Kenneth Gray Corwin Press196 pages. $25.95. As an outspoken advocate of career education and alternatives to four-year college degrees, Gray commands attention:...
Buried in a 431-page reauthorization measure for higher education are a few small but potentially important provisions that should boost supportive...
http://www.compact.org Campus Compact is a growing national network of more than 1,100 post-secondary educational administrators dedicated to promoting community service, civic...
The Extra Mile: Foster youth Halston Green (right) is in the financial savings and education program at the Mile High United Way...
At a time when many foundations are supporting education reform and millions of philanthropic dollars are going to fund youth development programs,...
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Seattle, Wash.(206) 709-3100http://www.gatesfoundation.org • National Network for Youth, Seattle, $7,489 for general support. • United Way of...
Ford FoundationNew York(212) 573-5000www.fordfound.org • Bank Street College of Education, New York, $100,000 to develop curricula and assessments for issues including critical...
Youth Development Institute (YDI) YDI tracked 39 young people as they advanced from a earning a GED with the help of a...
University of Washington, Seattle/University of Illinois, Chicago Available at http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/121/2/e246 Despite this study’s title, its researchers make a clear distinction between adult...
A group of educators, advocates and donors has been meeting under the auspices of the Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy Group (YESG) to ponder...
Association for Child and Youth Care Practice (ACYCP) Forthcoming in the Journal of Child and Youth Care Work In February, the ACYCP...
Just weeks after Congress enacted a fiscal 2008 appropriations law that some youth advocates viewed as short-changing many kids’ programs, they were...
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, Calif.(650) 234-4500www.hewlett.org • Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, Washington, $270,000 for engaging law...
Chicago Tribune Students with average or above-average intelligence who benefit from special-education programs usually find that their learning and support services come...
While youth workers might see the value of seeking youth input on government policy as a no-brainer, the practice of developing youth...
The month of May produced yet another study showing that the skills young people need to be ready for life beyond high...
Jill Schumann Nonprofits Changes are afoot at the Washington-based, 70-member National Human Services Assembly (NHSA) as Chairwoman Roxanne Spillett and Vice Chairman...
Minneapolis, Minn. (612) 455-1530 Working on It: Local business volunteers conduct mock interviews to help Minneapolis teens obtain summer jobs and...
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Flint, Mich. (810) 238-5651 www.mott.org • Whaley’s Children Center, Flint, Mich., $73,566 for capacity building. • Genesee Chamber...
Like a lot of community-based organizations aimed at troubled youth, the Oasis Center in Nashville began by trying to do a lot...