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Newsmakers for October 2008
Byron Garrett Nonprofits National PTA, the Chicago-based organization that uses its 54 state congresses as the liaisons between it and 26,000...
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News
Correction
A story in our September issue, “A Push for Investments Instead of Grants,” incorrectly identified Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas as a...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Voter Registration by Students Raises Cloud of Consequences
NEW YORK TIMES As the election season heats up, so do voter-registration controversies. Virginia Tech’s registrar of elections in Montgomery County, Va.,...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
It’s Not Discipline, It’s a Teachable Moment
THE NEW YORK TIMES Punishments such as time-outs, yelling, spanking and removing privileges don’t reinforce positive behavior in children and youth, say...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Sex Ed: Any Link Between What Teens Learn, How They Behave?
USA TODAY The debate between abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education advocates has been reignited by the announcement that the 17-year-old daughter of...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Students Can Send Text Message Tips to Cops
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES Students in 10 Chicago public high schools can now send police anonymous text messages from their cell phones to alert...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Alpacas to Work Magic with Kids
THE EXPRESS-TIMES (Harrisburg, Pa.) In an unlikely pairing, a farmer and a nonprofit organization have teamed up to teach urban youth...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Court Dress Codes Created After Defendants Get Too Risqué
AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN Defense lawyers in Travis County, Texas, are channeling Tim Gunn for their clients. After becoming increasingly frustrated with young defendants’...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Meredith Dean
Meredith Dean Operations ManagerCreative Alternatives ofNew York(212) 222-1969http://www.cany.org Age: 29 About CANY: The 39-year-old nonprofit provides drama therapy sessions for both adult-...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Adopt a Social Worker
Best Dressed: Volunteers from a congregation display donations from a clothing drive for youth. Photo: Covenant to Care for Children Bloomfield, Conn.(860)...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Bring After-School Networks To Scale
80,000 smiles: That’s how many youth were served last year by the city’s Out of School Time network. Photo: Harlem RBI The...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Awards for October 2008
BGCA Youth of the Year Shonnetta Henry For: Members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) who have overcome...
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Opinion
Put Me in Coach, I’m Ready to Play
As millions of youth workers and teachers reconnect this fall with our nation’s young people, now is a good time to...
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Opinion
Let’s Apply What Works For Disconnected Youth
Tightening budgets and plummeting employment rates are particularly troubling for those of us who work with youth who have dropped out...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Feedback: Letters, E-mails and Web Postings
Career Ladder Opportunities Thanks for the article on Hector Fabio Urrea in September (“Climbing Career Ladders”). There are numerous ways that...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
A Smaller, Stricter School Means More Learning
LA Youth, Los Angeles I like my school. It’s strict, but the classes are small. We have new books with no marks...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Censorship Was My Best Journalism Teacher
LA Youth, Los Angeles Dissatisfied with my journalism class in school, I decided to start a journalism club instead. I dreamed that...
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News
McCain, Obama and Kids
Click on chart to open PDF version. Where do John McCain and Barack Obama stand on issues that affect youth? Advocacy groups...
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YWCA Sponsors Debates
The YWCA is a sponsor of this year’s presidential election debates, a move the organization’s leaders hope will engage more women...
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News
Groups Strive to Make Youth Issues Debatable
Stepping up: Youths and youth advocates rallied at a playground in Portland to raise awareness of key issues. Photo: Children First...
