Youth Today
Opinion
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Connecting Vulnerable Youth
School dropouts, arguably the most vulnerable youth group in the United States, are also a group for which there is no meaningful...
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Letters to the Editor
What Happened At MaryvilleRichard WexlerExecutive DirectorNational Coalition for Child Protection ReformAlexandria, VA The notion that Maryville [Academy] became a hellhole because poor,...
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California’s Winter of Hate
February’s column featured anthropologist Margaret Mead’s warning that adults in modern cultures that are jolted by rapid social change will come to...
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Behind the Teen Pregnancy Drop: Teens
“Less sex, more contraception.” That’s the story behind the continued drop in teenage pregnancy rates. According to the latest data, teen pregnancy...
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An Industry in Denial
In June, Youth Today ran a story alleging that somewhere in Santa Clara County, Calif., there is an institution called EMQ Children...
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An Unexpected Gift
The lead story in last month’s Youth Today was about the new report from the White House Task Force for Disadvantaged Youth...
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A Winning Formula For Staff Effectiveness
As youth work practitioners, most of us have long believed that effective programs depend in large measure on the availability of competent,...
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Time to Sow Seeds, Not to Space Out
Now that the federal budget deficit is out of this world at $500 billion and counting, President Bush wants to put down...
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Use History to Improve Youth Work
The last issue of Youth Today focused on some historical themes, from the National Youth Admin- istration in the Depression to today’s...
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Letters to the Editor
Coalition Deserves Praise, Not DerisionVincent SchiraldiExecutive DirectorJustice Policy Institute Mark Soler, PresidentYouth Law CenterWashington, DC We read your article about the troubles...
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Coming of Age in America
Remember that phony list of the “top school problems” of 1940 (“talking, chewing gum, making noise, running in halls, getting out of...
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We Can Reform Juvenile Justice
Most of us in youth work would agree there is a crying need to move policies and programs toward a more balanced...
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One Man as an Institute for Ideas
David Weikart, founder and president emeritus of High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, died on Dec. 9. Through the magic of cell phones, I...
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History Lessons
American youth workers are second to none in their obliviousness to their field’s history – and a rich history it is. In...
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Letters to the Editor
A Writer In DenialShay Bilchik, PresidentChild Welfare League of AmericaWashington, DC I read with interest and amusement the article by Richard Wexler...
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McGruff & Co.
If charm alone could prevent crime, then Jack Calhoun’s 21 years as head of the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) could be...
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Creating Character-Rich Communities
I’ll admit it: I’ve got mixed feelings about character education classes – emphasis on “classes.” My gut instinct, first as a parent,...
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Applied Economics
When I enrolled in a graduate school of social work many years ago, I found myself to be a distinct outsider –...
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Searching for Evidence, Evidently
It’s right up there with the search for the Holy Grail or the Loch Ness monster: no, not the hunt for weapons...
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Letters to the Editor
Adults: Wake UpOn Hip Hop Brian FrySouthern Christian ServicesJackson, Miss. Your article on hip-hop hit the nail on the head (“Hip-Hop: Love...
