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Archives: 2014 & Earlier

How Vegetarianism Offends My Grandmother (and)

Food and Family You are what you eat, or so the saying goes. But what if your family doesn’t approve of what...

At This Library, Youth Involvement Gets Real

When did Carmen Martinez, director of the Oakland Public Library, become an ardent advocate for fully infusing youth in libraries? Was it...

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Teaching Family Approach WorksT. Lindsay Joines Program Compliance/Crisis Management OfficerEliada Homes, Inc.Ashville, NC Your article on the Maryville Academy [March] … appears...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

News Briefs for May 2004

Youth Suicides Often Exceed Murders In most states, youth are more likely to die from suicide than murder, according to a new...

► Newsmakers

Newsmakers for May 2004

Nonprofits Bobby Heard became interim executive director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in mid-April. Heard, director of marketing and development for...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Journey to the Future

The Future of Children, a 14-year-old journal sired by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, has gazed into the future – and...

Opinion

Riding on the Coattails of Brown

I was two years old when the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision came down in 1954. My public education...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Press Watch for May 2004

Child Welfare Foster Home Scarcity Means Many Youths Languish for MonthsHartford Courant Because of a shortage of foster care homes in Connecticut,...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for May 2004

Activism Peace Jam: How Young People Can Make Peace in Their Schools and Communities, by Darcy Giffords, is a survey of a...

Opinion

Random Assignment

I have just finished reading a new book about young people that should be required reading for youth workers, teachers and, most...

News

Report Roundup for May 2004

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Research

Research of Note for May 2004

There is good news and bad news this month: an analysis of two comprehensive programs aimed at helping urban youth avoid risky...

News

A Dangerous Drive

As accidents go, the results could not have been worse for the Tippy Toes Learning Academy: four children and their van driver...

News

Staying Together, for Runaways’ Sake

Manitowoc, Wis.—The people who run Project Youth here realize that missing a grant application deadline is a fundamental mistake. When they did...

News

Sex and Pregnancy

If a “morning-after” birth control pill becomes available without a prescription, should teenagers be able to buy it? That question has stalled...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

WiredWoods

Waltham, Mass.(781) 890-5500www.wiredwoods.org Objective: To spark an interest in technology among at-risk youth to help them succeed in the digital age....

News

Foundation Grants

To anyone at a nonprofit youth agency trying to live in part on foundation grants, a statement endorsed by Independent Sector last...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Web Watch for May 2004

Education Smithsonian for Kidswww.smithsonian.kids.usThe Smithsonian’s online museum for adolescents is excellent in its simplicity. The site features three exhibits at a...

Opinion