Youth Today
All posts tagged "after school"
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1.1KNewsSome states fill the void as post-pandemic federal after-school program funds disappear
Thus far, 20 states have earmarked millions to keep afterschool programs afloat.
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1.2KNewsTesting AI’s pluses and minuses in after-school programming
A relative handful of tech-forward afterschool programs are beginning to fully embrace AI.
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1.5KGuest Opinion EssayAddressing student absenteeism, tutoring and after-school programs to meet new White House goals
The agenda offers detailed roadmaps to help states better use existing data and funds.
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1.6KGrantsAfterschool and summer learning for middle schoolers program support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Out-of-School Time, Afterschool, Summer Learning, Youth Development | Amount: $15,000; $50,000; $100,000 | Deadline: Feb. 1, 2024
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayNew pathways toward school and community crossings
Guides can help youth access opportunities and become active players in their community.
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1.8KNewsQ&A: Boys & Girls Clubs – Alaska CEO Jen Patronas on what it’s like to run an afterschool program in the Arctic
Selawik, Alaska, is a Iñupiat Eskimo community where generations have survived off the land.
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2.3KNewsSummer camps are booming, fueled by largest single federal funding windfall
Pandemic spending included $3 billion for afterschool/summer programs addressing learning loss and mental health.
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1.5KGuest Opinion Essay
The power of us comes from fully being us and fully seeing them
Complete Power of Us survey today to build understanding of youth program staff shortages.
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1.6K► NewsmakersNational AfterSchool Association names 2023 Next Generation of Afterschool Leaders
17 out-of-school time professionals from across the country were chosen.
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3.0KGuest Opinion EssayHiring part-time, temporary staff to work with youth isn’t okay any more
We did something revolutionary with our two newest job postings in our youth program: offered them as full-time, year-round positions.
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2.7KNewsPandemic pushes afterschool programs to add social-emotional learning
Afterschool programs across the country are increasing turning to social emotional learning, or SEL, and other approaches to help cope with increased...
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1.3KNewsDetroit schools aim to catch up, and then some, with US aid
The Detroit school system is putting much of its relief money toward tutoring, after-school programs and other efforts to shore up student...
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1.4KNewsUnderstaffing leaves afterschool programs with unmet demand
School-based providers list difficulties hiring and retaining staff as the biggest reasons they have not fully rebounded from pandemic shutdowns and they...
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1.6KNewsOklahoma basketball team launches afterschool program to teach data, analytics to Black youth
The students, known as Thunder Fellows, are part of the inaugural class of an afterschool program founded in the wake of the...
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1.8KNewsLights On Afterschool highlights programs as demand exceeds access
A group of Atlanta teens shed light on what they want and need after the final bell of the day rings at...
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3.4KNewsAmerica’s afterschool staffing shortage undercuts pandemic recovery
Ask anyone in the youth development field what the greatest crisis facing afterschool programs is and you'll likely get the same answer:...
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2.4KNewsQ&A: Afterschool Alliance’s Jodi Grant on the pandemic’s silver lining
For more than 15 years, Jodi Grant has guided advocacy efforts as executive director of the Afterschool Alliance, a national organization bent...
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2.4K► NewsmakersCarlos Santini is the new CEO of Mizzen by Mott
Carlos Santini joins the Mott Foundation to lead its afterschool program improvement organization and app, Mizzen by Mott.
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2.5KNewsAmerican Rescue Plan funds flow to summer out-of-school programs
As $122 billion flows into American education from the American Rescue Plan, some kids and families are beginning to feel the impact...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayUniversity/After-school Reading Partnerships Help Students Succeed
A large, suburban university right outside metro Atlanta partnered with a local after-school program to enable elementary and early childhood education majors...
