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Small Price to Keep a Kid in College

As a single mother of a small child with fragile health, and with no educational credentials except a GED, Denise Lee...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Grants Awarded for February 2009

Allstate Foundation Northbrook, Ill.(847) 402-5600http://www.allstate.com/foundation/ All grants are given to promote the economic empowerment of domestic violence survivors. • Florida Coalition...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Dear Obama Claus

Illustrations by Dean MacAdam After Barack Obama won last month’s presidential election, gatherings of youth workers and advocates took on the air...

News

Dual Enrollment Reaches Down

Vargas: Dual enrollment initiatives are spreading to more states. “We want students who aren’t on their way to college,” said Daniel Voloch....

Guest Opinion Essay

Ready for Life: Yes, That Means College

The core belief at the Forum for Youth Investment – that all young people should be “Ready by 21,” meaning ready for...

Grants

Grants Awarded for December 2008-January 2009

The Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationSeattle(206) 709-3100http://www.gatesfoundation.org • Lakeside School, Seattle, $4 million for general operating support. • Washington Alliance for...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

New Gates Grants to Help Youths Get Through College

About two dozen organizations will share $69 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help double the number...

News

Many Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students Feel “Unsafe” in School

Nearly 90 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) middle and high school students were verbally harassed at school during the...

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Left on Doorstep, Teen Programs get Adopted

Click on chart to open PDF version. Before the hammer fell last year, a federal demonstration project to guide disadvantaged youth...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Getting Real: Helping Teens Find Their Future

Kenneth Gray Corwin Press196 pages. $25.95. As an outspoken advocate of career education and alternatives to four-year college degrees, Gray commands attention:...

News

Law Fosters Higher Ed Opportunities

Buried in a 431-page reauthorization measure for higher education are a few small but potentially important provisions that should boost supportive...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Campus Compact

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...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Teaching Youths to Invest in Themselves

The Extra Mile: Foster youth Halston Green (right) is in the financial savings and education program at the Mile High United Way...

Guest Opinion Essay

The End of Youth?

At a time when many foundations are supporting education reform and millions of philanthropic dollars are going to fund youth development programs,...

Grants

Grants Awarded for August 2008

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...

Grants

Grants Awarded for June 2008

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...

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Building A Better Bridge: Helping Young Adults Enter and Succeed in College

Youth Development Institute (YDI) YDI tracked 39 young people as they advanced from a earning a GED with the help of a...

Research

Youth in Foster Care With Adult Mentors During Adolescence Have Improved Adult Outcomes

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...

Guest Opinion Essay