Youth Today
Opinion
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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...
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Enabling Adult Immaturity
“Young people have become more like adults,” writes historian Joseph Kett in Adolescence in America, while “adults have become more like young...
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Don’t Be Left Out Standing in Your Field
Etched in my memory is the image of a card I received decades ago. The picture: a lone cow standing in a...
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New Schools = New Opportunities for Youth Groups
Here’s a fact that may not have yet crossed the radar screen of most youth workers: America is involved in a major...
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Web Watch for November 2003
Civic Engagement Young Politicians of Americawww.ypa.orgis the site for an upstart network for politically attuned youth. The Walnut Creek, Calif.-based organization,...
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Drop and Kick
The youth field is certainly well acquainted with the power of hokey statistics. Inflated numbers are the stock in trade for everyone...
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The Uses and Misuses of Evaluations
There’s hardly a youth program manager in the country who doesn’t understand the uses and misuses of evaluation studies. Surely all understand...
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On Nature vs. Nurture, Success and Failure
Almost everyone remembers doing the obligatory science experiment where two identical seeds (mine were lima beans) are grown under different conditions and...
