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All posts tagged "COVID-19"
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1.3K► ReportsChildhood in the Time of COVID
Save the Children releases a new report analyzing how COVID has impacted children and families around the nation while ranking each state...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayIndependent Living Coordinators Are Lifeline For Current, Former Youth in Foster Care During Pandemic
Ever heard of a state or county “independent living coordinator?” I have and I’m fascinated by the near-mythical role they play as they...
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayHow to Replace College, Job Fair For High School Students
COVID-19 has greatly altered the lives of our youth. Few, if any, high students have attended school under the same circumstances as...
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1.9KNewsYoung Activists, CLASP Call For New Deal To Get Youth Jobs
A group of student activists ages 14 to 25 is urging the Biden administration and Congress to create a plan for youth...
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340From the BureausShakespeare Part Of Enrichment For Incarcerated Youth In One Tennessee County
When Michael Khanlarian began teaching incarcerated youth about the work of William Shakespeare, he never expected them to develop a rap about...
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2.0KNewsAs States Struggle With Budget Cuts, After-school Advocates In NY Push Back
Across the nation, states are tightening their belts as the pandemic cuts into their budgets. Some are feeling a financial shock similar...
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3.0KGuest Opinion EssayHow Organizations Can Build Resilience Into Education And Career Pathways
Fear. Loss. Uncertainty. Isolation. Many fear that the pandemic will result in a new “Lost Generation.” The impact of COVID-19 is particularly...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayThe Top 10 Ways To Help Kids Beat Stress In 2021
For many kids, this is all they know. Their entire lives have been defined by unrelenting, unprecedented times. Today’s kids are growing...
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssayBiden Must Integrate Developmental Relationships Into Training Plans For Young People
Making relationships a focus of federal policy is long overdue given that decades of research have shown that relationships are the critical...
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1.9KFrom the BureausPortrait Of Early COVID Period In New York, New Jersey
NEW YORK — When the COVID-19 pandemic first broke in New York City this spring, the most vulnerable populations were at the...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayOST Funders, Here’s How To Step Up: Invest In Organizations’ Capacity
DOTSHOCK/SHUTTERSTOCK (Part 2 of 2) In 2019, I wrote a chapter called “Rooted in Scarcity and Deficit: Time to Reconsider the Funding Process”...
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2.1KGuest Opinion EssayOST Providers, Pandemic Time Means Time To Build Relationships
As the world around us continues to feel like it’s spinning off its axis, one of the best things we can do...
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5.8KNewsEducation For Young People In Shelters Was Already a Challenge — Then Coronavirus Hit
More than 40,000 K–12 public school students in Washington experienced homelessness in 2017–18, a number that has nearly doubled in the past...
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3.0K► ReportsKids, Families and COVID-19: Pandemic Pain Points and the Urgent Need to Respond
The Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzes data from U.S. Census Bureau surveys to discuss how households with children are faring during the...
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1.7KGuest Opinion Essay8 Ways to Evolve Your OST Programs Online
This summer was filled with disappointments as each camp I had enrolled my daughter in — both day camp and overnight camp...
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssayHow I Helped My High School Service Club Find A Way To Keep Helping
The Helping Hawks Club members have invested their time since 2011 feeding the homeless (a major draw to the club), spending lunchtime...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayHere’s How to Make Youth-adult Partnership Work
How different would today look if people most affected by decisions held equal power in making those decisions? The vision arising from...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayVirtual Communities More Crucial Than Ever For The Disabled
PROSTOCK-STUDIO/SHUTTERSTOCK As I continue to make connections with young people who live with disabilities, I am finding that many of them rely...
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2.3K► ReportsLearning During COVID-19: Initial Findings on Students’ Reading and Math Achievement and Growth
NWEA uses data from over four million students in grades 3-8 to assess how school shutdowns and continued distance learning due to...
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4.7KGuest Opinion EssayTeaching After-school Online? How To Effectively Support SEL
MIA STUDIO/SHUTTERSTOCK Quarantine has a very isolating effect on the world. There is a lack of social interaction, many days in pajamas...
