Youth Today
All posts tagged "after school"
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Grants
Disadvantaged Middle School Youth Out-of-School Time Program Support Grants
Subject: Education, Out-of-School Time, Afterschool, Summer Learning | Deadline: Jan. 26, 2018
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2.9KNewsTax Bill Would Indirectly Reduce Nonprofit Support, Slash Spending for Youth, Some Fear
Tax changes under way in Congress could impact youth services in harmful ways, some youth advocates say.
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayHow Not to Lose Your Mind Over Every New Trend in Your Field
It sometimes feels like risking whiplash to try to follow all the emerging trends in our field and the potential funding, resources...
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1.8KNewsSome Social and Emotional Learning Programs Can Be Funded Via ESSA, Report Says
Funding opportunities for social and emotional learning are available through the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) — but how exactly? After-school...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayHow to Build the High-Quality Partnerships Schools Need to Survive Well
Helen Keller said it best, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
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2.4KNewsEx-Big Brother, Little Brother Team for Power Up, Providing Martial Arts, Mentoring
At a martial arts gym in Atlanta, kids sit in a semicircle around their sensei. He talks to them about persistence, about...
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3.4KNewsBoys and Girls Clubs Do Have to Change to Run Quality Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds
Remember doing art projects with construction paper and Elmer’s Glue? We’ve all had that experience, but we know it usually doesn’t constitute...
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1.3KNewsShould Your Youth Program Be Concerned About an ‘Active Shooter’?
Since the shooting last week at Rancho Tehama Elementary School in Tehama County, California, some schools across the nation seem to be...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayESSA Funds Must Be Used Wisely to Amplify Crucial Summer Learning
Education is not one size fits all. Nor does it stop when the traditional academic year ends. Each student has different needs,...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayOne Family, Five Stories of Anytime, Anywhere Learning
So far on our journey through Jobs for the Future’s student-centered learning framework, you have met...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayClosing the Communication Gap Between School‑day and After‑school Teams
As a 23-year-old after-school worker in Brooklyn, New York, my “teacher” role was deeply intertwined with the...
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2.0KNews‘What If the Kids Who Are Acting Out the Most Need Art the Most?’
The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, on a grant from The Wallace Foundation, is running a pilot project with six of...
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2.9KFrom the BureausGetting $50 Million More for California After-school Programs Took Group 3 Years of Lobbying
California after-school programs statewide were able to breathe a small sigh of relief this year after Gov. Jerry Brown set...
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2.4KNewsProfiles of Youth Service Workers: Oneeka Benjamin
Oneeka Benjamin is the K-5 site supervisor for the SCO Family of Services/Family Dynamics after-school program at P.S./I.S. 41 in Brooklyn, New...
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Grants
Education, STEM Education, Neighborhood Development, Arts, Culture and Environment Program Grants
Subject: Education, STEM Education, Community/Neighborhood Development, Arts, Culture, Environment | Deadline: Ongoing
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2.1KNewsExploring How an Idea Developed in Business Applies to Youth Development
Among trendy ideas in education and youth development — right up there alongside “growth mindset” and “grit” — is something called “design...
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayWhat We Tried, What We Learned About Project Based Learning in Denver
For the past year, 13 after-school sites within Denver have been working to implement quality programming...
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2.4KGuest Opinion Essay
How to Redefine Structured After-school Activities So Kids Will Be Engaged
Too often in out-of-school time programs, students are assigned to groups they can never leave, forced to do an activity...
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1.6KNewsThe Journey Helps Youth Workers ‘Show Up Whole’
Ryan Sims was a recent college graduate when he started work two years ago at the Boys & Girls Clubs in Indianapolis.
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2.1KNewsResources Available for Teen Science Cafés, Which Let Kids Get Hands-on
When a group of high school students got together on a recent Tuesday evening, they ate chocolate, taste-tested different...
