Youth Today
From the Field
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2.8KExpanding horizons, essential relationships: The evidence of afterschool impacts
We learn and grow through relationships — and when these are paired with high quality learning and leadership opportunities, real transformation happens.
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5.6KIn San Antonio, TX, youth development programs work together toward a shared vision of youth thriving
Excel Academy focuses on strengthening youth development workers’ capacity to build relationships with youth.
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1.7KThe missing conversation: Heart disease and the teen years
By age 18, many teenagers are already burdened with cardiovascular risk factors.
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3.8KThe healing power of camp: Trauma-informed adventures for kids in foster care
These camps aren’t just about outdoor fun; they are about community and connection.
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4.6KShifting the culture of youth sport by supporting coaches
To incorporate positive youth development principles, coaching must be about more than drills and playbooks.
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4.2KQ&A: How service learning, done well, changes lives
Karen Pittman speaks with YSA's Scott Ganske about the current state of service learning.
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4.0KQ&A: From anxiety to connection: How Wyman helps teens build social skills
Youth Today spoke with Williams to learn more about Wyman's Teen Connection Project.
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2.5KReimagining support for learning differences: What parents find in learner-centered environments
Learner-centered environments can help students with learning differences do more than just get by.
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3.1KReimagining the “aging-out” mindset: Building networks of care, not just building independence
Foster youth are expected to navigate adulthood as access to services and support disappears.
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1.9KField report: New opportunities to explore extended learning and youth development across the globe
Highlights from the Global Extended Learning and Youth Development Association (GELYDA) first annual conference.
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2.6KYoung people shine light on the path forward
Adults must step aside and walk alongside young people as they step up.
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2.6KBeyond the classroom: Reimagining school, family and community engagement for Black youth
For Black youth especially, education happens through interconnected efforts of schools, families and communities.
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1.1KOur school started enforcing its cell phone ban. The results have been astounding.
After a cell-phone-free year, this teacher says school cell phone bans should be nation-wide.
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1.4KFrom frontlines to funding: Youth changemakers and a call for radical philanthropists
How are youth leaders and changemakers building the future they deserve?
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1.7KQ&A: Nature and well-being: When the natural world is your teaching partner
Why is time spent outdoors so effective in supporting young people's well-being?
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1.0KImmigration crackdowns mean an expanded role for schools and for educators like me
Educators have long been asked to perform miracles. So what’s new?
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1.2KMy ACE score reflects my history of trauma. It also connects me to my students.
Higher ACE scores often lead to more negative impacts on a child's adult life.
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2.1KQ&A: Equipping kinship caregivers for success
What strategies, support and trainings can help kinship caregivers become more effective?
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2.5KQ&A: From Kentucky to Alaska — Four perspectives on what rural kids need now
Educators offer their advice. What can you do to bring their advice to life?
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1.5KSchools and communities can help children bounce back after distressing disasters like the LA wildfires
Research shows that prolonged school closures can significantly affect children’s learning and mental health.
