltreatment and Neglect
I thought about Billy the other day. Of all the horrible childhood stories I have heard his stands out the most in...
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1.3KLess Force, More Community Needed for Urban Youth Development
When law enforcement becomes the primary strategy for addressing problems with urban youth, the only reliable outcomes are mass arrests, sweeping indictments...
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609The Blind Leading the Blind
A friend of mine runs a community-based program in New York City for older youth designed to encourage them to prepare and...
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850Do Poor Reading Skills Increase Risk of Juvenile Justice System Involvement?
I have always taken reading and writing for granted. I never thought much about it until I got to prison.
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Let’s Try Being Honest With Kids
Her: “The kids would miss feeling like they’re part of it.” Me: “But they’re not part of it. We’re lying to them. It’s dishonest.”...
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The Dangers of Criminalizing Childhood Scuffles
I was a reasonably well behaved child. I got in a little trouble at school and home, but nothing unusual. I even...
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2.0KAn Opportunity to Remake Juvenile Justice
It is the legislative season in Illinois and around the country, and that means advocates spend lots of time trying to improve...
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513In STEM, Content is Not Enough
There has been an explosion of interest in providing young people with learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Many...
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Not Far from the High Stakes of the Kentucky Derby, Odds Favor Incarceration for Youth
The world’s eyes may be turned to Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby this weekend, but our real attention should be on...
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792Implementing Effective OST Chess Programming
An April 15 article in Youth Today highlighting the alignment between chess and the critical thinking skills that are a prerequisite for...
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Racism and the Nation’s New Reality
From time to time I listen to talk radio. I’m not sure why really, except that I enjoy hearing viewpoints that differ...
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1.5KBuilding Strong School-Community Relationships
I recently attended a Community Schools Forum in Cincinnati that brought together more than 1,500 community schools professionals, including government officials, superintendents,...
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Injustice in Connecticut
She sits in solitary confinement 22 or 23 hours a day. She is 16, but has been involved with the system in...
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1.4KSupporting Youth Driven Organizations Does Make a Difference
Supporting youth voices was not as popular in the 1990s as it is today. Systems were afraid of what young adults had...
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1.7KAre We There Yet? Toward More Gender and Culturally Responsive Work with Male Youth
I’d like to correct a misconception that could hold back the much needed movement to empower male youth, and particularly boys and...
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Don’t Forget, Violent Juvenile Crime is Actually in Decline
Alex Hribal allegedly stabbed 22 people, including a security guard, at his high school in a Pittsburgh suburb. He used two large kitchen...
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674Children Deserve Our Honesty and Compassion
Seven years ago, when I was 15, I sat in my parents’ living room creating a Myspace page for my vice principal....
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Common Core Support in Out-of-School Time: Must We Start Over?
Last week, I sat with 20 other Out-of-School-Time (OST) professionals at the quarterly meeting of the California Afterschool Network’s Leadership Team. Support...
