Youth Today
From the Field
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1.8KChild care solutions for community colleges
Community college child care options lag student needs everywhere because of insufficient investment at the federal and state government levels.
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2.5KNavigating to next: Making complex pathways clearer with people-powered supports
In a complex economic landscape and postsecondary ecosystem, youth need navigators and postsecondary transition coaches.
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2.1KAdoption still matters for older youth
Many youths transitioning out of foster care must survive and figure out their identity alone.
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3.7KThe crisis in Gen Z’s political education
Today’s youth are forming political opinions and social identities on online platforms built for engagement.
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7.7KAfterschool STEM: Turning curiosity into careers and citizenship
A growing body of evidence shows that high-quality afterschool STEM programs excite and engage youth.
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2.7KWhat happens when Bronx students lead the way in STEM equity
Black and Latino students are underrepresented in STEM. Too often, this reflects a lack of access to early, hands-on, project-based STEM learning.
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3.1KExpanding 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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6.9KIn 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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2.0KThe missing conversation: Heart disease and the teen years
By age 18, many teenagers are already burdened with cardiovascular risk factors.
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4.4KThe 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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5.7KShifting 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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4.5KQ&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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4.4KQ&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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2.8KReimagining 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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3.6KReimagining 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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2.2KField 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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2.8KYoung people shine light on the path forward
Adults must step aside and walk alongside young people as they step up.
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2.8KBeyond 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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1.3KOur 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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1.6KFrom frontlines to funding: Youth changemakers and a call for radical philanthropists
How are youth leaders and changemakers building the future they deserve?
