Youth Today
All posts tagged "after school"
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4.8KGuest Opinion EssayThese Tools Help Coach College Youth Aged Out of Foster Care to Develop Relationships
What does it take to engage students who age out of foster care into supportive relationships on the college campus? It helps...
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3.1KNewsUpward Bound Gives High Schoolers Boost With Summer Program of Drones
Kayla Linard stood high in the balcony of the Kennesaw State University gymnasium in Marietta, Ga., holding a white remote control device.
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayResistance to Change: Equity Is Crucial Issue for Out-of-school Time
A group of out-of-school time professionals at the 2019 National AfterSchool Association convention in June facilitated a two-hour Leadership Institute, an opportunity...
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2.3KNewsGlobal Kids Summer Program Opens Students’ Eyes to Foreign Affairs
What if you were a member of the National Security Council and learned that a foreign country could be building nuclear weapons...
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4.0KNewsYouth in Foster Care Navigate Challenges As They Look Toward College
Julia, 16, a high school senior in Alpharetta, Ga., knows where she wants to go to college: It’s Georgia State University in...
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2.7KGuest Opinion EssayHigh-quality Learning Environments Can Change Odds for Both Toddlers, Teens
High-quality preschool is the gift that keeps on giving. At least that’s what Nobel Prize-winning economist Jim Heckman’s research shows. The IQ...
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4.6KNewsCampus Coaches Make Crucial Difference to Foster Youth in College
Liz Burns, 22, was in the middle of a crazy-busy time at college. But, for some reason, she couldn’t stop thinking about...
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2.7KFrom the BureausBrooklyn Students, NYPD Work Together on Their Neighborhoods
Dana Rachlin and other activists around juvenile justice have been waiting a long time for the city to limit police involvement in...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayStrengthening Social and Emotional Learning of OST Staff Is Better for Youth
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is all the rage when it comes to supporting youth and young adults. But what about staff...
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssaySummer Programming Is Good Opportunity to Teach Cultural Sensitivity
Kyle Kashuv, a conservative, Jewish student who survived the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, made headlines because his admission to Harvard University was...
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3.7KNewsWallace Report: Cities Provide Lessons on Data Management in After-school Systems
Eight U.S. cities worked to develop and manage data in their citywide after-school systems over four years. A look back at their...
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1.4KNewsArt, Writing Shows What Young People Want From Police
A police officer kneels down face to face with a child. “I’m sorry I stole,” the child cries. “It’s OK. Just don’t...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayAfter-school Programming Strengthens Career Exploration
Youth need to participate in active learning opportunities that cultivate their interests and promote positive growth. Youth also need educational experiences that...
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3.1KNewsChicago Benchmarking Collaborative: Data Project May Be Model for Other Nonprofits
A colorful mosaic of smiling children brightens the wall outside Christopher House near Logan Square in Chicago. Inside the building is a...
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5.1KNewsYouth Show Ways to Reshape Homeless Policy, Chapin Hall Researchers Say
When Abrea Ponce, 25, looks back on her childhood, she realizes things could have been different. The San Diego mother and staff...
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3.4KGuest Opinion Essay4-H Has Figured Out Why Some Rural Communities Offer More Opportunity to the Young
According to the math, I should be living in poverty today. Born in South Baltimore General Hospital to first-generation high school graduates...
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2.5KNewsYouth-serving Nonprofits Linked With Greater Prosperity in Cities
Are you with a small but growing nonprofit that serves kids? Jim Chesire is convinced of your value. And furthermore, the Chicago...
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2.2KNewsSouth Dakota YWCA ‘Breakaway’ Provides Services to Youth, Women
A jumble of multicolored wires spilled out of the open side of a computer as Leilani Liggins, 6, dressed in a pink...
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4.2KGuest Opinion EssayACEs Research Could Improve College Completion Rates for Foster Care Youth
For the past 13 years I have had the privilege of working with hundreds of students who enroll at our university. It...
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4.5KNewsSTEM Programs for Middle Schoolers Go to the Library
When a “mobile science lab” shows up after school at a branch library in Hartford, Conn., kids cluster around it. They look...
